Starbucks labor leaders say CEO Howard Schultz is escalating the war against their union by closing 16 stores across the country at the end of this month. The Wall Street Journal originally reported last week on the closings, citing safety concerns at many locations. In a leaked video posted to Twitter last week, Mr. Schultz…
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FBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa under New Jersey bridge
DETROIT (AP) — The FBI found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The decadeslong mystery turned last year to land next to a former landfill under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City. The FBI conducted a search there in…
Ford to cut 8,000 jobs to increase investment in electric vehicles: Report
Ford is expected to cut 8,000 jobs in the next few weeks to dedicate more funding for the company’s electric vehicle projects, according to a new report. Bloomberg News reported that the cuts will be mostly concentrated in the company’s Ford Blue unit that focuses on gas-powered cars, such as the F-150, Mustang and Bronco…
NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced Wednesday it’s shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket. NASA will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with three mannequins, but no astronauts, as early as Aug. 29. There are also two…
Jewels and gems worth millions stolen from armored truck 80 miles north of Los Angeles
Millions of dollars — perhaps over a hundred million dollars — worth of gems and jewelry were stolen from a Brinks tractor-trailer in California. The theft, which was only publicly acknowledged this week, is shocking the gem industry because of the huge amount of jewelry taken and because the thieves hit a security company with…
Pro-Trump legal group accuses Amazon of racial discrimination
The pro-Trump group America First Legal launched a class action suit against Amazon on Wednesday, claiming the corporation is engaging in racist business practices by treating Black, Indian and Latino employees better than the company’s White and Asian workers. In a 5-page complaint filed in the Eastern District of Texas, America First Legal argued the…
Facebook shifts focus away from newsletter service as competition with TikTok heats up
Facebook is deprioritizing its newsletter and information-focused products in favor of services for creators, signaling a major shift by the tech titan to attract the audience that has driven TikTok’s rapid growth. People’s time spent on TikTok has rocketed up since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to Facebook indicate it is making…
Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 artifacts to be auctioned off
Key Apollo 11 artifacts from astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s personal collection are set to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s later this month. The only surviving member of the crew that first landed on the Moon could see some of his artifacts, including the jacket he wore during the mission, sold for seven figures. Though it…
Taxpayer cash infusion for the semiconductor industry survives crucial test vote in Senate
A bill to boost the nation’s semiconductor business passed a key test vote Tuesday after the Biden administration and industry officials urged Congress to approve legislation that will help counter China’s emerging dominance in producing computer chips. Senate lawmakers voted to begin considering legislation that would provide subsidies and an investment tax credit to U.S….
Possible recession looms on anniversary of Biden’s prediction of ‘temporary’ inflation
President Biden told Americans exactly one year ago Tuesday that inflation of 5.4% would be “temporary,” and he was right, in the wrong direction. Consumer prices have kept climbing, to a rate of 9.1% in June. The rise has been so historic that Mr. Biden and his aides lately have given up trying to predict…