Nation and World
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Amazon to hire 150,000 workers for holidays, similar to 2021
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, ...
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US applications for jobless benefits increased last week
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the largest number in four months, but the labor market remains strong in the face of persist...
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Peloton to cut 500 jobs as turnaround efforts continue
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - Peloton is cutting hundreds of jobs in a corporate reorganization of its stalled business as the pandemic-related surge ebbs. The maker of high-end exercise equipment c...
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Iran airs video with 2 French citizens it claims were spying
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran on Thursday published video showing two detained French citizens purportedly confessing to acts of espionage, as Iranian leaders ...
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Pakistani FM says water receded 50% in flood-ravaged Sindh
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's foreign minister on Thursday said that about 50% of the water has receded in the country's worst-hit southern Sindh province, raising hopes t...
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Judge fines Lebanese bank heist figure, issues travel ban
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese judge on Thursday fined and issued a six-month travel ban to a woman who stormed her bank with a fake pistol and took her trapped savings to cov...
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EXPLAINER: Russia's military woes mount amid Ukraine attacks
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - Even as the Kremlin moved to absorb parts of Ukraine in a sharp escalation of the conflict, the Russian military suffered new defeats that highlighted its deep problems ...
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Jury begins deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A jury began deliberations Thursday to decide how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for pushing the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook Sch...
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West, China showdown looms in vote at UN human rights body
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The U.N.'s top human rights body is poised to vote Thursday on a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hol...
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EXPLAINER: What's next in Musk's epic battle with Twitter?
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - Elon Musk's monthslong tussle with Twitter took another twist this week when the Tesla billionaire seemed to return to where he started in April - offering to buy the co...