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Labor Day hotel strikes reflect the frustrations of a workforce largely made up of women of color
Sep 02, 2024 3:02 pm - More than 10,000 workers at 25 U.S. hotels were on strike Monday after choosing Labor Day weekend to amplify their demands for higher pay, fairer workloads and the revers...
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Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide
Sep 02, 2024 2:58 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platf...
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Harris makes pitch to union voters in ‘blue wall’ states
Sep 02, 2024 2:58 pm - DETROIT - Vice President Kamala Harris sought to shore up the support of organized labor in so-called “blue wall” states at the end of the holiday weekend, stressing that...
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Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee
Sep 02, 2024 2:57 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Several cars at the back of a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz crashed while heading from the airport to a campaign stop...
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Police say 4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area subway train
Sep 02, 2024 2:56 pm - FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Fo...
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'We all failed you.' Heartbreak at funeral for Israeli-American hostage in Jerusalem
Sep 02, 2024 2:55 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli-American family that became an international symbol in the struggle to free hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza laid their son to rest on Mo...
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Streamwood man accused of assaulting of 1-year old girl, sharing videosSep 02, 2024 1:32 pm - Pretrial release has been denied for a Streamwood man accused of sexually assaulting a 1-year old girl and sharing the videos, authorities said Friday.
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Sheriff: Man killed in single vehicle crash near AntiochSep 02, 2024 10:50 am - Authorities are investigating a fatal crash early Monday on Grass Lake Road and Bluff Lane in an unincorporated area near Antioch.
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ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV
Sep 01, 2024 8:59 pm - ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.
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Suburbs’ first cat cafe lets you lounge with some cool kittiesSep 01, 2024 7:09 pm - The Cat House in Roselle is the suburbs’ first cat cafe, where you can come in and hang out with adoptable cats in a relaxing, lounge-like atmosphere.