Articles filed under Washington Post
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Private equity's role in retail has decimated 1.3 million jobs, study saysJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - She's been looking for more than a year, but Giovanna De La Rosa has yet to find a job. After 20 years with Toys R Us in San Diego, she was one of 33,000 workers laid of...
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Never-Googlers: Web users take the ultimate step to guard their dataJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - In the small South Carolina town of Newberry, Bob's Red Mill muesli cereal is hard to come by. That presents a challenge for resident Gregory Kelly, who ...
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Two police officers fired for Facebook post that suggested Ocasio-Cortez should be shotJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Two Louisiana police officers were fired Monday for a Facebook post that suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., should be shot. Charlie Rispoli, an officer wit...
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Five things to know about Mueller's testimonyJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former special counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify publicly before two separate congressional panels Wednesday, when he will publicly address que...
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Trump says China is paying his tariffs, but U.S. companies keep getting the billJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - American businesses are coping with President Donald Trump's extended tariff war with China by swallowing smaller profits, implementing selective price increases and shi...
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Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, in his own colorful wordsJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, had once said his chances of becoming the country's leader were "about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars,...
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A supermarket worker vanished 10 years ago. He was trapped behind a cooler the whole time.Jul 23, 2019 1:00 am - When Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada's parents last saw him on Nov. 28, 2009, he was running out of their house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, barefoot into the middle of a snowstor...
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Trump accuses four minority congresswomen of being 'very Racist' and 'not very smart'Jul 22, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump escalated his attacks Monday on a group of four minority congresswomen known as "the Squad," calling them "very Racist" and "not very...
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Macy's pulls plates that say a meal is 'skinny jeans' or 'mom jeans' sizeJul 22, 2019 1:00 am - A single tweet complaining about novelty plates that measured food portions by "skinny jeans," "favorite jeans" and "mom jeans" prompted Macy's to drop the product only ...
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Thousands take to the streets in Puerto Rico to demand governor's resignationJul 22, 2019 1:00 am - SAN JUAN, - Puerto Ricans filled the streets in a massive planned protest, paralyzing a major San Juan highway in an islandwide demonstration to demand that their govern...