Articles filed under Washington Post
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America has a massive truck driver shortage. Here's why few want an $80,000 job.May 29, 2018 1:00 am - America has a massive shortage of truck drivers. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, increased driver pay 15 percent this year to try to attract mo...
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Dow sinks more than 440 points as Italy's political crisis triggers global sell-offMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Markets plunged worldwide Tuesday as investors worried that a growing political crisis in Italy could lead to its withdrawal from the Eurozone in a replay of Britain's v...
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Trump says investigation of 2016 election is now interfering with 2018 electionsMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the ongoing special counsel's Russia investigation would amount to "MEDDLING" in this year's midterm elections, ...
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At age 114, this South African man thinks it's time to quit smokingMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - The year Fredie Blom was born, in 1904, Rolls-Royce rolled out its first car and the Wright brothers built their second powered airplane. Theodor Seuss Geisel came into ...
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For military veterans suffering from PTSD, are service dogs good therapy?May 27, 2018 7:40 am - Adam Fuller credits a simple, one-word command - and a black Lab mix named J.D. - for helping to save his life. "Cover," he tells J.D., who is sitting to his left in a g...
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The best career advice from this year's graduation speechesMay 27, 2018 1:10 am - This year's headline-grabbing commencement speeches have been high on thinly veiled critiques of the Trump administration and big on dire warnings about the state of Ame...
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Shortage of truckers starting to cause prices to riseMay 27, 2018 1:08 am - Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a j...
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What happened to E-Verify - the government's popular way to curb illegal immigration?May 27, 2018 1:07 am - In President Donald Trump's many vocal pronouncements about stopping illegal immigration, one solution he promoted during the campaign has been conspicuously missing: a ...
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Is it time to harvest your home's value?May 27, 2018 1:05 am - Homeowners might be feeling richer lately, and it's not necessarily because the recent tax cut has left more dollars in their paychecks. Rising home values are creating ...
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Drugs in the workplace are at their highest levels in a decadeMay 27, 2018 1:00 am - A new study by research and diagnostic testing firm Quest Diagnostics has revealed a disturbing trend: More employees are testing positive for drugs in their system. But...