The retailer also will no longer participate in an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees.
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Online shopping has never been easier. Why is returning so hard?
A complicated and wasteful system is leaving shoppers with piles of unwanted stuff and plenty of shame.
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Having a family is expensive. Here’s what Harris and Trump have said about easing costs
The tickets have 1 main commonality: Both candidates and their running mates have, at one point or another, backed an expanded child tax credit.
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Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states – and around the world
The program has expanded statewide in places like Missouri and Kentucky, 2 of 21 states where all children under 5 can enroll to have books mailed to their homes monthly.
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Israeli forces launch big operation in the West Bank, kill at least 10 militants
The operation was among the largest in the West Bank in months and a reminder that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict extends far beyond Gaza.
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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dies at 83
In his time, no one in the book world was more feared. With the power to make anything a bestseller, or a flop, to alter the market on an idle whim, Riggio could terrify publishers. Then came Amazon.
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Chinese government hackers have penetrated U.S. internet providers to spy
Beijing’s effort has ‘dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,’ says a former top U.S cybersecurity official.
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Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues
At the earliest, the first batch of doses promised to support the new outbreaks in Congo will arrive on Sept. 1.
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Hostage in Gaza rescued by Israel after 326 days of captivity
Qaid Farhan Alkadi was found in a southern Gaza tunnel. Officials say he appears emaciated but in stable condition.
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Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with U.S. over nuclear program
There have been indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. in recent years – mediated by Oman and Qatar – but it’s the first time in several years Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed an interest.