The hurricane was forecast to become near Category 3 strength on Friday and then decrease in strength as it approaches Bermuda.
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How a small group of nuns vexes big companies with investment activism
Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City.
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Potentially massive pay package for new Starbucks CEO, and he doesn’t even have to move to Seattle
Brian Niccol could make well in excess of $100 million in his first year with the company.
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Kamala Harris is among 1 in 8 Americans who have worked at McDonald’s
In a new campaign ad, the Democratic presidential nominee is making her stint at McDonald’s a relatable part of her story.
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Vance, Walz agree to Oct. 1 vice-presidential debate
On Thursday morning, JD Vance said he not only accepted the Oct. 1 invitation but also challenged Tim Walz to another debate in September.
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Matthew Perry’s assistant among 5, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star’s death
Two of the defendants, including the actor’s personal live-in assistant, have pleaded guilty to the charges already, and a third person has agreed to plead guilty.
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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, territory’s Health Ministry says
Health officials and civil defense workers say the true toll is likely thousands higher, since many bodies remain buried under the rubble of buildings destroyed in airstrikes.
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Meta kills off CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
Meta has released an alternative to CrowdTangle, called the Meta Content Library. But access to it is limited to academic researchers and nonprofits, which excludes most news organizations.
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Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and guiding light in independent cinema, dies at 94
She starred in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son, Nick Cassavetes’, tear-jerker ‘The Notebook.’
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Columbia University president resigns after months of turmoil over Israel-Hamas war
Minouche Shafik was named president of the university last year and was the first woman to take on the role.