Thousands of employees from smaller offices and remote workers around the U.S. have been ordered to move to the retailer’s corporate hubs, a move by the company to draw more people back to offices.
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When private equity buys a hospital, assets shrink, new research finds
In buying up U.S. hospitals, private equity firms often say they are providing capital to improve patient care. A new study concludes that the opposite is true.
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Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore.
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Evan Gershkovich one of 3 newly freed Americans back on U.S. soil
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with dual U.S.-Russia citizenship.
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Hezbollah leader says war with Israel has entered ‘new phase’ after killings of top militant figures
International officials have been scrambling to avert a cycle of retaliation before it spirals into a greater war.
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Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
Vice President Kamala Harris says former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the ‘same old show.’
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Accused mastermind of al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks agrees to plead guilty
Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the full terms of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s plea bargain.
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Trump tells Black journalists at chaotic event Harris ‘became a Black person’
Donald Trump immediately berated a Black reporter who questioned him about his record of offensive comments about Black people.
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UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment
The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 ‘security detainees’ as of the end of June, and some have been held in secret without access to lawyers or respect for their legal rights.
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Giuliani agrees to deal ending his bankruptcy case, pay creditors’ financial adviser $400,000
Creditors include former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Giuliani for his false ballot fraud claims against them related to the 2020 election.