SACRAMENTO — A pack of Teamsters fanned out through California’s Capitol building last week, marching into legislators’ offices and pressing them to pass a bill that would force Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as employees. The measure, Assembly Bill 5, would entitle gig workers to protections like a minimum wage and unemployment benefits. […]
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As human beings with basic needs, many of us are constantly striving for ways to add more carbs into our diets. It’s a lifestyle that has spawned many memes, stylized infographics for Pinterest boards, and the terrifying Never Ending Pasta Pass from Olive Garden. But did anyone see the pasta straw coming? In a continuous
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Anthony Ekundayo Lennon hit the headlines in November when he was accepted on to a scheme aimed at helping people in the BAME (black and minority ethnic) community get into theatre. The actor and director’s parents are white. But he says he has experienced much of the same racism and struggles many people of colour
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Image caption Nicolas Peter said production was likely to fall Cowley Workers at the Mini plant in Oxford could see their shifts cut in the event of a no-deal Brexit, BMW’s finance chief has told the BBC. Nicolas Peter said production was likely to fall at the Cowley factory, affecting jobs. But he said BMW,
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Thousands fleeing Hurricane Dorian’s destruction have been evacuated to Nassau, the country’s capital, or Florida. But one ferry bound for Florida reportedly refused to take some passengers who didn’t have the correct visas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the passengers weren’t ordered off the boat by the government and that it was a
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The U.S. has reached a new “Sputnik moment” in which the military must act to keep the nation’s competitive advantage in space against adversaries such as Russia, China, and to a lesser extent, Iran and North Korea, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday. Gen. Joseph Dunford made his comments during a
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Josh Sargent’s red hair could become as known in St. Louis as the Gateway Arch one day if he develops into an American soccer star. Fresh off a spectacular strike for his first goal of the Bundesliga season, the 19-year-old forward is slated to start in his hometown Tuesday night when the United States plays
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WASHINGTON — Congress is bracing this month for another round of bitter spending battles over President Trump’s promised border wall and his immigration agenda, with only three weeks remaining before the government runs out of money. With the memory of the nation’s longest government shutdown still fresh in their minds, White House officials and congressional
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Financial markets have become so in thrall to President Donald Trump’s tweets that J.P. Morgan has created an index to help identify how much volatility they’re creating. Strategists at the bank developed the “Volfefe” index by measuring which Trump tweets triggered big movements in Treasury yields, one of the world’s most closely followed markets and
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Americans are addicted to snacks, and food experts are paying closer attention to what that might mean for health and obesity. Eating habits in the U.S. have changed significantly in recent decades, and packaged bars, chips and sweets have spread into every corner of life. In the late 1970s, about 40 percent of American adults
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