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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to...

Existing home sales rise in 2020 to highest in 14 years

WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes rose 0.7% in December, pushing the entirety of 2020 to a pace not seen in 14 years and...

Stocks slip on Wall Street as worldwide rally takes a pause

By Stan Choe </p><p>and Damian J. Troise Associated Press Associated Press NEW YORK – Wall Street tapped the brakes on its recent record-setting rally...

Amazon presses for in-person voting for unionization during a pandemic

SEATTLE – Amazon wants the upcoming unionization election at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse to be held in-person, arguing against National Labor Relations Board guidance...

Carnival Cruise line extends pause through end of April

Carnival Corp.’s flagship cruising brand extended its pause on U.S. departures through the end of April and shelved operations in Australia through mid-May amid...

Union membership grew in 2020 despite havoc in jobs market

WASHINGTON – Despite historic job losses during the pandemic, the percentage of U.S. workers who are members of a union rose to 10.8% in...

Spokane Valley, Spokane County embarking on $10 million Fair & Expo Center expansion

Spokane County and Spokane Valley are partnering to boost retail spending and tourism with a $10 million-expansion project at the Spokane County Fair and...

‘Prisoners of Gravity’: Hey, TV Sci-Fi Can Have Ideas After All

Most sci-fi TV is more about action and spectacle than anything thoughtful, but one show that really did the intellectual side of science fiction...

Magic Leap, and the Troubles In Sexism Valley

Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality tech startup that’s valued at $4.5 billion (and reportedly bores Beyoncé), settled a sex discrimination lawsuit this week....

If Trump Fans Love Freedom, They Should Love Net Neutrality

Imagine a world where Comcast slows video streaming from Fox News’s website to a pixelated crawl while boosting Rachel Maddow—who happens to star on...

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