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Jun 2022
Starbucks union: Starbucks is closing its store in retaliation

Starbucks has closed a store at Ithaca in New York after union workers voted to unionize. According to the union, the coffee giant gave notice to the College Ave. employees near Cornell University of a one week notice about the closure. The store was set...

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05
Jun 2022
Biden's beach home in Delaware was the subject of a small plane.

After a small plane entered restricted airspace near their Rehoboth Beach beach home, President Biden and Jill Biden were forced to evacuate. According to the White House, they have returned safely and there is no threat to their safety. "A small private...

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05
Jun 2022
Due to potential listeria, cheeses from 9 states have been recalled

Paris Brothers, a Kansas City-based specialty food company, is recalling several cheese products due to possible contamination with listeria. Although no illnesses have been reported, listeria can cause serious and even fatal infections in young children...

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04
Jun 2022
Officials say that a gunman accused of killing a retired judge was aware of a list he had made.

The gunman who shot and killed a Wisconsin judge had a list that included the Michigan governor as one of his targets. Gretchen Whitmer and Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, were among the targets. Tony Evers, Whitmer's office and a law enforcement...

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04
Jun 2022
Ann Turner Cook, the Gerber original baby, is dead at 95

TAMPA FL. aEUR Ann Turner Cook, whose cherubic face was known all over the globe as the original Gerber child, has passed away. She was 95. Gerber posted an Instagram message on Friday announcing Cook's passing. The company stated that "many years before...

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04
Jun 2022
Abbott's baby formula plant will reopen in a move that could help ease the shortage.

Abbott claims it is restarting production at its Sturgis, Mich. plant for infant formula in an effort to ease the nationwide shortage of formula in the coming weeks. After a bacterial infection was discovered in formula products of the company, the facility...

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04
Jun 2022
What Uvalde's shooting has meant to the Latino community

It has been just over a week since the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. The tragedy is affecting Latinos especially hard as they see photos and names of victims who look and sound just like them,...

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04
Jun 2022
Pepe Serna, an actor, wasn't interested to be a star. He wanted to do his job.

Pepe Serna may be recognizable in many TV and film shows from the past 50 years. Scarface featured Serna as Tony Montana's Cuban drug dealer friend. He was killed by a rival's chainsaw. He acted alongside Richard Pryor and George Carlin in Car Wash....

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04
Jun 2022
An instructor who witnessed the Parkland shooting gives advice to the Uvalde survivors

Kim Krawczyk was delivering a lesson in math to her freshman students when shots rang out inside the building on Wednesday, 2018. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland, Fla. was the victim of an attack that left 14 students and three members of...

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04
Jun 2022
Gun raffles are being halted as a result of the mass shootings at Buffalo and Uvalde.

People who had hoped to win an AR-15 rifle as a raffle prize at a Rocky Run Fire Co. fundraiser in Media, Philadelphia may be disappointed. Due to the mass shootings at Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, N.Y. where gunmen used AR-15-style rifles to kill, the volunteer...

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04
Jun 2022
Behind the scenes, a digital conflict between Russia & Ukraine continues

SEATTLE aEUR" A senior U.S. intelligence officer told Sky News on Wednesday that the U.S. was running offensive cyber operations to support Ukraine. "My job is provide a series options to the secretaryof defense and president, and that's what my job...

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04
Jun 2022
San Francisco is getting driverless taxis

California regulators gave the green light Thursday to a robot taxi service to start charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco. This is a first in a state that has seen dozens of companies trying to train their vehicles to drive on congested...

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04
Jun 2022
After backlash against gun control support, Buffalo's GOP Rep. Jacobs will not run again

NEW YORK aEUR "Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs announced Friday he would not seek another term in Congress due to backlash against his support for gun control measures. Jacobs, who represents western New York including suburban Buffalo, said that he decided...

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04
Jun 2022
Warning for tropical storms in parts of Florida

The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Florida as the Atlantic Hurricane Season gets underway. This includes West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. "As per the latest advisory, Tropical Storm Warnings now apply for all...

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04
Jun 2022
After McCormick concedes, Dr. Oz wins Pennsylvania's GOP Senate Primary.

Republican Dave McCormick gave in to Mehmet Oz, a celebrity doctor from Pennsylvania, as the state recounted the May 17 elections. The Associated Press reports that Oz was ahead of McCormick by 972 votes. The final results of the recount are expected to be...

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04
Jun 2022
Chicago archbishop joins the call for gun safety legislation

In the wake of the Uvalde shooting that left two teachers and 19 children dead, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Chicago's archbishop, has called for gun safety legislation. Cupich, a cardinal, has resisted political discussion. Cupich took to Twitter to condemn...

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04
Jun 2022
The way we pronounce Uvalde speaks volumes about the power and versatility of language in mixed communities

You-VAL-dee. You-VAHL-day. Oo-VAHL-deh. Uvalde was rocked by tragedy. Journalists rushed to the Texas town to report the aftermath of Robb Elementary School's shooting. This included NPR's own team "aEUR", and it didn't take long before staff...

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04
Jun 2022
A new U.S. survey shows that a majority of Americans are now 'pro-choice', for the first time in decades.

According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans who consider themselves to be pro-choice has increased to 55% in the last year, which is its highest level since decades. In a summary of survey results, Lydia Saad (the polling firm's director, U.S social...

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04
Jun 2022
N.Y. approves a bill raising the age for semi-automatic rifle ownership

ALBANY, N.Y. AEUR" New York's legislature voted to ban anyone younger than 21 from purchasing or possessing semi-automatic guns. This is a significant change to state firearm laws that was passed less than three weeks after an 18 year old used one of...

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04
Jun 2022
Uvalde parent and school staff start legal action against gunmaker

One of the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde was a child's parents. A Robb Elementary School employee fled the gunman and hiding in Robb Elementary School have begun to sue the gunmaker who made the AR-15-style rifle that was used in the attack....

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04
Jun 2022
These are the largest shifts in Uvalde's official account of school shootings

Since May 24, when news broke that there was an active shooter at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde Texas, the official narrative has been altered dramatically. After being contradicted by new evidence, authorities have corrected their official statements numerous...

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04
Jun 2022
The Uvalde shooting renews rage and grief in a Newtown student-turned-activist

BOSTON aEUR She has been rattled by many things, but none more than the school shooting in Uvalde Texas last week. Clements explains that she was "essentially blind" when she first heard about the shooting. Clements was 16 when a shooter shot and killed 20...

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04
Jun 2022
FDA faces an investigation regarding its handling of the shortage of baby formula

Federal investigation is underway into the Food and Drug Administration's compliance with policies and procedures regarding the recall and contamination of baby formula, which led to a national shortage and potentially fatal outcomes for infants. On...

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04
Jun 2022
Police are looking for the Wisconsin cemetery shooter

Police continued to search for the person who opened fire at a Wisconsin funeral. During Da'Shontay's funeral in Racine on Thursday, someone began shooting. King was shot and killed by a Racine officer last month. In a press release, police stated...

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