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/ 3 months agoBrown bananas, crowded ports, empty shelves: What to expect if there’s a big dockworkers strike in the US
The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 6-year contract with the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports will expire on Sept. 30 at midnight...
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/ 3 months agoWhat White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last team to lose 120 games
Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962...
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/ 3 months agoHurricane Helene power outages leave over 3 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
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/ 3 months agoAutoworkers, Boeing machinists, cannabis drivers: Labor unions are mobilizing in new and old industries alike
US workers in general are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious position.
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/ 3 months agoPolice stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago
‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the...
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/ 3 months agoPrepare your social media for the election − 3 tips to stay sane and connected without being overwhelmed
An impending election doesn’t mean that people have to avoid social media altogether. When used wisely, it can still be an...
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/ 3 months agoRising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life
Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early financially viable.
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/ 3 months agoThe contradictions of ‘Minnesota nice’
While Americans like to think of themselves as kind, generous people, many refugees would beg to differ.
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/ 3 months agoAfrofuturism thrives in Philly − 5 artists you should know
Local writers, painters, musicians and philosophers have long been inspired by the Black cultural movement that pulls from the past to...
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/ 3 months agoCubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
CubeSats have already visited the Moon and Mars and are key components of upcoming deep space missions.
