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How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle…
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In Montecito, the Million-Dollar Views Still Come With Mudslide Risks
MONTECITO, Calif. — Roads flooded, trees toppled, creeks raged and residents braced for the deadly catastrophe they knew could come.…
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White House Says It Does Not Keep Visitor Logs at Biden’s Delaware Home
A top House Republican had demanded the logs after classified documents were found at President Biden’s personal residence.
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A Florida School Received a Threat. Did a Red Flag Law Prevent a Shooting?
Judges in 19 states and the District of Columbia are issuing orders to keep guns out of the hands of…
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Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off
RIO VERDE, Ariz. — Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new…
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Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off
RIO VERDE, Ariz. — Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new…
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We Revisited People Who Left Their Jobs Last Year. Are They (Still) Happy?
Last summer we shared stories of people who were part of 2022’s surge in quitting. Months later, we asked them…
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A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address
On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the president assured an audience at Ebenezer Baptist Church that its side in the…
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In Pennsylvania, the 2020 Election Still Stirs Fury. And a Recount.
Election deniers in Lycoming County convinced officials to conduct a 2020 recount, a three-day undertaking that showed almost no change,…
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If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever
Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.