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Kraft Heinz discontinues school Lunchables

Lunchables—pre-packaged boxes of crackers, cheese, and deli meat—will no longer be part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a school program that provides free lunches to kids in need, Kraft...

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RKLB stock soars by 50% as Rocket Lab looks to give SpaceX a run for its money

Shares of Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB), an aerospace manufacturer and launch-service provider, were up 50% in midday trading on Wednesday, after earnings beat Wall Street estimates. Looking ahead to...

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Women’s baseball league to launch amid growing interest in women’s sports

For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball career—all except her time as a double in A League of Their Own, really—she shared the field with men. Frequently, as teammates....

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Trump Cabinet picks so far: 4 ways to track appointees in real time

Political appointments may be a normal part of any presidential transition, but don’t expect to hear that word too often as President-elect Donald Trump announces his picks for Cabinet positions and...

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1 million migrants in the U.S. rely on these safeguards. Trump could target...

Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States.They were living in...

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Ben & Jerry’s is suing parent company Unilever again. Here’s why

Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that parent company Unilever has silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees and threatened to dismantle its...

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4 proposals on U.S. energy’s wish list for Trump’s 2nd term

With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump two months away from taking office and able to act on his campaign promises, energy executives are lining up to offer new proposals to the mix. Trump has vowed...

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How Burberry’s new CEO plans on winning back customers

Burberry will use its British heritage appeal to win back customers by focusing on trench coats and scarves and be less ambitious with prices on bags and shoes, the loss-making luxury brand said in a...

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‘The Onion’ buys Alex Jones’s ‘Infowars’—and it’s already having fun with the...

“Not The Onion” is an expression common on social media sites whenever news breaks that is so absurd or ironic, it smacks of The Onion-like satire. Usually, such news doesn’t actually involve The...

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A funny thing happened on the way to AGI: Model ‘supersizing’ has hit a wall

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. Model ‘supersizing’ may...

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NLRB bans mandatory anti-union meetings after Amazon complaint

Amazon.com made unlawful promises and threats during mandatory meetings to discourage unionizing at a New York City warehouse, a U.S. labor board said on Wednesday while banning employers from holding...

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How food aid interventions are curbing climate change–induced hardship

Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Rather than prepare her land in Zimbabwe’s arid southeastern Chipinge district for the crop that has fed her family for...

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Trump’s transition team plans to kill Biden’s EV tax credit

President-elect Donald Trump‘s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct...

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Bluesky goes down as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X for the...

Bluesky, the popular X alternative, appeared to be down or lagging for thousands of users on Thursday morning, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector. More than 2,000 users reported issues...

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What is a recess appointment? Trump could use this tactic to bypass approval...

President-elect Donald Trump is already making waves with his controversial picks for his new government, and his call on a Republican-controlled Senate to change existing rules and let him appoint...

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What Gen Zers on TikTok mean when they say they’re ‘crashing out’ over...

Another word has entered the internet lexicon, and it couldn’t be more timely.  If you keep seeing people “crashing out” online, you are not alone. The term has been in the Gen Alpha and Gen Z...

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Hims & Hers stock tanks as Amazon debuts fixed pricing for hair-loss and...

Hims & Hers Health, a telehealth service for clients to access healthcare and prescriptions from home, is seeing its stock take a steep dive on Thursday, just after Amazon announced updates to a...

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China hacked U.S. telecommunications networks, FBI and CISA say

A federal investigation into Chinese government efforts to hack into U.S. telecommunications networks has revealed a “broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from...

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Dolce & Gabbana’s Skims collab is the perfect antidote to the luxury slowdown

If you’re in the mood for some luxury that won’t break the bank, Dolce & Gabbana has got your back. Next week, you’ll be able to shop its collaboration with Skims, where you’ll be able to snag...

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Will Super Micro Computer stock be delisted from the Nasdaq? Critical...

Investors in Super Micro Computer (Nasdaq: SMCI) may be wondering this week if there is any bottom. Shares in the storage technology giant continue to plummet on Thursday as a critical deadline that...

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