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Is there another hurricane coming to Florida? Tropical Storm Kirk’s path is...

Is another hurricane coming to Florida—or the surrounding Southeast and Gulf Coast? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as Tropical Storm Kirk grows. Here’s what we know: The National Hurricane...

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How to help in Asheville: 4 things you can do right now for Hurricane Helene...

Days after Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina, residents are facing immense challenges. Homes and businesses have been left torn apart and officials are struggling to get supplies to people...

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Employees see benefits of AI and automation but want their bosses to...

Is AI going to take your job? Getting replaced by automation may be a common fear for many employees, but perhaps surprisingly, many also see the potential benefits—and they feel it may benefit them...

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Dockworkers strike is set to begin at midnight

The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts. The...

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Why Hurricane Helene could disrupt the semiconductor industry

Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction last week is still being felt in a number of states and the long-term impacts of the storm are still being assessed. Over 100 people have been reported dead from...

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4 housing markets where giant builder KB Home is cutting home prices

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During KB Home’s recent earnings call, an analyst asked if the giant homebuilder has...

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Do you qualify for the high end of a salary range? Probably not, says new data

As more companies have started posting job listings with pay ranges—in part due to state laws mandating some measure of pay transparency—many job seekers are now armed with more information when they...

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The new Skylift at 30 Rock gives you a 360-degree view of NYC nearly 900 feet...

New York City just got a breathtaking new view. Skylift at Top of the Rock is now open, giving visitors a 360-degree view of the city nearly 900 feet in the air. Visitors step into an open-top,...

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How a former Shell executive became a clean energy CEO

When Cindy Taff was a vice president at the giant oil and gas company Shell in Houston, her middle schooler Brianna would sometimes look over her shoulder as she worked from home.“Why are you still...

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Northern California county to vote on whether to end large farms

In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens waddle around a large barn at Weber Family Farms. “You provide them a...

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California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and...

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CVS layoffs: Pharmacy to cut 2,900 workers amid breakup rumors, AI tech...

CVS plans to lay off 2,900 workers, the company announced this week. The move comes as the pharmacy has been struggling with costs in a tough economy, and is considering breaking the company into two...

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Why mountain towns and inland regions need to prepare more for hurricanes

The French Broad River winds through the mountains of western North Carolina, fed by dozens of mountain streams, and crosses the city of Asheville. At over 2,000 feet above sea level and more than 250...

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Chemical cloud in Atlanta’s suburbs prompts another shelter-in-place order

Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood. A...

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U.S. job openings rise to 8 million in August

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8 million vacancies in August, up...

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The Black List founder says Hollywood is thinking about risk all wrong

After altering how Hollywood discovers scripts, The Black List is now targeting the book world. Founder and CEO Franklin Leonard proved that overlooked scripts like Slumdog Millionaire and I, Tonya...

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Nvidia rival Cerebras Systems files for IPO as demand for chips soars and...

With demand for AI chips soaring, California-based AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in preparation for an initial public offering....

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What kind of music makes you most productive at work? Here’s what the science...

Jamming out at a concert puts music front and center in a person’s life, but only for a moment. Most of the time, music serves more as sonic wallpaper, spicing up the background while we go about the...

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Sonos outlines a plan to win back user trust after its app fiasco

Speaker company Sonos laid out a number of new plans and commitments on Tuesday in an attempt to turn around the beleaguered sound company following a bug-riddled app relaunch in May that’s still...

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Port strike is latest in America’s labor activism era

The U.S. dockworkers who went on strike early Tuesday are just the latest unionized group to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the job to illustrate their value to both the...

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