A young waitress cheerfully takes orders from a group. In Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World, Deirdre McCloskey and I distinguish…
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Editor’s Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or…
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Walmart will be closed on Thanksgiving Day for the fifth year in a row, the retail giant recently announced in its holiday plans. “Walmart stores will…
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(NEXSTAR) – Spirit Halloween made headlines earlier this week after being lampooned in a sketch on the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” during which the retailer was mocked for…
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(Reuters) – Major casino-hotel operators in Atlantic City including Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts have persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss a proposed consumer class action accusing them and a…
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(NewsNation) — For the first time, the parent company of Barbie released a Diwali-themed doll to recognize the upcoming Hindu holiday — and sold out online in less than 24…
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(NewsNation) — Offices that utilize artificial intelligence may be running the risk of leaking confidential details about the company or workplace gossip. Venture capitalist Alex Bilzerian shared on X that Otter AI,…
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(NewsNation) — Safeway, Albertsons and Vons will pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the grocers used false advertising and overcharged California customers. The Alameda County District Attorney’s…
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(NewsNation) — The port strike threatening to derail the holiday shopping season has temporarily ceased. On Thursday, an accord was struck to suspend the strike until Jan. 15 to allow…
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Revolutionaries burn a carriage in front of the Chateau d’eau in Paris during the French revolution. Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier. 1848. “In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable…
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador addresses a press conference. EneasMx. July 2024. Here in the US we don’t normally have much interest in the domestic politics of our neighbors Mexico and…
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(NewsNation) — Some 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas are back at work after going on strike this week over wages and the use of automation, leaving the major ports…
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(NewsNation) — Cannabis consumption lounges may be in California’s future with the passing of a new law Monday. Assembly Bill 1775 gives cities in the Golden State the option to…
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas tourists should not run in fear as 150 “Pyrodrones” shoot sparks 400 feet above the Tropicana demolition site next week — because it’s all…
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Revolutionaries burn a carriage in front of the Chateau d’eau in Paris during the French revolution. Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier. 1848. “In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable…