By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer Procter & Gamble will cut up to 7,000 jobs, or approximately 6% of its global workforce, over the next two years as the maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers wrestles with tariff-related costs and customers who have grown anxious about the economy. Related Articles Trump announces travel…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly push President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts package to passage with the support of a divided GOP conference. While most Republican senators are inclined…
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The towing business hooked Ruben Ayala at an early age. “It’s just been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid,” said Ayala, whose 40-year towing career started at age 16 — “which you couldn’t do these days.” But the owner of Tippy’s Towing Service in Riverside worries that California’s quest…
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By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year goes on trial Thursday in New Hampshire, where jurors may be asked to consider not just his guilt or innocence but whether the state actually held its first-in-the-nation presidential primary.…
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By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in eight months last week but remain historically low despite growing uncertainty about how tariffs could impact the broader economy. New applications for jobless benefits rose by 8,000 to 247,000 for the week ending May…
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A new economic study commissioned by Disney says Disneyland and Disney World had an economic impact of nearly $67 billion nationwide that supported more than 400,000 jobs across the United States. The Oxford Economics report analyzed the economic impacts of the Disneyland resort in Anaheim in 2023 and the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando,…
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Which tie-dye kits are best? Tie-dye is a creative way to add a splash of color to your wardrobe or hearken back to the flower power fashion of the 1960s. Tie-dye kits come with everything you need to create this vibrant look at home, but when faced with so many similar products, which kit should…
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By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body. In an executive order signed Wednesday, Trump declared that it…
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LOS ANGELES — A Dodgers’ bullpen that has been decimated by injuries could get some much-needed reinforcements this weekend with the likely activations of veteran right-handers Michael Kopech and Kirby Yates. Kopech, who has been sidelined all season because of a shoulder impingement, and Yates, who went on the 15-day injured list because of a…
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Under the bright June sun, Palisades Charter High School seniors marched into the Hollywood Bowl, clad in bright blue graduation robes, ready to celebrate their graduation – an occasion of joy after the Palisades fire damaged their school and destroyed much of their surrounding community. Administrators, guest speakers and students on Wednesday, June 4, all…
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