German Rail Workers Strike Over Pay and Hours
The walkout, one of the most significant to hit the country’s train service in years, is expected to affect long-distance and commuter travel nationwide.
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Los Angeles Times to Slash Newsroom by Over 20%
The layoffs represent the biggest newsroom reduction since the biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the company in 2018.
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Ruth Ashton Taylor, Early Radio and TV Newswoman, Dies at 101
In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.
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Brainard Pitches Biden’s Economic Efforts In Hard-Hit Regions
Lael Brainard, the National Economic Council director, contends the administration deserves credit for recent gains in areas battered by past job losses.