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Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping season

Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping season

Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season , but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.
Cundill History Prize finalists include books on early North America, post-WWII Japan

Cundill History Prize finalists include books on early North America, post-WWII Japan

Books about the civilizations of pre-colonial Indigenous North America, the early Black civil rights movement and post-Second World War Japan are finalists for the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.
For Canadians seeking a non-mRNA COVID vaccine, lack of Novavax shot is 'unfair'

For Canadians seeking a non-mRNA COVID vaccine, lack of Novavax shot is 'unfair'

The federal government's decision to not provide Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season raises health equity concerns, experts and advocates say, as some Canadians look to the U.S. to get the shot.
Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That's why she could play an alcoholic in 'The Outrun'

Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That's why she could play an alcoholic in 'The Outrun'

The thing about birthing a lamb on camera is you only get one take. Saoirse Ronan had been getting up at dawn to observe local farmers in Orkney in action, soaking in as much as she could. But soon it was her turn.
US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising

US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. The share of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 3.
In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

CAIRO (AP) — As the performers took the stage and the traditional drum beat gained momentum, Sudanese refugees sitting in the audience were moved to tears.
Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge

Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego doctor became the third person to plead guilty in the case of Matthew Perry ’s fatal drug overdose, as prosecutors collect cooperators in an attempt to convict two bigger targets they say are responsible for the death o
Takeaways from AP's report on declining condom use among younger generations

Takeaways from AP's report on declining condom use among younger generations

Condom usage is down for everyone in the U.S., but researchers say the trend is especially stark among teens and young adults.
Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — It’s hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym.
Music Review: James Bay's 'Changes All the Time' is soulful folk-pop for the stomp and holler crowd

Music Review: James Bay's 'Changes All the Time' is soulful folk-pop for the stomp and holler crowd

“Talk,” like much of British troubadour James Bay 's latest album, “Changes All the Time,” ends with a rousing chorus sung above a guitar melody.
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