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Is the Microsoft outage fixed? ‘restored functionality’ to most services?

< 1 mn readMicrosoft announced that it has restored most of its application services, including Outlook and Teams, impacted by the reported outages on Monday morning. In a statement on X at about 11 p.m. ET, Microsoft said it “restored functionality for all impacted services except Outlook on the web, which is still affected for a small number of users.” The […]

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Senate has 6 weeks to vote to lift Social Security for public workers. Will it?

4 mn readPublic sector workers are on tenterhooks, hoping sometime in the next six weeks the Senate will pass a bill to allow them to receive Social Security benefits they feel they’re entitled. Last week, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House passed the Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social […]

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Charlotte, NC airport workers go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week

3 mn readService workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport went on strike Monday morning at the start of the busy Thanksgiving week to protest unfair labor practices and demand higher wages. Officials with Service Employees International Union announced the strike by workers employed by American Airlines contractors, ABM and Prospect, in a statement obtained by USA TODAY Monday, after […]

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More than a Big Mac: Ronald McDonald Houses have helped families for 50 years

5 mn readIt all happened in one day. Just after Thanksgiving last year, Eva Sanchez’s son Zayden wasn’t feeling well, complaining of pain in his legs and looking pale, but his parents chalked it up to the teen’s love of tae kwon do, in which he has a black belt. But when Zayden asked his mom to […]

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MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants

3 mn readBillionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Yield Giving’s first round of donations is more than double what Scott had initially pledged to give away through the application process. Since she began giving away billions in 2019, Scott and her […]

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Michael Kors Names New CEO in Capri Leadership Shakeup

< 1 mn readCapri is making changes at Michael Kors as it tries to reinvigorate its top brand. Cedric Willmote, who had served as Michael Kors’ chief executive since January 2023, will step down from the role and be replaced Capri Holdings CEO and chairman John Idol, the company announced in a statement Tuesday. The brand also revealed […]

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