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Here’s how U.S. port strike could have ‘crippling’ effect on U.S. economy

A massive strike is underway involving roughly 45,000 longshoremen who work at the nation's major ports along the East and Gulf Coast. On Tuesday (October...

UPS impasse with union could deliver a costly strike, disrupting brick-and-mortar businesses as well as e-commerce

Placards are part and parcel of a protest. AP Photo/Brittainy Newman by Jason Miller, Michigan State University Talks between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS over...

How many Amazon packages get delivered each year?

Amazon workers sort packages for delivery on East 14th Street in New York City, July 12, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Anne Goodchild, University of...

NAACP leader to speak Monday; parents say she lied on race

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) _ Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said...

Quote on Angelou stamp apparently came from another author

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a new limited edition "Forever" stamp honoring the late poet and civil rights champion Maya...

Black unemployment dips to 10.3 percent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in January and is still on track...

Tracy Morgan faces 'arduous' recovery after crash

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn't slept...

Your late fees are waived: Blockbuster closes

This March 17, 2010, file photo, shows a closing Blockbuster stores in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Scott Anderson, File) by Todd Leopold (CNN) -- "Be kind, please rewind," the signs used to say in video stores, urging customers to return their rented VHS tapes spooled back to the beginning. If only Blockbuster could rewind back to the 1990s.

Traffic cameras bring tiny Ohio village to a stop

Catherine Jones sits outside her namesake restaurant, in Elmwood Place, Ohio. Jones understands the community's need to install speed cameras to quell speeding, but now she is among many small business owners worried that the cameras have given the village a speed trap stigma. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File) by Dan Sewell ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (AP) — This little village had a big problem. Each day, thousands of cars — sometimes as many as 18,000 — rolled along Elmwood Place's streets, crossing the third-of-a-mile town to get to neighboring Cincinnati or major employers in bustling suburbs or heavily traveled Interstate 75. Many zipped by Elmwood Place's modest homes and small businesses at speeds well above the 25 mph limit. Bedeviled by tight budgets, the police force was undermanned. The situation, villagers feared, was dangerous. Then the cameras were turned on, and all hell broke loose.

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