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Greece's new 6-day workweek law takes effect, bucking a trend
MPR News· 19 hours agoGreece enacted a new employment law this week that lays out a six-day workweek — at a time when dozens of other countries are increasingly seeing positive results from experiments with four-day ...
A person is dead after a shootout with park rangers at Yellowstone
MPR News· 21 hours agoA person is dead after exchanging gunfire with police at Yellowstone National Park on July 4. The individual had a firearm and “was making threats” in the Canyon Village area, located in the ...
NASA says astronauts from Boeing's Starliner could be in space for a couple more weeks even though...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoNASA and Boeing say there's no cause for alarm, and say the astronauts are keeping busy. The good ...
Exit poll shows landslide win for Britain's Labour Party amid frustration with Conservatives
MPR News· 1 day agoBritain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions ...
Miki Sudo sets record for hot dog eating and Patrick Bertoletti wins men’s contest
MPR News· 1 day agoPatrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men's title Thursday at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest and taking advantage of the event's ...
Luxury department store Saks buys Neiman Marcus, and Amazon gets a stake
MPR News· 1 day agoA luxury retailer is making its own high-end purchase: Saks Fifth Avenue's parent company is buying Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion, in a merger that would create a dominant upscale department ...
After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn
MPR News· 1 day agoIn a closely watched legal fight over how the federal Voting Rights Act can be enforced, civil rights groups have made an unusual move. Last Friday, attorneys led by the American Civil Liberties ...
Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister
MPR News· 1 day agoThe candidate likely to become Britain’s next prime minister is a human rights lawyer who once called for the British monarchy to be abolished, but years later knelt before Charles, then prince ...
To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species
MPR News· 2 days agoTo save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost ...
The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America
MPR News· 2 days agoOn any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly. Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers ...