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Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Union vote at Philadelphia Home Depot store set for November

The federal labor board has scheduled a November vote on a petition from Home Depot workers in Philadelphia to form what could be the first storewide union at the world's largest home improvement retailer

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Police: Severed finger left at crime scene helps ID suspect

Police in North Carolina say a severed finger left at the scene of an attempted home invasion led investigators to a suspect in the case

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California attorney general investigates Los Angeles redistricting discussed by city councilors amid racist comments

California attorney general investigates Los Angeles redistricting discussed by city councilors amid racist comments

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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Jaiswal Stars As Mumbai Defeat Madhya Pradesh

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 66 not out off only 44 balls, studded with five fours and four sixes as Mumbai won

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Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Judges: grand jury flawed, murder charges dropped for ex-cop

A judge has thrown out charges against a former Philadelphia police officer charged with murder after shooting a Black man in the back as he fled

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 11 The Washington Post on childcare in the United States Many sectors are reeling from massive labor shortages — but few affect families more intimately than what is happening with child care. With lengthy waiting lists and soaring costs, the scale of the crisis is obvious. Less clear is how the country can quickly fix it. First, the problem: Like other caregiver industries, child care was hit hard by covid-19. There are nearly 90,000 fewer child-care workers today than in February 2020 — an 8.4 percent reduction in the workforce. According to a February 2022 report by Child Care Aware of America, a nonprofit association, nearly 16,000 programs in 37 states shut down during the pandemic. With birthrates rebounding and millions of workers returning to the office, these closures have placed enormous pressure on parents. Yet child care was in trouble long before the pandemic. The industry has operated on a flawed...

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Sheriff: Man who killed 5 was high, hadn't slept for 4 days

Authorities say a man shot and killed five people in a South Carolina home while he was using drugs and hadn't slept in four days

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Potential jurors questioned in NYC bike path attack trial

A judge has begun questioning a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago

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Venezuela, SKorea, Afghanistan lose vote for UN rights body

Venezuela, South Korea and Afghanistan have lost contested races for seats on the U.N.’s leading human rights body

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Delhi Becomes First Team To Use 'Impact Player' Option In SMA T20 Trophy

The Nitish Rana-led Delhi decided to replace opener Hiten Dalal with off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match against Manipur

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