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Michelle Eisen, a barista at the Buffalo, N.Y., Elmwood Starbucks location, helps out the local Starbucks Workers United, employees of a local Starbucks, as they gather at a local union hall to cast votes to unionize or not, on Feb. 16, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday, May 6, 2022 accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Feds accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,05/06/22-7:16PM , 582 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees.
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Abortion draft puts public pressure on court
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Thu,05/05/22-2:00AM , 926 Reads
WASHINGTON — The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics as justices make a final decision on whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
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Advocates worry about effects of overturning Roe
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Thu,05/05/22-2:00AM , 1175 Reads
WASHINGTON — Little doubt remains about what the Supreme Court plans to do with Roe v. Wade,. But uncertainty abounds about ripple effects as the court nears a final opinion expected to overturn the landmark 1973 case that created a nationwide right to abortion.
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Smoke rises from wildfires near Las Vegas, N.M., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire since early April. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

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Fire crews close in around massive New Mexico wildfire
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Thu,05/05/22-12:05AM , 301 Reads
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of diminished winds Thursday to build more fire lines and clear combustible brush near homes close to the fringes of the largest wildfire burning in the U.S.
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