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French Journalists Call Off Strike, Failing to Block ‘Far-Right’ Editor

Journalists at France’s leading Sunday newspaper announced Tuesday that they were ending one of the longest media strikes in recent French history, but they predicted that dozens might resign to protest the appointment of an editor with a far-right track record as the new editor in chief. The staff of Le Journal du Dimanche, known […]

Social Security’s Next Cost-of-Living Raise Is Forecast Around 3%

More than 74 million Americans can expect a healthy inflation adjustment to their Social Security benefits next year — just not as large as this year’s historic 8.7 percent raise. The recent slowdown in inflation points to a 2024 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, of around 3 percent, according to a forecast by the […]

White House Condemns Fox News Over Host’s Holocaust Comments

The News The White House denounced Fox News this week over comments by one of its hosts, Greg Gutfeld, that some Jews “had to be useful” as a means for survival in Nazi concentration camps, calling his remarks “an obscenity.” Mr. Gutfeld, who took over the 10 p.m. time slot last week as part of […]

Is Gen Z Down to Clown? The Circus Is Counting on It.

The circus is a thrill, a locus of nostalgia for people who remember summers with family members under colorful tents, a beloved amalgam of the athletic and the absurd, the rare place where jugglers and acrobats and fire breathers can fly free, fodder for countless movies and a Dr. Seuss book — and, not to […]

The Skyline Theatre to reopen July 28 in Cañon City

A beloved Cañon City institution is set to re-open its doors July 28. The Skyline Theatre has been a community pillar since it opened at 606 Main St. in 1918 and many generations of Cañon City families have grown up watching countless films in its star-speckled auditorium. However, the theater has had a rocky history […]

Netflix Set to Report Earnings, Against the Backdrop of Two Strikes

Netflix will release its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, the first in a series of reports by entertainment companies that are the subject of ire from striking Hollywood actors and writers. Analysts expect Netflix to have positive news to report. Resistance to the company’s crackdown on password sharing has been scant. The new advertising tier Netflix […]

‘Training My Replacement’: Inside a Call Center Worker’s Battle With A.I.

“This A.I. stuff is getting really crazy.” The voices of Charlamagne tha God, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club,” and his guests Mandii B and WeezyWTF filled Ylonda Sherrod’s car as she sped down Interstate 10 in Mississippi during her daily commute. Her favorite radio show was discussing artificial intelligence, specifically […]

What a ‘Human-Centered’ Approach Can Do for Workers With Disabilities

In the summer of 2015, Katherine Macfarlane was preparing to teach at the University of Idaho’s law school. It was her first teaching job on a tenure track, and she wanted to make sure she had everything she needed. So she submitted a request for a keyboard tray and a few other office items. Ms. […]

Why Britain’s Mortgage Holders Are Being Squeezed

Every six weeks, at noon on Thursday, mortgage holders in Britain brace for more bad news. It’s the moment the latest Bank of England decision on interest rates is announced. For a year and a half, the central bank has lifted interest rates at every meeting as policymakers have tried to stamp out high inflation. […]

In Hollywood’s Labor Tumult, Directors Stand Apart

When the Directors Guild of America agreed to a new three-year contract with the major Hollywood studios last month, the union hailed the agreement as “unprecedented” and “historic.” With screenwriters on strike and the actors’ union still in negotiations, the directors saw their deal as a first step on the way to labor peace in […]