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An Adidas store stands in Manhattan on October 25, 2022, in New York City. The company is facing big losses after terminating its relationship with Kanye West.

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  • Business

Adidas is looking to repurpose unsold Yeezy products. Here are some of its options

Retail experts say Yeezys will be particularly difficult to resell given their distinct design and damaged reputation. But not doing so could cost Adidas up to 500 million euros.

February 13, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Diagnosing and treating patients was once an ER doctor's domain, but they are increasingly being replaced by health practitioners who can perform many of the same duties and generate much the same revenue for less than half the pay.

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  • Health

ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors

Increasingly, private equity firms shape staffing decisions at hospital emergency rooms, research shows. One apparent effect: Hiring fewer doctors and more health care practitioners who earn far less.

February 13, 2023
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  • Brett Kelman and
  • Blake Farmer
West Virginia Public Broadcasting dismissed part-time reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely after she covered allegations of the mistreatment of people with disabilities in the state's care. Knisely (left) is shown reporting in this 2021 photograph.

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  • Media

Reporter's dismissal exposes political pressures on West Virginia Public Broadcasting

A reporter was dismissed after state officials complained — the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.

February 13, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
GPB News NPR

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  • Television

Rihanna was more entertaining than most of the Super Bowl commercials

The best Super Bowl ads of 2023 seem to combine celebrity nostalgia and a bit of comedy. We run down the most effective commercials from the big game and the halftime show, featuring Rihanna.

February 13, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Dueling signs dot Virginia's Arlington County as residents debate the zoning reform proposal. This photo first appeared in DCist. Click <a href="https://wamu.org/story/23/01/20/arlington-missing-middle-housing/">here</a> to read that story.

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  • National

The U.S. needs more affordable housing – where to put it is a bigger battle

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.

February 13, 2023
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  • Margaret Barthel and
  • Jennifer Ludden
In this file photo from April 23, 2020, former President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The IRS announced Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, that most relief checks issued by states last year aren't subject to federal taxes, providing 11th hour guidance as tax returns start to pour in.

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  • Your Money

The IRS now says most state relief checks last year are not subject to federal taxes

A week after telling payment recipients to delay filing returns, the agency won't challenge the taxability of payments related to general welfare and disaster.

February 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An order of Buffalo chicken wings sits on a counter at a restaurant in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2022. Party trays of frozen chicken wings are cheaper than last year, according to the USDA. The National Chicken Council expects Americans to gobble up 1.45 billion wings this weekend.

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  • Economy

Your Super Bowl platter may cost less this year – if you follow these menu twists

While supermarket inflation is still high, there are savings to be found on Super Bowl snacks. Prices for chicken wings and guacamole have fallen sharply since last year's big game.

February 10, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
Graduate students working at Temple University went on strike for better pay and benefits on Jan. 31, after over a year of drawn-out contract negotiations.

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  • Education

Temple University cuts tuition and health benefits for striking graduate students

Some research and teaching assistants at the Philadelphia school have been striking for better pay since last week. The university is now revoking benefits for students who walk off the job to strike.

February 10, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
The ship BigLift Baffin carried four cranes along the Savannah River on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

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  • Business

East Coast's biggest ‘ship-to-shore’ cranes arrive with fanfare at the Port of Savannah

The four cranes are the biggest in use at an East Coast port, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

February 10, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
A man walks away from the U.S Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters

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  • Business

What even is the national debt ceiling? An explanation

A lesson on the debt ceiling from Raymond Hill, senior lecturer of finance at Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

February 10, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming
Under the leadership of its new CEO Joe Hinrichs, CSX struck a deal with two rail unions offering paid sick leave to about 5,000 workers.

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  • Business

Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off

The freight railroad CSX announced this week it had made a deal to provide paid sick leave to roughly 5,000 rail workers. The White House and lawmakers are pushing other railroads to follow suit.

February 10, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
Shares for Google's parent company, Alphabet, dropped 9% Wednesday after its AI chatbot, Bard, gave an incorrect answer.

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  • Technology

Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week.

February 10, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Cleveland Browns running back Willis McGahee is helped from the field after getting injured during an NFL game against the New England Patriots on Dec. 8, 2013. Ten retired NFL players, including McGahee, accused the league of lies, bad faith and flagrant violations of federal law in denying disability benefits in a potential class action lawsuit filed on Thursday in Baltimore.

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  • Sports

Former NFL players are suing the league over denied disability benefits

Ten former players are suing the National Football League, claiming its doctors were biased and purposely gave them unfavorable reports so the NFL could justify not paying for disability benefits.

February 10, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Attendees at BookExpo America visit the HarperCollins Publishers booth in New York on May 28, 2015.

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  • Business

HarperCollins and striking union reach tentative agreement

HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing around 250 striking employees reached a tentative agreement providing increases to entry-level salaries. A ratified contract would run through 2025.

February 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
With a poster of a <em>New York Post</em> front page story about Hunter Biden's emails on display, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday. The committee held a hearing on Twitter's short-lived decision to limit circulation of the <em>Post </em>story in 2020.

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  • Politics

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion

At a contentious House committee hearing, Republicans aired long-held grievances over what they say is Silicon Valley's bias against conservatives.

February 09, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
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