A spokesperson confirmed that about 1,500 employees would lose their jobs as part of what the CEO called a ‘strategic reorientation.’
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Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions
Wilma Mankiller was the nation’s first female principal chief, leading the tribe for a decade until 1995. She focused on improving social conditions through consensus and on restoring pride in Native heritage.
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Kiss bids farewell to live touring, become first U.S. band to go virtual
The cutting-edge technology was used to tease a new chapter of the rock band: after 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of digital immortality.
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Art review: Range of Indigenous art on display at Maine colleges
A show at Colby and two at Bates take an overdue look at Native artists working in variety of media.
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Illinois appeals court upholds actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions, jail sentence
The actor was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ named best film of 2023 by New York film critics
‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ based on David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, chronicles the Osage murders of the 1920s.
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Judge extends pause on John Oates’ sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall as arbitration proceeds
A judge has sided with Daryl Hall in his request to keep temporarily blocking John Oates from selling his potentially lucrative share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without his longtime partner’s permission.
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Judge extends pause on John Oates’ sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall as arbitration proceeds
A lawsuit by Daryl Hall over John Oates’ plan to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission has gone in front of a judge
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Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a time to guard newborns, study shows
Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica need to guard their eggs and chicks around the clock in crowded, noisy colonies. So they nod off thousands of times each day – but only for about four seconds at a time.
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Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93
Sternhagen won a Tony for best-featured actress in a play in 1974 for her role in Neil Simon’s ‘The Good Doctor’ and a second one in 1995 for a revival of ‘The Heiress.’ Her last turn on Broadway was in ‘Seascape’ in 2005.