Scrutiny of the theme park peaked after the release of the 2013 documentary ‘Blackfish.’
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Live Nation, SeatGeek say you’ll see true costs up front as Biden pushes to end hidden junk fees
The consumer advocacy push is part of his pitch to voters in his 2024 reelection bid.
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UPS Teamsters vote to authorize strike if contract deal isn’t reached
With more than 340,000 members at the company, the union has the largest private collective bargaining agreement in North America.
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Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89
Triplett was the subject of a book titled ‘In a Different Key,’ a PBS documentary film, a BBC news magazine installment.
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Fox News producer out after onscreen message calling Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’
The producer, Alex McCaskill, confirmed his exit in an Instagram post. Fox News did not comment on Friday.
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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
Ellsberg embodied the individual of conscience – who answered only to his sense of right and wrong, even if the price was his own freedom.
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George Floyd’s killing capped years of violence, discrimination by Minneapolis police, DOJ says
The DOJ issued a withering critique of Minneapolis police, alleging that they systematically discriminated against racial minorities, often violated constitutional rights and disregarded the safety of people in custody for years.
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Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging state’s new restrictions
North Carolina has been one of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access to abortions in the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to strip away constitutional protections for abortion.
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Dr. Mandy Cohen, former North Carolina official, will be new CDC director
She was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 until last year.
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Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history
The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018.