The uproar over Target’s Pride Month marketing – and its response to critics – is just the latest example of how companies are struggling to cater to different groups of customers at a time of extreme cultural divides.
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Tina Turner, inspiring superstar, dead at 83
Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager.
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Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school
While book bans are not new, they are happening much more frequently, especially in Florida – where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed policies that allow the censorship of books.
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Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics
The chief justice’s remarks follow a series of stories that have detailed lavish trips and other gifts provided to Justice Clarence Thomas by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
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Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls
‘Americans are sick and tired of their phones ringing off the hook with fraudulent robocalls,’ New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
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McCarthy says debt ceiling standoff ‘not my fault,’ as White House warns of economic risks
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that ‘it seems almost certain’ that the United States would not make it past early June without defaulting.
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Pills flowed for years as DEA dragged feet on disciplining opioid distributor
The delay has raised concerns about how the revolving door between government and industry may be impacting the DEA’s mission to police drug companies blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths.
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Anxious retirees, social service groups among those making default contingency plans
Politicians in Washington may be offering assurance that the government will figure out a way to avert default, but around the country, economic anxiety is rising and some people already are adjusting their routines.
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Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream
Jimmy Carter’s grandson says the former president remains in good spirits 3 months after entering end-of-life care at home.
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Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries
The bill initially sought to ban minors from attending drag performances, which were defined as shows that tended to ‘excite lustful thoughts.’