The layoffs affect 2% of the outdoor retailer’s workforce nationally.
Katherine Lee
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Federal judge imposes narrow gag order on Trump in election subversion case
Donald Trump is barred from targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge’s staff, but there are no restrictions on criticism of the Justice Department generally or statements that Trump believes the case is politically motivated.
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Michigan man charged with making terrorism threat after post about ‘hunting’ Palestinians
Michigan’s ethnic intimidation law makes it a crime to harm or threaten harm to someone for the purpose of intimidating or harassing them based on their national origin or religion.
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Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.
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Women’s voices being heard at Vatican’s big meeting on church’s future, nun says
A prominent Irish nun said delegates are also acknowledging the hurt caused by the church’s position on homosexuality.
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Ford executive Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company’s future is at stake
Ford said high labor costs could limit spending to develop new vehicles and invest in factories.
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Judge orders Texas county where Juneteenth began to redraw maps after voting rights challenge
The decision by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, adds to victories voting rights groups have notched in the South this year over maps that Black voters say dilute their political power.
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U.S. officials bolster support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms
The visits to the Middle East by Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken came as Israel escalated its war against Hamas militants in response to their shocking and brutal rampage last weekend.
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Abortion workers, crushed by restrictions and buoyed by labor movement, are unionizing
At least 8 reproductive health-care groups have organized since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.
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French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism
Authorities say a man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by the French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school in northern France.