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Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are laying the groundwork for a nationwide walkout and multiple rallies at the end of October to protest unsatisfactory working conditions, and are in talks with employees from other retail pharmacies about joining them, CNBC has learned. Those efforts, which are still in the planning stages, reflect the growing discontent among retail pharmacy staff, who have complained […]

JPMorgan Chase on Friday topped analysts’ estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue as the bank generated more interest income than expected, while credit costs were lower than anticipated. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings: $4.33 a share Revenue: $40.69 billion, vs. $39.63 billion LSEG estimate The bank said profit surged 35% to $13.15 billion, or $4.33 a share, from a […]

Like a number of NFL teams do with their highest-paid players, the Green Bay Packers routinely took out disability insurance policies on quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has suffered injuries to nearly every quadrant of his body over his 19-year pro career. After the New York Jets signed Rodgers to a new, fully guaranteed $75 million deal this offseason, his […]

The U.S. space agency, NASA, launched a rocket Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket carried a probe designed to study a metal-rich asteroid that scientists think might be the remnants of small planet or planet-like object. The rocket, built by the private space company SpaceX, took off early Friday, starting NASAs […]

Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Douglas and Billy Porter are among more than 700 Hollywood names who have signed an open letter condemning Hamas and voicing their support for Israel. Released on Thursday by non-profit organisation Creative Community for Peace, stars from the acting and music world are joined by directors, comedians […]

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour to show Washington’s solidarity with Israel after the attacks by Palestinian Hamas militants and to work to prevent the conflict from widening. Blinken will also try to help secure the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas […]

High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test. Scores have been falling for six consecutive years, but the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students […]

The latest: Israel forms national unity government to fight Hamas Israel deploys 300,000 troops near Gaza, with Israeli and militant forces continuing to launch missiles at each other US says 22 Americans killed in Hamas attacks Hamas media say electricity out in Palestinian enclave Israel says 1,200 killed in Hamas raid; Gaza says 1,055 killed […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — NASA on Wednesday showed off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft — the most ever returned to Earth. Scientists and space agency leaders took part in the reveal at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The ancient black dust and chunks are from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost […]

Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday’s rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. What’s called an annular solar eclipse — better known as a ring of fire — will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. As the moon lines […]