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Starbucks interim CEO Schultz to suspend share buyback programme

NEW YORK - The newly installed interim chief executive of Starbucks Howard Schultz announced Monday he will suspend a share repurchase programme as the chain navigates a challenging landscape amid a growing unionisation push.

Bangkok Post · Apr 5, 2022

Kevin Durant, Nets don’t care who they face if they make play-in tournament: ‘Whoever we play, we play’

NEW YORK — It doesn’t matter who the Nets have to play. A win is a win, and they need to win out.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

Nets' Ben Simmons ruled out for rest of regular season, play-in tournament

NEW YORK — Nets star Ben Simmons was back on the practice court Monday, but don’t expect to see him in a live game anytime soon.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

‘This is the city of Stonewall’: NYC erects billboards in Florida opposing ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Mayor Eric Adams condemns ‘unacceptable’ legislation aimed at LGBT+ Americans as city launches ad campaign in eight Florida cities

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

New York mayor, police commissioner visit family of slain 12-year-old boy

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell on Monday met the Brooklyn family still reeling from a senseless drive-by shooting that killed an innocent 12-year-old boy and badly wounded his 20-year-old cousin.

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022

New York Launches Cannabis Education Campaign, Here's What It's All About

New York will roll out a new marijuana-themed education program with the aim of teaching people about cannabis laws around the state, reported AB

Benzinga · Apr 4, 2022

MMQB: Who Knew About Bruce Arians’s Retirement and When

The Bucs kept the circle of trust tight—and it included Tom Brady. Plus, coaches’ takes on the new OT rules, Bobby Wagner, Xavien Howard and more.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 4, 2022

Edinburgh hotel listed as one of world's most exciting new openings by Conde Nast

We're counting down the days to the arrival of Edinburgh's latest high-end hotel, which has been deemed one of the most exciting in the world alongside accommodation in New York and London.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 4, 2022

Editorial: The U.S. House passes a sane marijuana decriminalization bill; the Senate should follow suit

Eighteen states all over the physical and political map, including California, Arizona, Virginia, Michigan, Montana, Illinois, Oregon, Nevada, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, now permit the recreational use of cannabis, opting to regulate and collect taxes from adult use of the substance rather than continue to treat it as…

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022

Editorial: Power in a union: The win at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse is historic indeed

Two years ago, e-commerce giant Amazon devised a strategy to make fired Staten Island, New York, warehouse worker Chris Smalls the face of the union organizing movement at the company, as its general counsel wrote in an internal memo that the former employee was “not smart or articulate.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022