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FILE - Brian Niccol, named the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks on Aug. 13, 2024, is shown during an interview on June 9, 2015, in New York.

CEOs run companies from afar while workers return to HQ

FILE - Brian Niccol, named the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks on Aug. 13, 2024, is shown during an interview on June 9, 2015, in New York.

September 1, 2024, 5:52am Business

For Starbucks Corp., its primary home is Seattle. Read story

A young man with a bag reading &ldquo;The east does it&rdquo; attends an election campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, party in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024.

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

A young man with a bag reading &ldquo;The east does it&rdquo; attends an election campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, party in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024.

September 1, 2024, 5:30am Nation & World

It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Read story

Kentucky prisoners hack state-issued computer tablets to digitally create $1M. How’d they do it?

September 1, 2024, 5:12am Nation & World

Almost nobody outside of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has heard about how several hundred prison inmates hacked their state-issued, for-profit computer tablets to create more than $1 million that didn’t really exist. Read story

University of Florida faculty member Rob Ferl trains for a suborbital flight with Blue Origin to study the effects of spaceflight on genes.

UF professor to fly Blue Origin New Shepard on mission for NASA

University of Florida faculty member Rob Ferl trains for a suborbital flight with Blue Origin to study the effects of spaceflight on genes.

September 1, 2024, 5:11am Life

University of Florida horticulture science professor Rob Ferl is going where some men have gone before including William Shatner and Jeff Bezos, but he’s bringing along some experimental plant life for NASA. Read story

Eliza Bennett is an OB-GYN in Wisconsin. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;Many patients I take care of who have a pregnancy complication or, more commonly, a severe fetal anomaly, they don&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;t have any coverage,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; Bennett says.

Her life was at risk. She needed an abortion. Insurance refused to pay

Eliza Bennett is an OB-GYN in Wisconsin. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;Many patients I take care of who have a pregnancy complication or, more commonly, a severe fetal anomaly, they don&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;t have any coverage,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; Bennett says.

September 1, 2024, 5:09am Health

Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. But bleeding had plagued Ashley from the beginning of her pregnancy, and in July, at seven weeks, she began miscarrying. Read story

CORRECTS FAMILY NAME TO NDIAYE - Salamba Ndiaye, a 28-year-old who tried to migrate to Europe twice, poses for a photo at the beach in Thiaroye-Sur-Mer, Senegal, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Ndiaye is one of thousands of young Senegalese who try to flee poverty and the lack of job opportunities in the West African country each year to head to Spain. More than 22,300 people have landed on the Canary Islands from January to mid-August this year.

‘Barcelona or die.’ For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent

CORRECTS FAMILY NAME TO NDIAYE - Salamba Ndiaye, a 28-year-old who tried to migrate to Europe twice, poses for a photo at the beach in Thiaroye-Sur-Mer, Senegal, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Ndiaye is one of thousands of young Senegalese who try to flee poverty and the lack of job opportunities in the West African country each year to head to Spain. More than 22,300 people have landed on the Canary Islands from January to mid-August this year.

August 31, 2024, 6:27pm Nation & World

Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career as a real estate agent. Without her parents’ knowledge, she made it onto a small fishing boat known as a pirogue, but the Senegalese police intercepted the vessel before it could leave. Read story

Janaina Silva gives a dose of liquid cannabidiol, or CBD, to her 4-year-old son Murillo after an epileptic seizure July 8 at her parents&rsquo; home in Guaruja, Brazil. Murillo takes regular doses of CBD that his mother acquires for free through Sao Paulo state&rsquo;s public health system.

Brazilian moms lead charge to get access to CBD

Janaina Silva gives a dose of liquid cannabidiol, or CBD, to her 4-year-old son Murillo after an epileptic seizure July 8 at her parents&rsquo; home in Guaruja, Brazil. Murillo takes regular doses of CBD that his mother acquires for free through Sao Paulo state&rsquo;s public health system.

August 31, 2024, 5:49am Nation & World

The 4-year-old boy struggled to balance while walking through the living room. His mother’s eyes attentively followed his every move. Then a seizure knocked him to the ground, the dull thud of his small body echoing through the home. Read story

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ finds distributor, will open before election

August 31, 2024, 5:31am Entertainment

After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the young Donald Trump drama “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan as the former president, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November. Read story

FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand next to trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024.

Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army

FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand next to trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024.

August 30, 2024, 5:16pm Latest News

It was their most challenging mission. Read story

FILE - Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series &ldquo;The Kennedys After Camelot&rdquo; in New York on March 30, 2017.

Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death appears in court after plea deal

FILE - Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series &ldquo;The Kennedys After Camelot&rdquo; in New York on March 30, 2017.

August 30, 2024, 3:47pm Nation & World

One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on Friday after reaching a deal to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors. Read story