Month: May 2023

In recent years, the Land Back movement has been gaining momentum in California and beyond, rooted in the longstanding struggle for Indigenous sovereignty, the return of ancestral lands, and the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ inherent right to self-determination. Prior to European contact, California was home to over 100 distinct Indigenous nations, each with their own
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In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Starbucks Coffee logo is seen on cups in the cafe in Krakow, Poland on February 16, 2023.  Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations, fueled by better-than-expected international sales. Here’s what the company reported
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Barbara Corcoran says the “biggest negotiation of her entire life” came from pure luck. The millionaire investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank” recently took to TikTok to dish about selling The Corcoran Group, a real estate firm she founded at age 23. Nearly three decades later, she flipped it to brokerage firm NRT for $66 million.
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The numbers are eye-opening. 288 arrests. 117 firearms. 850 kilograms of drugs. $53.4 million in cash and virtual currencies. That was the impact of Operation SpecTor, a coordinated international effort targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the dark web, or darknet. Dark Web The dark web lives up to its name—it describes internet sites that
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While builders struggle to bring new housing online, the rest of the country’s housing stock is aging. Of the approximately 124 million housing units, the ABC Collaborative counts more than 21 million single family homes that were built before 1980 that need a retrofit, spurring a huge new industry focused on energy improvements. Energy retrofits
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Zeynepkaya | E+ | Getty Images It’s an especially expensive time for people with credit card debt, and the pain will likely only worsen with another expected interest rate hike coming from the Federal Reserve this week. Interest charges on credit cards tend to move with the Fed’s benchmark rate. The current national average rate
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Experts predict the Federal Reserve likely will approve a quarter-percentage-point interest rate increase this week. This 0.25 percentage point hike will mark the 10th time the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate over the past year or so, the fastest pace of tightening since the early 1980s.  Consumers are now paying more to borrow while still
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