Charlottesville Jury Recommends 419 Years Plus Life For Neo-Nazi Who Killed Protester
James Alex Fields Jr. was given a recommended sentence of life plus 419 years in prison for killing Heather Heyer and seriously injuring 35 others. What do you think?
Lin-Manuel Miranda On ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ And Writing His Way Onstage
Though best-known for his auteur work, the mastermind of Hamilton and In the Heights says it was his dream to be offered a part in someone else’s musical.
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Petco Employee Stocks Gerbils By The Cash Register For Impulse Purchases
Report: Greatest Factor In Employee Retention Boss Sending Out End-Of-Year Note Titled ‘Thanks Team’
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Citing the gesture as a “best practice shared across the nation’s highest-morale offices,” researchers at the Harvard Business School published a report Friday identifying a correlation between workplaces with the highest employee retention rate and those where management distributed an end-of-year note…
This Is The Year I’m Finally Going To Burn Your House Down
As winter temperatures arrive and the end of the year approaches, I find myself in a place of deep reflection. Looking back on all the things I have and haven’t accomplished these past 12 months, I feel good about the progress I’ve made toward many of my personal goals. But there’s one particular thing I never quite…
Kirstjen Nielsen Urges Migrant Parents Leave The Weak Ones Behind
Swahili Speakers Debate Disney’s Trademark of ‘Hakuna Matata’ For T-Shirts
The song title from the film The Lion King has been trademarked by Disney since 2003. In recent weeks, Africa media has launched a discussion on whether that’s cultural appropriation.
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The Latest in Virtual-Assistant Technology
Dakota McFadzean humorously illustrates a virtual assistant that tells you the weather, nags you to wear a jacket, and looks just like your late mother.
Bruce Springsteen: On Jersey, Masculinity And Wishing To Be His Stage Persona
Springsteen’s one-man show closes on Broadway Saturday, then begins streaming on Netflix. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2016, admitting: “People see you onstage and, yeah, I’d want to be that guy.”