Associated Press
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The North Carolina video game publisher said in a memo to employees that the job cuts are not related to AI. Rather, they stem from industry-wide challenges such as slower growth, weaker spending, and tougher cost economics.
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Drivers will get a weekly payment depending on the number of miles they travel to make deliveries. In the U.S., drivers using DoorDash's debit card will also get 10% cash back on gas purchases.
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On Monday morning, a handful of federal officers were seen by The Associated Press near busy lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. And a handful of other airports — including Louis Armstrong International in New Orleans, as well as Houston's George Bush Intercontinental and William P. Hobby airports — said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would also be on site to support TSA operations.
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The Food and Drug Administration posted an online notice about the recall of Taro Pharmaceuticals' Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension after reports of particles and other possible contaminants.
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In South Carolina, Tegna owns and operates CBS affiliate WLTX in Columbia. Nexstar owned and operated stations in the state include CBS affiliates WSPA in Spartanburg/Greenville and WBTW in Florence/Myrtle Beach, as well as NBC affiliate WCBD in Charleston.
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U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a new higher-dose version of the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy—a 7.2-milligram dose of Novo Nordisk's semaglutide. Previously, the highest approved dose of the drug, taken as a weekly injection, was 2.4 milligrams.
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Amazon says it has started offering faster U.S. deliveries of selected products for a fee. The e-commerce colossus said Tuesday that customers in more than 2,000 cities, towns and suburban areas can now get orders from among 90,000 items delivered in three hours.
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As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched to the vaccine, leading to an intense early onslaught of flu.
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The FBI says ROTC students subdued and killed a gunman who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University Thursday. Voorhees University in Denmark confirmed the victim who died was the son-in-law of a university trustee. Two others were injured in the shooting.
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King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual. Researchers tracked about 19,000 birds on a sub-Antarctic island chain and found breeding is starting 19 days earlier than in 2000. Wednesday's study links the earlier timing to a 40% jump in breeding success.