• Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov

    Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov

    Aug 18, 2023 06:58 PM EST

    ... failing to delete allegedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine. The move by a magistrate’s court follows similar actions in early August against Apple and the Wikimedia Foundation that hosts Wikipedia. According to Russian news reports, the court found that the YouTube video service, which is owned by ...

  • What to know about the U.S. women’s national team’s heartbreaking World Cup loss

    What to know about the U.S. women’s national team’s heartbreaking World Cup loss

    Aug 06, 2023 09:35 PM EST

    ... obviously today they are not. But in terms of history, but I think that off the field. And we've talked about it that Johnny Appleseed sowing the seeds for this board around the world fighting for girls and women all over the world, not just the United States to ...

  • Pac-12 faces extinction after losing 5 member schools to Big Ten, Big 12 conferences

    Pac-12 faces extinction after losing 5 member schools to Big Ten, Big 12 conferences

    Aug 05, 2023 10:38 PM EST

    “We are disappointed with the recent decisions by some of our Pac-12 peers," Washington State President Kirk Schulz and athletic director Pat Chun said Friday before its Apple Cup rival announced it was leaving, "While we had hoped that our membership would remain together, this outcome was always ...

  • Studios and writers return to contract negotiations for first time in 3 months

    Studios and writers return to contract negotiations for first time in 3 months

    Aug 04, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... the major players on the studio side are companies that are traditional, like Disney and Warner Bros., but there are also companies like Amazon and Apple and Netflix that are tech companies and have very different business interests. They are in selling subscriptions. That is their primary business in Hollywood ...

  • Katie Ledecky makes swimming history with major world championship wins

    Katie Ledecky makes swimming history with major world championship wins

    Jul 31, 2023 10:20 PM EST

    ... the group stage games. The U.S. team has won four of the eight World Cups. They are the most dominant. They're the Johnny Appleseeds sowing the seeds for the sport and fighting for equal pay. Everyone looks up to the U.S. team. So they have got to ...

  • Some small music venues kept rocking even after COVID shut them down. Here's how they did it

    Some small music venues kept rocking even after COVID shut them down. Here's how they did it

    Jul 28, 2023 08:10 PM EST

    ... venues, the spaces matter for artists and local economies, too. And especially as album sales have given way to streaming platforms, such as Spotify or Apple Music, which pay artists fractions of cents per play, “Independent venues are pivotal to emerging and working class artists,” Frank said. In order for ...

  • UPS workers may soon strike. Here's what you need to know

    UPS workers may soon strike. Here's what you need to know

    Jul 24, 2023 02:22 PM EST

    ... implications, a union win at UPS could have significance for organized labor across industries. UPS's contract talks arrive amid other prominent labor campaigns at Apple, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and other companies — as well as the current writers and actors' strikes seen in Hollywood. Videojournalist Sharon Johnson contributed from ...

  • 2023 Women’s World Cup puts spotlight back on pay equity issues in soccer

    2023 Women’s World Cup puts spotlight back on pay equity issues in soccer

    Jul 22, 2023 09:40 PM EST

    ... Rose Bowl full the capacity for a woman's football game, women's soccer. And they really were in many ways, the latter day Johnny Appleseed, sowing the seeds for the game around the world. That's that I think, absolutely did it because even back in 2000, they were ...

  • WATCH: Biden administration is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

    WATCH: Biden administration is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

    Jul 19, 2023 09:42 PM EST

    ... clarity on the impact mergers can have on workers and to update the guidance for a digital economy that is shaped by companies such as Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta. The government first issued its guidance on mergers in 1968. Officials stressed that the new guidance conforms to the laws ...

  • Why Hollywood actors are on strike and what it means for entertainment industry

    Why Hollywood actors are on strike and what it means for entertainment industry

    Jul 13, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... its part, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing traditional studios such as Universal, Paramount, and Disney, along with newer tech giants like Apple, Netflix, and Amazon, blamed the union for walking away from major concessions, saying in a statement: "The union has regrettably chosen a path that ...