Starbucks baristas’ ‘strike before Christmas’ has reached hundreds of U.S. stores  WHYY

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Starbucks' union says workers are walking off the job at some 300 — out of over 10,000 — stores across the U.S. as contract negotiations falter. The company urges it to return to the bargaining table.

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Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when Toontown Online disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as Toontown Rewritten.

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Steve Belichick reportedly to join UNC football and dad Bill Belichick, after Washington bowl game  USA TODAY

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Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a security manager for the company.

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Danielle Vasinova, an actress in Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" universe, is opening up about her intense battle with COVID.

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A Texas man has been accused of killing his wife, who was eight weeks pregnant at the time of her death, while their other young children were reportedly home.

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Notre Dame's longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral's transformed acoustics. After a horrific fire in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in just five years. The organist says the thorough cleaning of the instrument and the structure's stone makes the cathedral even more reverberant. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR journalists. Visit plus.npr.org.

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Seattle's flagship Bartell Drugs to close as part of Rite Aid's nationwide store closures  KOMO News

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Cleveland Cavaliers star Jarrett Allen wowed the crowd at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Monday night ahead of the game against the Utah Jazz

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