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Ruben Gallego Wants You to Get Paid More for Working on Holidays
This is happening amid long-term trends: Jobs are getting worse, families are getting squeezed by energy and health care costs and priced…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Puzzles and Games Galore
For the word gamer with old-school tastes and ample storage space, consider a Monogrammed Deluxe Scrabble set ($170), paired with a…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Treasures That Are Old, or Old at Heart
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Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “Christmas Avenue”
Last year, the Paris-based artist Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet did a residency at Villa Albertine, which gave him the opportunity to experience…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Gear for the Coffee Nerd
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National Parks Now Free on Trump’s Birthday, but Not on Black Holidays
The Trump administration removed free national park access on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, while adding it for President…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers
It’s easy to think of music as ephemeral and essentially free, rather than a thing you can dotingly select, acquire, and present to your…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents to Thank Your Host
For the pet-lover who hates taking care of pets: a self-sufficient ecosystem containing two or three miniature unneedy shrimp that can…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
We are entering a Surrealist phase of personal technology. Any device you might imagine can be found online courtesy of an obscure Chinese…
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Amazon Germany hires 12,000 seasonal workers ahead of holidays
Amazon has hired around 12,000 seasonal workers in Germany ahead of the Black Friday and Christmas shopping rush, the company has said,…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Tools, Treats, and Trifles for Food Lovers
I don’t think I viscerally understood the importance of a Christmas tree, or a Hanukkah menorah, or a St. Lucia’s crown until I moved into…
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Kids
In theory, buying gifts for children is a snap. If they’re old enough to talk, but not old enough to ignore you completely, they will…
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'Holidays are not holidays for me without you': Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah
"Shiri, Ariel and Kfir - I love you most in the world, always in the world,” he wrote in an Erev Rosh Hashanah Instagram post. Yarden…
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Column: Eliminating national holidays is a promising idea. Start with the racist ones
Believe it or not, France has had a form of social security since the 1600s, and its modern system began in earnest in 1910, when the…
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French PM Bayrou proposes slashing two public holidays to reduce national deficit
France's Prime Minister François Bayrou has outlined plans to cut €43.8 billion from the national budget, warning that debt presents a…
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France's prime minister wants to cut 2 public holidays to save money for the indebted economy
PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar —…
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French premier wants to scrap holidays, freeze spending to slash debt
In order to reduce France's record national debt, Prime Minister François Bayrou presented a plan to cancel two public holidays, reduce…
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New study shows all-inclusive holidays to top destinations are going up in price
All-inclusive family package holidays booked from the UK have been getting more expesive, according to new data that has shown a surge in…
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The Year in Surprises
December’s so dramatic. For weeks, the days darken—a quickening fade that suggests a coming show. It’s depressing to leave home around…
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Gold steady ahead of holidays; US Fed outlook weighs
GOLD prices held steady on Tuesday (Dec 24), with investors bracing for a less aggressive path of interest rate cuts from the US Federal…
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How to get your steps in over the holidays
We are often told that walking 10,000 steps per day will "keep the doctor away." However, during the Christmas season, this guideline…
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California couple killed in Mexican town plagued by violence were visiting for the holidays
Mexico City — A California couple with Mexican roots went south for the holidays to visit relatives, an annual tradition among many U.S.…
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Ecuador's government will stop rationing electricity nationwide just before the holidays
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government will stop rationing electricity services just before the holidays, President Daniel Noboa — who…
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Victoria’s Secret lifts guidance with positive start to holidays
VICTORIA’S Secret raised its outlook after reporting third-quarter sales that topped Wall Street expectations, saying shoppers had an…