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The Great Resignation

An ‘Atrocious’ Email Caused a Mass Resignation at a Kansas Applebee’s

The email portrayed high gas prices and inflation as an opportunity for the company to rebuild its workforce and pay lower wages.
Paul Blest
3.29.22
russia

These Russian Journalists Interviewed Zelenskyy. Then the Kremlin Stepped In.

Russia has shut down most independent media organisations, but their journalists are still fighting to broadcast.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
3.29.22
Tech

‘War Thunder’ Turns Off Chat Because Players Are Fighting About Ukraine

A game about war has turned off its coms to keep players from yelling at each other about a real war.
Matthew Gault
3.29.22
Hacking

People Are Getting Scam Texts From … Themselves

A seemingly widespread scam tries to get people to click on a phishing link contained in a text that appears to come from a target’s own number.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
3.29.22
Ukraine

These Students Are Smuggling HIV Meds and Hormone Therapy Into Ukraine

“We’re making sure the medications are reaching those who need them the most.”
Anya Zoledziowski
3.29.22
Side Hustles
15:58

MMA Fighter and Drag Queen: Dos Pistolas

Diego Garijo is a professional MMA fighter with a 15 year run of brutal fights, including the first sanctioned bare knuckle match in Mexico. On the side, he sells his paintings as a drag queen named Lola.
mexico

20 People Gunned Down at an Underground Cockfight in Mexico

The massacre in Zinapecuaro, allegedly due to the ongoing war between the CJNG and local rival groups, is the latest macabre incident in Michoacan’s bloody cartel war.
Nathaniel Janowitz
3.29.22
Local Legends
17:05

This is Where Elite Santas Are Made

Rick Rosenthal is Santa Clause. He’s renowned for training the world’s best Santas at his Northern Lights Santa Academy but he’s an Orthodox Jew. After the death of his parents inspired him to don the red, Rick has been Santa ever since
News

Anti-Vaxxer Politician Charged With Assault at Canada’s Trucker Convoy

Randy Hillier, an independent Ontario politician, is facing nine charges related to his enthusiastic support of the Ottawa trucker convoy.
Mack Lamoureux
3.29.22
amazon

'I’m Getting Evicted': Amazon Workers Explain Why They’re Voting to Unionize

Motherboard spoke to Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island about how they voted in the ongoing election.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
3.29.22
gas prices

Do Gas Tax Holidays Actually Work?

Some states are enacting gas tax holidays to make gas cheaper. More may follow. But does it actually help consumers save money? The evidence is mixed.
Aaron Gordon
3.29.22
News

Thanks to Russia, It’s a Lousy Time to Be a Business Starting With ‘Z’

Russia’s use of ‘Z’ in war propaganda has put brands with their own ‘Z’ logos under pressure to change them.
Tess Owen
3.29.22
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