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In this June 16, 2020 file photo, the sun is reflected on Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
CA Highway Patrol officers walk on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on May 1, 2024 near a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hundreds of protesters have since been arrested on UCLA's campus. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work?
Jeremy Kimbrell has worked at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala., since 1999. Having been involved in several failed union drives, he says this latest one feels different. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Pioneer Natural Resources' office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors. Jacob Ford/AP hide caption
Joshua Dean, who died on Tuesday, had gone public with his concerns about defects and quality-control problems at Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier of parts for Boeing. Here, a Spirit AeroSystems logo is seen on a 737 fuselage sent to Boeing's factory in Renton, Wash., in January. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45
Peloton hit the skids after its pandemic boom, struggling to figure out how to grow beyond sales of luxury fitness equipment. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption
Amazon and Target are among the latest big retailers to stop selling weighted infant sleepwear due to concerns about safety. Here, a woman pushes a stroller as the New York skyline is seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Luis Escarraman spent $139 when he picked up some vitamin C and a few items of clothing for himself and his daughter. "I need to work extra to get what I used to have before," he told NPR. Asma Khalid/NPR hide caption
Voters in this 'boomerang' county say they're nostalgic for the Trump economy
The Department of Justice and a group of 35 states sued Google in 2020 for allegedly using anticompetitive tactics to monopolize online search. The trial is over and closing arguments are under way. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A cabinet maker in North Carolina is seeing interest rates slow down home development. His clients in the Outer Banks though, pictured here, are moving ahead as normal. John Greim/LightRocket hide caption
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues voted to hold interest rates steady at a 23-year high on Wednesday. The central bank is trying to curb stubborn inflation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A Ford sign is shown at a dealership in Springfield, Pa., in 2022. Ford is recalling nearly 243,000 Maverick small pickup trucks in the U.S. because the tail lights may not illuminate. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Walmart announced that it is closing its health centers and virtual care service, as the retail giant has struggled to find success with the offerings. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
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Fox has removed a series on its streaming network that imagines a trial of Hunter Biden, the president's son, on hypothetical criminal charges. Here, Biden is seen on Capitol Hill in January. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption
Volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Peru. ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A demonstrator protests outside the encampment established in support of Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University on April 29, 2024. Columbia protesters are demanding their university sell off investments in a number of companies with business ties to Israel. Alex Kent/Getty Images hide caption
Eight daily newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, alleging that the maker of ChatGPT copied its work without permission or payment. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Restaurant prices rose 4.2% over the last year. But Americans continue to dine out regularly. Michael Mathes /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
