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Best Buy cuts more in-store jobs as it shifts to online sales, smaller stores

2 years 7 months ago
Best Buy Co. Inc. is cutting hundreds of jobs in stores across the country, the latest step by the electronics retailer to adjust to changing consumer habits and emphasize online sales and smaller stores. The Wall Street Journal reported the layoffs on Friday, noting that the cuts will be focused on store "consultants" — sales-floor staff charged with advising shoppers on items such as smartphones or computers. Those tasks will be shifted to a smaller pool of workers. Laid-off employees can…
Mark Reilly

Funeral for Zachary Esparza today

2 years 7 months ago
A funeral for a service member and St. Louis native is today. It's for Chief Warrant Officer Zachary Esparza - who was killed in last month's crash of two Black Hawk helicopters.
Reggie Lee

As Fox News case heads to trial, far right St. Louis site faces its own defamation suit

2 years 7 months ago

They didn’t know it at the time, but Dec. 3, 2020, was the start of a nightmare for Wandrea Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. Both were election workers in Atlanta, and that was the day Rudy Giuliani — ex-New York mayor and adviser to former President Donald Trump — testified to a state Senate […]

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Jason Hancock

Long COVID is hurting business. Workplace accommodations could help

2 years 7 months ago

Three years after the start of the pandemic, millions of working age people still suffer from long COVID-19 and some lawmakers and advocates, including people with long COVID, say not enough is being done to protect their well-being and ensure they can continue to be employed. Proposed federal legislation, better workplace accommodations, and more federal […]

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Casey Quinlan

Strong leaders with unwavering voices are required for major changes in our society

2 years 7 months ago

In times of a major crisis, discord, division or a crossroads situation where a country or society finds itself at the precipice of what will define its future, a committed leader with a commanding voice emerges. Who will be that leader — that strong, dedicated and unifying voice to lead us to a solution to […]

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Janice Ellis