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Month: April 2021

Restaurants, other businesses struggle to hire new employees in pandemic recovery

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — On top of changing COVID-19 restrictions, restaurants and other businesses are dealing with another, unexpected hurdle — trying to hire people. Garrett Benedict, chef and owner of G-Love, is experiencing that firsthand. It’s been a busy six weeks for them since the restaurant re-opened

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This fast food chain is now one of the most diverse workforces in America — except for its top executives

Shake Shack has emerged as one of the most diverse employers in America after hiring more than 1,000 people in 2020. But the premium burger chain’s executive management team is also one of the least diverse in the fast food industry, which for years has been criticized for pervasive racial disparities between its disproportionately Black

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An hours-long standoff in North Carolina leaves five dead, including 2 sheriff’s deputies

[Breaking news update, published at 10:39 a.m. ET] Five people, including two sheriff’s deputies, are dead after a 13-hour standoff Wednesday in Boone, North Carolina, authorities said. [Original story, published at 4:02 a.m. ET] One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said

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