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Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion

SAN RAMON, Calif. - Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against long...

Dec 1, 2020

'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism

LOS ANGELES - Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the c...

Dec 1, 2020

UN: Pandemic to fan surge in humanitarian needs in 2021

GENEVA - The U.N. humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help ...

Dec 1, 2020

'All my love, Elliot': Actor Page comes out as transgender

NEW YORK - Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of "Juno," "Inception" and "The Umbrella Academy," came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans...

Dec 1, 2020

Nestle, Cargill at high court in child labour case

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed concerned Tuesday about the impact of siding with food giants Nestle and Cargill and ending a lawsuit that claims they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in ...

Dec 1, 2020

US: Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened

BILLINGS, Mont. - Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that's a key source of food for some grizzly bears and found across ...

Dec 1, 2020

Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic

ROME - Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and media organizations that spread their conspira...

Dec 1, 2020

Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the authority of a special counsel...

Dec 1, 2020

Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His...

Dec 1, 2020

OPEC talks on production hit snag as pandemic clouds outlook

FRANKFURT - The OPEC oil producers' cartel was to push ahead with a new round of discussions Tuesday about how much to pump next year as countries wrestled over whether to extend the production cuts t...

Dec 1, 2020