Uber is laying off 10% of its global workforce as part of a move to streamline and simplify the ride-sharing company, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an open message to employees published Wednesday on the company’s website. The cuts amount to roughly 3,400 jobs based on Uber’s headcount at the end of last year. The company said…
Perhaps only Dolly Parton could dress like a flag – and still be taken seriously by a ship full of sailors. Only Dolly. Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1992. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Tributes poured in from everywhere this past week for the singer-songwriter, hailed as the queen of country music, who died Tuesday at the age…
We’ve all been singing along with Dolly Parton for decades. But if you want to know the truth about her, know this: She works way more than just 9 to 5. Even with a half-century of music behind her, the glitzy, big-haired queen of country glamour is still at it 24/7, still writing her a…
Originally broadcast on February 10, 2019. We’ve all been singing along with Dolly Parton for decades. But if you want to know the truth about her, know this: She works way more than just 9 to 5. Even with a half-century of music behind her, the glitzy, big-haired queen of country glamour is still at…
Dolly Parton had a way with words — rhyming them in catchy melodies and making people laugh with her wit. The beloved star is being remembered for her kindness, talent and humor following her death at the age of 80 on Tuesday. Parton wasn’t shy about making jokes about herself or commenting on her signature…
Juneau, Alaska — A candidate with the same name as Alaska’s incumbent U.S. senator advanced Tuesday to the general election in what will be one of the most closely watched races in the country this fall. Dan J. Sullivan, who goes by Dan Sullivan, was among the top four finishers after the Aug. 18 primary…
Dolly Parton, one of the most groundbreaking and successful musicians in the history of country music, with a hitmaking career that spanned six decades and launched her into TV and movie stardom, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 80. Since breaking onto the country music scene with her 1967 debut “Hello, I’m Dolly,”…
President Trump’s legal team is threatening to sue left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress for defamation over a report it issued in July that found “no evidence that National Guard deployments have reduced violent crime.” In an Aug. 17 letter, Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, claimed the report contains materially false statements intended to…
The U.S. job market is less robust than it looks, according to a new analysis. The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, well within the range economists consider healthy. Yet that measure, which reflects the percentage of people over the age of 16 who don’t have a job and who are looking for work,…
Moderate Democrat David Crowley will win his party’s primary for Wisconsin governor, CBS News projects, in a narrow, upset victory over Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who was widely viewed as a frontrunner in the race. Crowley will face GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany on the ballot in November. Crowley overcame significant headwinds, especially after he…
