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Business
18K+ Costco Workers Approve Strike Over Wholesaler's 'Greed': 'We Are The Backbone' 18K+ Costco Workers Approve Strike Over Wholesaler's 'Greed': 'We Are The Backbone'
18K+ Costco Workers Approve Strike Over Wholesaler's 'Greed': 'We Are The Backbone' Workers at America's largest wholesale retailer may soon go on strike as the corporation has seen profits skyrocket in recent years, union officials said. Costco workers nationwide voted by an overwhelming 85-percent margin to authorize a strike, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said in a news release on Monday, Jan. 20. The Teamsters cited the retail giant's dramatic surge in net profits and refusal to offer a fair contract. More than 18,000 union-member employees are set to strike if a new agreement isn't reached by the time the current one expires on Friday, Jan.…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds
Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds For hours, Tufts University police in Medford scrambled from building to building in search of a man who repeatedly called and taunted them by saying he was hiding beneath a bed in a dorm room with a Taser and pistols. And he planned to use them on the student who found his hiding spot.  None of it was true.  Sammy Sultan, 49, of Hayward, Calif., plans to plead guilty to one count of making threats in interstate commerce related to calls he made in May 2021, the US Attorney for Massachusetts announced this week. Police arrested him in March.  Investigators said Sultan m…

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by Josh Lanier