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Whole Foods is reportedly using an “interactive heat map” to monitor its stores and flag locations that are at risk of unionizing. The Amazon-owned supermarket chain — whose 510 stores employ 95,000 nationwide — scores each of its stores on a number of factors, including employee “‘loyalty,’ turnover, and racial diversity” according to Business Insider, …

Louis Tomlinson was not happy when Liam Payne prematurely revealed One Direction‘s plans to come together for a reunion. “I can’t say too much. It was actually, Louis told me off for revealing a bit of our plans the other day. So you’re going to have the group telling me off on the group chat,” …

As if we needed another reason to drink right now: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have announced they are launching Quarantine Wine. The married celebs are partnering with Nocking Point Wines and Battle Creek Cellars to produce a variety of vinos. One hundred percent of the profits will be donated to charities helping coronavirus-relief efforts. …

Long before he was an electee to the Basketball Hall of Fame, Mike Breen was an intimidated 18-year-old freshman attending a workshop at Fordham’s renowned college radio station, WFUV, in the fall of 1979. Breen felt sheepish next to the juniors and seniors leading the seminar and contemplated delaying the start of his broadcasting training. …

Earlier this week, in a conversation with a veteran player representative, I asked if the Commissioner’s Office and the Players Association would be the scorpion from The Scorpion and the Frog. In the fable, the scorpion convinces a frog to carry him across the river. The frog says no because you will sting me. The …

United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Wednesday that it has cut its flight schedule by 90% in May and expects similar cuts for June as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and warned that travel demand that is now “essentially at zero shows no sign of improving in the near term,” making job cuts likely. …

U.S. officials warned in January 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s work on “SARS-like coronaviruses in bats,” combined with “a serious shortage” of proper safety procedures, could result in human transmission and the possibility of a “future emerging coronavirus outbreak.” In a series of diplomatic cables, one of which was obtained by The Washington …

A man watches footage of a news report on North Korea firing an unidentified projectile, in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2020. South Korea said its northern neighbor launched cruise missiles and conducted training exercises with fighter jets on Tuesday — North Korea’s first use of cruise missiles since June 2017 and a significant military …

More than two dozen US food industry workers have died from the coronavirus as scared shoppers plow through supermarkets with little regard for employees’ safety, it emerged on Monday. The United Food and Commercial Workers labor union says at least 30 workers in the grocery, meatpacking and food-processing industries have perished from COVID-19 in recent …

The cast of “That Thing You Do!” is reuniting to honor songwriter Adam Schlesinger — who died of coronavirus complications earlier this month — and raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. For the first time in 25 years, all four cast members of the fictional band The Wonders will gather virtually and share memories of …