Sex workers are feeling the financial pain of an economic downturn — and adding emotional support for clients to their job descriptions

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Dancer at Lucky Devil Lounge in Portland

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Walmart's experiment with pickup-and-delivery stores appears to be over as the last two prepare to close

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Walmart is shuttering its standalone pickup and delivery stores.

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WHO Warns Bird Flu Could Jump to Humans

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The World Health Organization has issued an ominous warning about bird flu.

American drivers are guzzling less gas as they work from home, in a potential shift for global oil: 'The heyday of gasoline is over'

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Americans are consuming less gas than before the pandemic.

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An economics researcher is warning that the next few decades could bring a massive stock market collapse

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Offices across the US are at least half full for the first time since before the pandemic, new data shows

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Offices are now at least half full for the first time since the pandemic.

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