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Today is Monday, March 11th. We'll tell you

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where millions of Americans are going to be

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facing the elements at the start of this

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workweek. Another winter storm is hitting several states.

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Also, we'll explain the findings from the

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Pentagon's new wide-ranging report into UFO sightings.

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Plus, the fallout from ongoing hacks

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at major American companies. Which

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small Trader Joe's item is now reselling

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for nearly 200 times its retail price.

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And the biggest moments from last night's Academy

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Awards. Those stories and more news to

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know, next. Welcome,

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welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's

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news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair,

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fun, and on the go. I'm Air

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Commande. Thanks so much for being here.

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You ready? Let's do this. A

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winter storm is hitting parts of 10 states

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in the northeastern U.S. The storm system really

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got going yesterday, bringing wet, heavy snow and

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strong winds to millions of people from the

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Great Lakes into Pennsylvania and all the way

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up to Maine. Well, that same

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storm system continues today with even

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more cold, blustery winds in major

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cities like New York City, Boston,

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Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. And

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for parts of Pennsylvania, New York, and northern New

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England, there are still snow watches and warnings

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in place, too. Meanwhile, back-to-back

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winter storms are in the forecast for the northwest

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this week, and it could end up bringing quite

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a bit of snow to places like Colorado and

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Utah by the middle of the week. A

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former President Trump is holding off on paying

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writer E. Jean Carroll the damages that she

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won in a defamation lawsuit. But

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Trump is still paying up. Trump

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posted a nearly $92 million bond

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in a New York court. And that way,

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he can appeal the $83.3 million a jury ordered him to pay

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Carroll. Remember, a separate jury

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found him liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the

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1990s and later defaming

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her while in office. In New

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York, the bond is more than the amount he

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was ordered to pay on purpose. That way, the

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money is there to go to the defendant, even

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if the appeal fails. Trump referenced

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the bond at a rally in Georgia over the weekend,

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saying he just paid tens of millions of dollars

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on what he called a fake story made up, quote,

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by a woman that I knew nothing about, didn't

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know, never heard of. Similar comments

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to those sparked the whole defamation case

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in the first place. Though Carol's

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legal team has not said anything about those latest

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statements. And for now, Trump is still fighting this

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and many other cases. The

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security situation in Haiti has now

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gotten so out of control that

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the US military has airlifted American

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personnel out of Port-au-Prince and

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other military personnel were sent in to

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protect the embassy. The Caribbean nation has

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descended into chaos with gangs overturning the

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Capitol and the government on the verge

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of collapse. Gangs have attacked

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police stations and prisons, looted seaports and

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public buildings, shut down the airport and

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block shipments of critical supplies like food.

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All the while Haiti's prime minister is

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stranded in Puerto Rico as gang members

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demand his resignation. Caribbean leaders

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are holding an emergency meeting today to

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address what they're calling a dire situation.

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The US also says it's working

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with Caribbean nations to find a resolution. The

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former president of Honduras has now been convicted

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of drug trafficking here in the United States.

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One Orlando Hernandez was actually once seen

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as a reliable Central American partner by

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both the Obama and Trump administrations. But

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now the Justice Department says Hernandez was at

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the center of one of the largest and

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most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world.

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Specifically, the DEA administrator said the former

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Honduran leader worked hand in hand with

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a notorious Mexican cartel leader to send

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tons of deadly drugs into American communities.

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Prosecutors say he took millions of dollars in bribes

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and he used his military and national

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police force to enable a so-called cocaine

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superhighway to the United States. Hernandez

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now faces a minimum of 40 years in prison

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and could end up with a life sentence. He

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said to be sentenced this summer. The

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Pentagon has released its findings from

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its latest investigation into UFOs and

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extraterrestrials. It turned up no

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evidence of hidden alien technology or programs

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and no alien visits to Earth. Congress

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ordered this report in response to a recent

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increase in claims that the military was hiding

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UFO evidence. Some of those claims

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even came from former government officials. So,

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the U.S. Defense Department says it approached

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the report with an open mind and

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no preconceived notions but

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that in the end it found nothing out of the

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ordinary. And now this 63-page

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document is the most sweeping rebuttal the

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Pentagon has issued on the subject, insisting

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there's no cover-up. But this

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still won't be the last word. Congress mandated

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a second report and passed a measure

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last year ordering the National Archives to

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declassify more records. NASA and

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U.S. intelligence agencies are also looking at

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ways to collect more comprehensive data about

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unexplained sightings. So, stay tuned. We

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now back to the news. The

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Muslim celebration of Ramadan has just

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begun. It's Islam's holiest time. For

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the next month, 1.8 billion Muslims around

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the world are expected to observe Ramadan

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by fasting every day from dawn to

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sunset. It's meant to bring them closer

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to God and remind them of suffering of those less fortunate.

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On top of abstaining from eating, drinking, and

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smoking, many Muslims will strictly observe prayers, read

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the Quran, and donate to charity. Then

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after the sun goes down, family and friends will

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get together for nightly feasts. Finally,

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at the end of the month, there's a big three-day

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celebration called Eat Al Fitr, which means the festival of

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the breaking of the fast. People will

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gather, eat, and give gifts to mark the end of Ramadan.

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Microsoft says Russian spies just keep

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breaking into its systems using information from

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a recent hack. The company says

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first the Russian government hackers were able to

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get into executives' emails. And since

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then, they've apparently been leveraging what they

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stole to try to break into customers'

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computer systems too. Plus, it

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says Russia's foreign intelligence service has been escalating

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their attacks and Microsoft itself looking

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for even more new areas to compromise. Intelligence

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officials around the world have warned potential victims.

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They've reached out to people who use

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cloud services like Microsoft's Office programs and

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Outlook email, giving them recommendations about how

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to shore up their security. Separately,

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a hack we told you about weeks

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ago that impacted the country's largest healthcare

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payment system is still causing some problems.

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A lot of medical care providers are now having a

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hard time making ends meet, and the

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hospital industry is calling it the most significant

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cyberattack on the U.S. healthcare system in American

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history. The issue is the

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cyberattack forced the shutdown of parts of

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the electronic system operated by Change Healthcare,

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which is part of UnitedHealth Group. It

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has left hundreds, if not thousands, of

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providers unable to obtain insurance approval for

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all kinds of services, and

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some, like chemotherapy and other drugs, can cost

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hundreds of millions of dollars a month. Providers

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are not able to be paid. and are being

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forced to take out loans or in some cases train their

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own bank accounts. Now the Biden

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administration is asking UnitedHealth groups to expedite

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payments to providers. U.S. health

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officials say they're also letting providers apply to

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Medicare for accelerated payments to tide them over,

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and they're asking health insurers to waive

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or relax prior authorization rules. Meanwhile,

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United says it's hoping to be able to reconnect

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the critical network soon. The

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American video game industry's largest union

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to date has now been created.

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Hundreds of software testers at Activision

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Blizzard have decided to unionize after

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Microsoft's takeover of the company last

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year. Activision Blizzard is behind blockbuster

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games like Call of Duty. As

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part of its effort to get regulators to

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sign off, Microsoft signed a first-of-its-kind pact to

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remain neutral if workers wanted to unionize. And

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now quality assurance workers have capitalized on

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it. Those are the employees who vent

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games for glitches and bugs. And

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at Activision Blizzard, that can be an important

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task. Since it's the company behind big blockbusters

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like Call of Duty, let the

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workers emphasize the need for labor protections

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saying their roles are undervalued as compared

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to software engineers or developers. Now

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the union says it's seeking higher wages

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and more career opportunities. And

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Microsoft says it's looking forward to continuing

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its relationship with the employees through their

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bargaining representatives. Another

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viral product seems to be causing a

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frenzy around the country. This time it's

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a mini canvas tote bag from Trader

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Joe's. Shoppers have been lining

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up for restocks and swarming store displays.

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Trader Joe's says the tote is just big enough

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for a small paperback book paired with cheese and

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a baguette. It looks just like

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the standard reusable grocery bag but a little

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bit smaller. And it's only available for

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a limited time and it costs just three

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dollars in stores. But sets of four

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are being listed for as much as 500

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dollars on eBay. Now some stores

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are having to place limits on the amount people buy.

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Others are hanging signs saying the bags won't

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be available again until next year. As

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expected, the 96th Academy of Orange was

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dominated by the historical drama Oppenheimer.

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It won Best Picture plus its

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director Christopher Nolan won for Best

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Directing and a couple of

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the movie's stars, Killian Murphy and Robert Downey

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Jr. won for acting just to

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name a few of the highlights. Critics

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say the movie's standout night gave hope

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that traditional cinema hasn't been totally lost

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to franchise sequels and superheroes. In

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fact in Nolan's acceptance speech he pointed out

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that movies are just a little bit over

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a hundred years old so really the film

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industry is just beginning. As he

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put it quote, imagine being there 100 years into

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painting or theater we don't know where the

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incredible journey is going from here. Other

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big winners include Emma Stone who won Best

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Actress for Poor Things, Daveyne Joy Randolph who

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won Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers and

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Billie Eilish and Phineas O'Connell who won Best

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Song for What Was I Made For as

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featured in the Barbie movie. Other

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talked about moments came from John Cena

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who presented the award for Best Costumes

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without any clothes on saying it was

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proof that costumes are important. Barbie

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star Ryan Gosling who presented with Oppenheimer

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star Emily Blunt. They roasted each other

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about the friendly rivalry between their two

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movies that came out on the same

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day. Gosling also performed

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the Barbie ballad I'm Just Ken in

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an over-the-top performance that ended with fireworks.

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Okay, now back to Money Monday. There

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could be some relief coming for anyone who

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misses a payment on their credit card. Federal

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regulators issued a new rule last week capping

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credit card late fees at just eight dollars

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for the biggest credit card issuers. That's

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of course much lower than the current average of

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thirty two dollars. And overall the

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates the change

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will save customers ten billion dollars a

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year. Consumer advocates praised this measure

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saying it will help millions of credit card users

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who end up having to pay late fees from

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time to time. But banking and

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credit card companies are promising legal action to stop

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the rule from going into effect. The

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American Bankers Association says the move will just

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cause more late payments, higher debt, lower credit

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scores, and reduce credit access for people who

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need it most. For now the

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change is set to take effect in two minutes. Alright,

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thank you so much for joining us and listening

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today. We'll be back tomorrow. For now have a

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