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>>NLRB Claims Tesla Keeping Buffalo Employees Out Of Union

(Buffalo, NY)  --  The National Labor Relations Board is accusing Tesla of preventing its Buffalo, New York employees from forming a union.  A complaint filed by the NLRB this week claims a Tesla workplace policy was designed to "discourage its employees from forming, joining, or assisting the Union."  This is not the first time the NLRB has claimed Tesla and CEO Elon Musk tried to keep employees from unionizing.  A court ordered Musk to delete a 2018 Twitter post discouraging workers from joining a union.  Musk has since bought Twitter, changed its name to X, and returned the post on his account.

 

>>Target Reportedly Cutting LGBTQ-Related Merchandise From Some Stores During Pride Month

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Retailer Target says it's "committed" to supporting the LGBTQ community during Pride Month, but will reportedly remove LGBTQ-related products from some of its stores.  Bloomberg News is reporting that Target will carry such merchandise in only around half of its two-thousand or so U.S. stores.  The report says Target will make all of its LGBTQ-themed merchandise available online.  Last year during Pride Month, Target experienced clashes between customers and employees products such as transgender swimsuits.  The month of June is recognized as Pride Month.

 

>>OpenAI Reportedly Developing Search Tool

(San Francisco, CA)  --  Artificial intelligence company OpenAI is reportedly planning a search product to compete with Google.  The announcement could come Monday, according to reports.  The Microsoft-backed company's search would be an extension of its ChatGPT program that can pull information from the internet.  The company has previously had issues with giving customers accurate real-time information from the web.

 

>>Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery To Offer Bundle 

(Burbank, CA)  --  Two streaming rivals are teaming up.  Disney and Warner Brothers Discovery announced Wednesday that they'll joining forces to offer a bundle of Disney-plus, Hulu and Max. It's not yet known how much the package will be but it's expected to be available this summer. This comes as both companies along with Fox Corp., revealed a sports streaming service set to debut in the fall. 

 

>>Hyundai Elantras Top List Of Most Frequently Stolen Cars

(Washington, DC)  --  Hyundai Elantras are at the top of the list of most often stolen cars. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, full-size pickup trucks used to top the list. But as of 2023, Elantras had more than 48-thousand thefts reported across the nation. Hyundai and Kia combined make up six of the 10 most frequently stolen vehicles. Thefts of those have surged since 2020 by as much as a thousand percent. That's around the time that videos of how to steal the cars spread on TikTok.

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