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Disney, DeSantis legal fights ratchet up as company …

FILE - Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2021. Facing backlash, Walt Disney World’s governing district will pay a stipend to employees whose free passes and discounts to the theme park resort were eliminated under a policy made by a new district administrator and board members who are allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

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UAE’s president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated …

Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, talks during the Climate Future Week at Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.” (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Borrowers are reassessing their budgets as student loan …

File - Graduating Harvard University students celebrate their degrees during commencement ceremonies, on May 25, 2023 in Cambridge, Mass. Student loan payments resume in October after a three-year pause due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File. )

In a good sign for China’s struggling economy, factory …

FILE - Visitors look at the robotic arms assembly a vehicle frame during the annual World Robot Conference at the Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center in the outskirt of Beijing, on Aug. 17, 2023. China's factory activity in September recorded its first expansion in six month, an official survey said Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, providing another sign that the world's second-largest economy is gradually improving following its post-pandemic malaise. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers …

United Auto Workers member Mariusz Mirek holds a picket sign near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The United Auto Workers union expanded its two-week strikes against Detroit automakers Friday, adding 7,000 workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student …

The Capitol is seen late Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington, as lawmakers work to advance appropriations bills on the House floor. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Stock market today: Wall Street is mixed as ugly …

FILE - The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

The UAW strike is growing, again. What to know as …

United Auto Workers members and supporters picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Higher gas prices lift Fed’s preferred inflation …

A prospective customer surveys 2023 QX60 luxury sports-utility vehicles at an Infiniti dealership Sunday, Aug 27, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. On Friday, the Commerce Department issues its August report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Inflation drops to a two-year low in Europe. It offers …

FILE - People shop at a market in Versailles, outside Paris, France, on July 3, 2022. Inflation that has been plaguing Europeans made a marked decline in September, strengthening hopes that consumers will eventually get relief from costlier groceries, vacations and haircuts — and that the European Central Bank won’t have to further restrict the economy by raising interest rates from already-record highs. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena, File)

804,000 long-term borrowers are having their student …

Karin Engstrom, 82, poses for photos at home, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Seattle. Engstrom recently had student loans forgiven. She's one of 804,000 borrowers who will have a total of $39 billion forgiven under a one-time adjustment granted by the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

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As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration …

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at a training center run by Laborers' International Union of North America, Feb. 8, 2023, in Deforest, Wis. The Biden administration on Friday, Sept. 29, is releasing a playbook on best practices for training workers — as the low 3.8% unemployment rate and years of underinvestment have left manufacturers, construction firms and other employers with unfilled jobs. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)