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Apple already employs more people in Austin than it does in any other city outside of its California headquarters. The new campus will be near its existing facility in the North Austin area.

Apple Will Build $1 Billion Campus in Austin, Adding 5,000 Jobs

The tech company says the move is expected to make it Austin's largest private employer. The city already has more Apple employees than anywhere else outside the company's headquarters in California.

Douglas Rain in Canada, July of this year.

R.I.P. HAL: Douglas Rain, Voice Of Computer In '2001,' Dies At 90

Rain was best known for the eerie, sonorous voice he lent to HAL 9000 in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film. However, he was also celebrated for his decades of performances on the Shakespearean stage.

Nate Poort works on braizing loops together for transformers at RoMan Manufacturing in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 12, 2018.

U.S. Economy Loses Steam, Adding Only 20,000 Jobs Last Month

The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

The president declared a national emergency in February to access federal money to build a wall similar to this razor-wire-covered border wall separating Nogalas, Mexico (left), and Nogales, Ariz. Congress did not approve the full amount he asked for last year to follow through on a key campaign pledge.

Trump's National Emergency Stands As House Fails To Override Veto

The vote means the administration can continue to spend billions of dollars to construct a Southwest border wall. The fight shifts to federal court, where several states sued to block the president.

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Pacific Northwest Expects More Record Snowfall This Week

Over the weekend, the Puget Sound region was blanketed in snow and hit with frigid temperatures. Residents are busy digging out after the storm. Hardware stores have sold out of rock salt and deicer.

Raman Ghuman demonstrates a HoloLens device at Microsoft's annual conference for software developers on May 7, 2018, in Seattle. Microsoft workers are protesting the use of the augmented reality technology in a U.S. Army contract.

Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill'

They say Microsoft's contract "crossed the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building."

Migrants disembark from the motor tanker El Hiblu 1 in Valletta's Grand Harbour after Maltese armed forces took control of the vessel on Thursday.

Migrants In Maltese Custody After Reportedly Hijacking Ship That Rescued Them

More than 100 migrants were picked up from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean. When they realized the ship was returning to Libya, officials say, they commandeered it and demanded passage to Europe.

Thai rescue crews attend to passengers of a capsized tourist boat in rough seas at a port in Phuket on Thursday.

At Least 27 Dead After Tourist Boat Overturns Off Thailand

The boat was carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly Chinese. The Thai navy said another 29 people are still missing after the vessel capsized in rough weather off the resort island of Phuket.

MoviePass Shuts Down

The movie ticket subscription service startup was popular with subscribers. It may have ultimately failed as a business, but some say it succeeded in disrupting the movie theater business model.

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