CHICAGO -- Turning away customers looking for an afternoon jolt of caffeine, Starbucks shops across the U.S. closed early on Tuesday to hold training for employees on recognizing hidden prejudices. It ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 U.S. stores for a few hours Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training in the company's latest effort to deal with the fallout over the arrest of two ...

(AP) — Starbucks, trying to put to rest an outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, is closing more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of anti-bias training, a strategy some ...

Starbucks will close about 8,000 company-owned locations on Tuesday afternoon to offer 175,000 employees a mandatory anti-bias training. Most of the 7,000 licensed stores, including those operated by ...

Starbucks said on Tuesday that it would close its more than 8,000 stores in the United States for one day to conduct anti-bias training after two African-American men were arrested at one of its ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WABC) -- In the wake of backlash after two black men were arrested at a Starbucks location in Philadelphia, the company announced Tuesday that it will be closing its more ...

Starbucks under newly installed CEO Brian Niccol plans to close down its stores for three hours later this month in order to run a workshop for baristas that will further train them to make their ...

Starbucks is teaching staff how to de-escalate conflicts involving customers breaking its new in-store policies. As part of ...

SEATTLE — Starbucks should better communicate its commitment to workers' collective bargaining rights and train its employees to respect those rights, according to an independent assessment released ...

CHICAGO Starbucks Coffee's closing of more than 7,000 domestic units for three hours last month to retrain baristas appears to have caused minor inconvenience to its customers and little gain for the ...