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A friend. well, then you saw what happened. the men reached a settlement with the city, for $1, but a promise of hundreds of thousands of dollars to be invested in young entrepreneur programs. the company apologized and changed its policies. it wanted to stay a step further, to go a step more. with this training that will focus on understanding racial bias. >> ultimately, 529 will focus on belonging in our store and learning about what gets in the way. remember, 5/29 will just be a start. in the coming weeks, months and years we'll address many other facets of what makes us human. it won't mak...

Back now with why your starbucks may be closed temporarily tomorrow. it's all connected to the fallout from the arrest of two black men at a philadelphia starbucks back in april. the video and the outrage going viral. the company now set to close 8,000 stores across the country for racial bias training. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: this video that sparked outrage -- >> what did they do? what did they do? someone tell me what they did. >> reporter: -- is now prompting change. after these two black men were arrested at this philadelphia starbucks for trespassing, after one asked to us...

In philadelphia prompted to us bring 8,000 stores and 175,000 partners together on 5/29, because that is not who we aspire to be. >> we are here to make starbucks a place where everyone, everyone feels welcome. >> helping people see each other fully, completely, respectfully. >> a lot of people say, look. kudos for them for attempting this. the optics bring a lot of conceptism because people wonder how one day of training can change what people want to have changed and that is the mindset, the way that we see each other. with that said, what is the value of this one day of training? >> well, i...

>> dana: crude oil prices keep rising and that's driving up gas prices across the country ahead of the busy summer travel season. fox business's network jeff flock is in lamont, illinois. jeff, how high are gas prices now? >> reporter: they're getting high. they're high and they're getting higher, dana. take a look at that refinery behind me. making gas as fast as they can. gas is now $2.74 a gallon on average in this country. that's $0.30 more than it was a year ago, but it's risen $0.20 just in the last month. we found a gas station in california just on the edge of the mojave desert that's ...

For the first time ever. futures slightly lower this morning. and rare, good news for college graduates. they're having an easier time, a little easier time getting a job this year. a new study shows that about 48% of college seniors who applied for jobs got at least one offer. that's up from last year. the biggest surprise, liberal arts majors are seeing some of the biggest jumps in offers. offers to art majors jumped by more than 15%, communications majors up more than 9%. meantime, it's college savings awareness week. yesterday was may 29th, 5/29, of course, the same name as the college...