GM shareholders have never had it this good
Mary Barra — and GM shareholders — is about to have the best shareholder meeting of her seven-plus year tenure on Monday. At last…
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Where inflation is taking a breather: Your doctor’s office
Prices are rising rapidly in every corner of the economy as it emerges from the pandemic. But some areas are bucking that trend. Medical care…
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Massive Juarez factory fire lights up sky, visible in El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A factory that makes wooden pallets in Juarez caught fire late Friday night. It lit up the night sky and sent plumes of…
Continue Reading GB News launches in Britain to take on ‘woke warriors’
GB News wants to make one thing very clear: The upstart TV channel does not see itself as the British Fox News. “That is an easy, inaccurate…
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New downtown El Paso gastropub, entertainment venue opening
EL PASO, Texas — It’s one of downtown El Paso’s newest venues: The Reagan. The gastropub and entertainment spot is located off Mills Avenue and…
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Supply shortages impacting Starbucks menu
SEATTLE, Washington — If you like hazelnut syrup in your coffee, you may be disappointed the next time you order your favorite drink at Starbucks.…
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CA: LYFT DRIVER ASSAULTED BY UNRULY PASSENGER
A Lyft driver Wednesday credited employees at a La Puente gas station for saving him from a passenger after a ride turned…
Continue Reading Lyft has yet to disclose sexual assault incidents as cases grow
More than three years after ridehail companies Uber and Lyft first pledged to release safety reports disclosing incidents of sexual assault and abuse…
Continue Reading House lawmakers introduce Big Tech bills that could break up Amazon, Google and others
Tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could be forced to make sweeping changes to their businesses under a series of new bills…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor unveils unemployment system reforms
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce a series of reforms to New Mexico’s…
Continue Reading Newsmax portrays Facebook as an enemy of conservatives. Behind the scenes, it’s spending millions on Facebook ads
If you were to judge Newsmax’s views about Facebook by what its hosts say on-air, you would probably be under the impression that the…
Continue Reading FAA’s new cleaning methods at air traffic towers aim to curb flight delays
A new cleaning regimen is cutting back on flight delays as the skies grow busier this summer. But the new procedures aren’t for planes or even…
Continue Reading Car prices are soaring, and they’re not going to stop
Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles — both new and used — that they typically have. That’s helping send prices to record…
Continue Reading Pulitzers give special award to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder
The Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year’s most important journalism. This year, someone who isn’t a professional journalist, but…
Continue Reading American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic order electric air taxis from UK startup
Vertical Aerospace, a UK electric aircraft manufacturer, has won the backing of American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Microsoft in its bid to make…
Continue Reading McDonald’s hit by data breach
McDonald’s is the latest high-profile company to be affected by a data breach, leading to the exposure of private information of customers and…
Continue Reading LGBTQ+ Americans aren’t fully counted by the government. That’s a big problem
Government data help policymakers find and fix problems for people in need. But that’s tricky if some groups aren’t represented in the…
Continue Reading ‘In The Heights’: It’s Lin-Manuel Miranda’s turn to save the box office
The theater industry has gotten help from a lot of sources so far this year. First, it was a radioactive lizard fighting a giant ape, then it was…
Continue Reading Climate, taxes and China: Investors are watching the G7
As leaders of most of the world’s largest economies gather in Cornwall, England, expect political fanfare and lots of attention on US President…
Continue Reading Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi files for US IPO
Didi, China’s giant ride-hailing company, filed paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States with the Securities and Exchange…
Continue Reading The Americans locked up in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison
It was supposed to be an exciting trip home to surprise his parents in the United States, his family said. But on May 24, before he boarded the plane…
Continue Reading Critics assess the end of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ as the family moves from cable to streaming
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Thursday night was…
Continue Reading Prices are surging – here’s what is getting more expensive
EL PASO, Texas — By now, you probably know that everything is getting more expensive. From furniture, to used cars, to uncooked beef roasts,…
Continue Reading The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis
Taiwanese officials are fretting about whether a severe outbreak of Covid-19 could jeopardize the island’s critical role in the global…
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El Paso International Airport adds new direct flights to Austin
EL PASO, Texas — The time between El Paso and Austin just got a lot shorter. American Airlines on Thursday announced new direct flights from the Sun…
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Covid fear no longer accepted reason for jobless Texans to reject work
AUSTIN, Texas — Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Toobin is back at CNN eight months after exposing himself on Zoom
Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with…
Continue Reading Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code and tools
Hackers have broken into the systems of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and stolen source code used in…
Continue Reading This online marketplace wants New Yorkers to ditch Amazon and shop local
New York’s local businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, so one Israeli immigrant, now a Brooklyn resident, created an online marketplace to…
Continue Reading How AMC and GameStop became Reddit faves
You’ve probably heard of the FAANG stocks: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google owner Alphabet. But it’s the BANG stocks of Reddit…
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