The Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past, will be retired
Quaker Oats is retiring the more than 130-year-old Aunt Jemima brand and logo, acknowledging its origins are based on a racial stereotype. “As…
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Mavs owner Cuban to host SiriusXM Radio business show
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Cuban is ready to talk business — or whatever else his radio listeners want to discuss. The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner…
Continue Reading Ford’s Mustang Mach 1 is back, with even more power
Ford is bringing back one of the company’s performance car icons, the Mustang Mach 1. The new limited edition Mach 1 will be powered by a…
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UTEP professor says lack of purchasing power, border closure combine for double economic whammy
EL PASO, Texas — According to a new study from a UTEP economics and finance professor, the value of the Mexican Peso is falling during the…
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‘Ever dream of owning an award-winning bakery?’ El Paso’s Bella Cora Bakery up for sale
EL PASO, Texas– “Ever dream of owning an award-winning bakery?”Those were the words written on a Facebook post that came as a shock to many Bella…
Continue Reading NASA’s space station program manager is retiring during historic astronaut mission
NASA’s International Space Station program manager is leaving the space agency, marking the second high-profile exit from NASA in recent weeks.…
Continue Reading Star investor: Markets may crash so badly the Fed has to start buying stocks
The Federal Reserve is buying junk bonds and corporate debt ETFs as part of its campaign to revive the American economy. Next on its shopping list:…
Continue Reading AT&T CEO calls for racial justice in America
Randall Stephenson, the chairman and CEO of CNN parent company AT&T, is calling for real racial equality in the United States after a series of…
Continue Reading Boston Dynamics’ robot dog is now on sale for $74,500
Want a dog without the pain of house training it? Or feeding or walking it? Well, you still can’t have one, but Boston Dynamics has begun…
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New Mexico pays out $1B in unemployment benefits so far during virus pandemic
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Businesses might be slowly reopening their doors in New Mexico, but the number of residents collecting unemployment…
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In landmark case, Supreme Court rules LGBT workers are protected from job discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, a…
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Over 40,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart, other stores recalled due to E. coli concerns
SWEDESBORO, New Jersey — A New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated…
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T-Mobile customers report widespread service outages – including in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — T-Mobile was experiencing outages on Monday afternoon throughout portions of the U.S., including Texas and El Paso. DownDetector,…
Continue Reading United is mortgaging its frequent flyer program to raise $5 billion
United Airlines is mortgaging its Mileage Plus frequent flyer program, its latest effort to raise the cash it needs to weather the Covid-19 crisis.…
Continue Reading Task force officials out of public view as White House pivots to economic message
Amid rising cases in 18 states and renewed concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, top task force medical experts, including coronavirus response…
Continue Reading Journalist partially blinded while covering protests: There’s no way they could have mistaken me for anything but press
The final photos journalist Linda Tirado took around midnight on May 30, while covering the protests in Minneapolis, show what appears to be a police…
Continue Reading Trump’s latest target on Twitter: Comcast
President Trump on Saturday told his Twitter and Facebook followers to drop Comcast — an egregious use of his presidential platform to hurt an…
Continue Reading Starbucks reverses its stance and will now let baristas wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ apparel
Starbucks is reversing its position that had prohibited employees from wearing paraphernalia, such as T-shirts or pins, supporting the “Black…
Continue Reading Ben & Jerry’s co-founder and a black entrepreneur on ways leaders can stand against racism
City streets and hearts across America are smoldering. For generations, black parents have feared for the safety of their children every time they…
Continue Reading Ben & Jerry’s co-founder and a black entrepreneur on ways leaders can stand against racism
City streets and hearts across America are smoldering. For generations, black parents have feared for the safety of their children every time they…
Continue Reading AT&T launched the VideoPhone 2500 in 1992. It sold for $1,499
In 1992, AT&T launched what it called the first full-color, motion-picture video phone. Long before Zoom or Skype were ever created,…
Continue Reading Sony finally reveals the PlayStation 5’s design and its exclusive games
Sony teased Thursday which games will be available to play on its upcoming next-gen PlayStation 5 console and finally revealed the device’s new…
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Dow closes down 1,800 points as U.S. virus cases hit 2 million, deflating optimism
NEW YORK, NY — The stocks mega-rally hit a roadblock on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 1,860 points, or 6.9%, as…
Continue Reading The Tamagotchi virtual pet from the 90s is back
The Tamagotchi is back. The virtual pet that was so popular in the 90s is coming to North America again in July, with a new product called Tamagotchi…
Continue Reading Educators call for billions more in federal aid for K-12 schools
With just a few months to plan for a school year that will look very different from any before, education leaders are pleading for billions more in…
Continue Reading Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: ‘We could have done so much more’ on race
As protests against racism and police brutality sweep across the United States, companies built on utopian ideals of inclusion and sharing are being…
Continue Reading Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: ‘We could have done so much more’ on race
As protests against racism and police brutality sweep across the United States, companies built on utopian ideals of inclusion and sharing are being…
Continue Reading Japan’s top billionaire Tadashi Yanai says the image of America is breaking
The race relations crisis is changing how the world sees America, according to Japan’s richest man. “The very image of America is…
Continue Reading Another 1.5 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week
The US economy is reopening gradually but America’s joblessness crisis continues to roar on. Another 1.5 million Americans filed for first-time…
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