House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured…
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Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on trimmed $10B COVID bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have moved to the brink of clinching a scaled-back bipartisan compromise to provide a…
Continue Reading US added 431,000 jobs in March in sign of economic health
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the…
Continue Reading Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
By HALELUYA HADERO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on…
Continue Reading South Korea eases distancing amid slowing omicron spread
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will ease some of its pandemic restrictions starting next week as…
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The Toyota GR Corolla is a mean-looking high-performance hatchback
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Toyota Corolla became world’s best-selling car mostly because it’s inexpensive, efficient and…
Continue Reading The Toyota GR Corolla is a mean-looking high-performance hatchback
CNN, APPDIRECT By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Toyota Corolla became world’s best-selling car mostly because it’s inexpensive,…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis signals support for stripping Disney of special self-governing status as feud escalates
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows the…
Continue Reading Skippy is recalling 161,692 pounds of peanut butter
By Rob McLean, CNN Business Skippy Foods, LLC, is recalling thousands of pounds of Skippy peanut butter because of stainless steel fragments possibly…
Continue Reading No jail for LA building owner over explosion that hurt 12
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial…
Continue Reading EPA upholds Trump-era decision not to regulate contaminant
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will…
Continue Reading Former top national security officials side with Apple in app store antitrust case
By Brian Fung, CNN Former senior national security officials, including two ex-CIA directors and a past NSA director, are backing Apple’s app…
Continue Reading House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for…
Continue Reading Former Yale administrator defrauded university of more than $40 million for expensive cars, homes and travel, DOJ says
By Mirna Alsharif, CNN Business A former Yale administrative employee pleaded guilty on Monday of defrauding the university of more than $40.5…
Continue Reading WVU nonprofit arm takes over shuttered plant, tenants sought
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ownership of a shuttered pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia has been transferred with…
Continue Reading For New Orleans, a 6th Final Four is bounce-back moment
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and…
Continue Reading Samsung will now let Galaxy users repair their own devices
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The right-to-repair movement has scored another win. Samsung is the latest tech company giving customers the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press A late slump left stocks decisively lower on Wall Street Thursday, wrapping up the worst quarter for the market since the…
Continue Reading Tempur Sealy, Citigroup fall; Edwards, Duke rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Tempur Sealy, Citigroup fall; Edwards, Duke…
Continue Reading AP’s Marjorie Miller named as new head of Pulitzer Prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Marjorie Miller has been named as the new administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. Miller is vice president and global enterprise…
Continue Reading IEA to hold emergency meeting following historic US oil release
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The International Energy Agency is planning to hold an emergency meeting Friday, a person familiar with the matter…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Rent relief helped prevent more than one million evictions in 2021
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The federal government’s emergency rental assistance program helped prevent more than one million evictions last…
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Texas power grid, energy sectors facing elevated Russian cyber threats during war in Ukraine
Russian hackers have been probing Texas’ energy infrastructure for weak points in digital systems that would allow them to steal sensitive…
Continue Reading Macy’s building NC distribution center, 2,800 jobs to come
CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Macy’s Inc. has announced plans to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in central North Carolina…
Continue Reading World Bank President: How we can ease food shortages
By Julia Chatterley Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the world heading toward a global food crisis that could impact millions of people. But…
Continue Reading World Bank President: How we can ease food shortages
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Chatterley Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the world heading toward a global food crisis that could impact millions…
Continue Reading Ikea will pay you to get its old furniture back
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Can’t stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If…
Continue Reading US will require valves on new pipelines to prevent disasters
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials are adopting a long delayed rule aimed at reducing deaths and environmental…
Continue Reading The future of Kohl’s is about to be decided
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Kohl’s is pushing back against intense pressure from Wall Street to make changes or sell the company. The…
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