May 01 PHOTOS: May Day protests mark turbulent times ByMehmet Guzel, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with protests Wednesday over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro-Palestinian sentiments were also on display. Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: Fed Chair Powell suggests taming inflation will take longer than expected ByChristopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2 percent target. Continue reading
Apr 30 Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison for allowing money laundering ByGene Johnson, Associated Press A judge on Tuesday credited Zhao for taking responsibility for his wrongdoing. But he said he was troubled by the Binance founder's decision to ignore U.S. banking requirements that would have slowed the company's explosive growth. Continue reading
Apr 30 Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy ByKavish Harjai, Associated Press/Report for America, Pablo Monsivais, Associated Press The Affordable Connectivity Program provided families $30 a month toward their internet bills. The White House has pushed for an extension but it has not happened so far. Continue reading
Apr 30 Supreme Court refuses to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages ByAssociated Press The provision of House Bill 1181, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, remains in effect even as the association's full appeal is weighed by the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Apr 30 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says ByZeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. Continue reading
Apr 29 California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug ByAdam Beam, Associated Press California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose. Continue reading
Apr 29 Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk appeal over tweets that must be approved by Tesla ByAssociated Press The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch6:45 Hard-hit cocoa harvests in West Africa cause chocolate prices to soar worldwide ByAli Rogin, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara If you’ve shopped for chocolate recently, you may have noticed your favorite items are either smaller or more expensive, or sometimes both. The price of cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — is the highest it’s ever been after… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch6:48 What to know about the FTC’s crackdown on noncompete agreements by employers ByJohn Yang, Andrew Corkery The Federal Trade Commission estimates that about 1 in 5 American workers are restricted by so-called noncompete agreements with their employers. The agency voted this week to bar companies from using such clauses to keep employees from taking a new… Continue watching