3 ways to cope with outdoor work during a heat wave
It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat wave of the year makes its way eastward across the United States. More than 70 million people were...
View ArticleA major rail company trespassed on tribal lands for years. They were just...
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran...
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In the Marvel universe, all the logos look the same
Marvel Comics got a new logo, but a brand-new logo this is not. The company pulled a page from its branding playbook when redesigning the logo for its comics division—effectively giving Comics the...
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The world’s first AI beauty pageant points to the future of social media...
The beauty contest features polished travel influencers representing the likes of Morocco and France, humanitarian activists dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues and women’s health advocacy and of course,...
View Article500K immigrants could get U.S. citizenship, thanks to a new Biden plan
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. — aiming to balance his own...
View Article400,000 LA students could be subjected to a cellphone ban
The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday will consider banning smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate a generation of kids from distractions and social media that...
View ArticleBoeing’s CEO will be grilled by the Senate, a first since the Alaska Airlines...
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will face tough questions from U.S. senators on Tuesday over the planemaker’s safety culture as well claims from a new whistleblower employee. Calhoun will appear at 2 p.m. ET...
View ArticleWhy is Fisker bankrupt? Weak EV market aside, the embattled Tesla rival faced...
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Group, founded by Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur Henrik Fisker, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware District Court, listing...
View ArticleThailand to become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex...
Thailand‘s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex couples. The bill, the...
View ArticleJuneteenth: What to know and how to celebrate it
Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by...
View ArticleApple is reportedly suspending work on the Vision Pro 2
Apple has suspended work on the next generation of its Vision Pro amid slowing sales of the high-end headset, according to The Information. The company has reportedly been deprioritizing the next...
View ArticleBacon ice cream, a handful of butter: McDonald’s scraps AI drive-through...
McDonald’s is ditching its drive-through AI ordering system after too many customers wound up with hilarious, wonky orders from the artificial intelligence tech. The fast food giant, which had been...
View ArticleThe government’s lawsuit against Adobe shows deceptive design is good for...
Cancelling your Adobe subscription can be confusing and pricey, and a new U.S. Justice Department suit argues the company deceptively designed it to be that way. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleAmazon Labor Union workers vote to align with Teamsters
New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer. The ALU...
View ArticleL.A. school district votes to ban smartphones
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids from distractions and social media that undermine...
View Article‘Distinctively American’: Team USA to wear blue jeans and blazers at the...
When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics‘ opening ceremony, they’ll be doing so in snappy tailored navy blazers from Ralph Lauren—and blue jeans. Just regular, everyday,...
View ArticleBetterHelp refund update: Turns out, your sensitive health data might be...
Your health data has a price! And it’s less than $10. Last year, BetterHelp, an online therapy provider, settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the regulator alleged that the company...
View ArticleBiden administration releases rules for clean energy subsidies that aim to...
President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday unveiled final rules for new clean energy subsidies in an effort to make jobs and wages in green industries competitive with those in oil and gas. The...
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Ethanol-powered jets stall over pipeline and tax credit challenges
Some day, the passenger jets that soar 35,000 feet (10.6 kilometers) over Dan McLean’s North Dakota farm could be fueled by corn grown on his land and millions of other acres across the Midwest. It’s...
View ArticleHow a conversation with my absent father taught me about leadership and...
Many years after my parents’ divorce, my dad remarried. He left the States for an amazing job opportunity and went on to live in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Finland with his new wife and kids. Meanwhile, my...
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