Thousands of London protesters demand water companies clean up polluted rivers
Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways. Organizers...
View ArticlePennsylvania judge rules that Elon Musk’s daily $1 million voter giveaway can...
A Pennsylvania judge ruled that Elon Musk can continue his daily $1 million giveaway to registered voters in swing states through Tuesday’s presidential election. Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo...
View ArticleYou can still register to vote on Election Day in almost half the U.S.,...
If you haven’t had time to register to vote or you’re unsure of your voting status but you still want to cast your ballot on Election Day, don’t lose hope! It may not be too late, depending on where...
View ArticleHere’s why Trump’s allies are talking about a squirrel right now
The final few nauseating days before a deadlocked election are critical. They mark the moment when many undecided voters finally put the proverbial licked finger in the wind to assess the vibes—if not...
View Article‘It’s okay to not be okay’: A Harvard psychiatrist talks about why anxiety...
The 2024 election is upon us and anxiety levels are running high. The polls seem to swing back and forth, while campaign pleas from both candidates are increasingly fraught. Yet, despite the anxiety,...
View ArticleElection Day 2024: These 10 states have abortion on the ballot. Read the...
Two years after the U. S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the nationwide constitutional right to abortion after 51 years and leaving a messy patchwork of state-dictated laws in its wake,...
View ArticleShould we get rid of the Electoral College? Most Americans would support a...
Americans are gearing up for yet another contentious presidential election. And while nearly 155 million people across the United States voted in the 2020 presidential election, all eyes will be on...
View Article‘This is a victory’: Boeing and union reach a deal, ending a monthslong strike
Factory workers at Boeing voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the aerospace giant to resume production of its bestselling airliner...
View ArticleLive election results 2024: How to watch on CNN, Amazon, YouTube, and...
Thanks to the constant barrage of television ads, text messages, emails, and mailers, even the most uninformed American knows there is an election today (Tuesday, November 5). On the presidential side...
View ArticleElon Musk says it’s ‘pointless’ to build a human-driven $25,000 Tesla
When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive Elon Musk rushed to respond...
View ArticleWhy Walmart and other retailers slashed their Christmas imports
Santa Claus is not delivering as many Christmas trees, toys and decorations to the United States this year as in recent years, import data shows, with retailers including Walmart bringing in less...
View ArticleReproductive rights are an economic issue
In the final run-up to the election, much discussion focused on which issues were most likely to impact its outcome, including the economy (consistently the top concern) and reproductive rights...
View ArticleMeta slapped with a $15 million fine by South Korea. Here’s why
South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data...
View ArticleAmerican Freight is closing all of its stores. Bankruptcy filing warns of...
It’s not been a great year for retail chains. Throughout 2024, bankruptcies at many well-known retail brands have led to store closures and lost jobs. And now in the final months of the year, there is...
View ArticleAmazon, Walmart, and Target offer ‘returnless refunds’. Who’s eligible?
It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items too.Returnless refunds are a tool that...
View ArticleWhat’s open and closed on Election Day 2024? Banks, stock markets, USPS, DMV,...
Today (Tuesday, November 5, 2024) is Election Day in America. It’s a day when tens of millions of Americans will line up at the polls to choose the next president of the United States. But despite...
View ArticleHow climate tech startups are planning for life under Trump vs. Harris
When the results of today’s election start to come in, climate tech founders will be thinking about the two scenarios that face their startups. One, a president who believes in climate change and is...
View ArticleWells Fargo has flooded local elections with donations. Who were the recipients?
Over the past decade, Wells Fargo has tripled donations to groups focused on influencing state elections as the retail banking giant tries to sway local level policymaking, according to public data...
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Roll up your sleeves. NBC’s updated ‘Big Board’ just made election results a...
Election night is like the Super Bowl for political reporters, but also for data visualizations—the charts, maps, and graphics that track the road to 270 electoral votes and contextualize how...
View ArticleMassachusetts could raise minimum wage for tipped workers. Here’s what to know
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped...
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