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Two U.S. senators have asked the Department of Justice to take tougher action against Boeing executives for safety issues that have impacted its airplanes.

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.

Toilet paper makers say there's no need to worry about shortages in the U.S. due to the ongoing port strike.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free.

While VIA Metropolitan Transit continues to plug away on its Advanced Rapid Transit plan, the city of San Antonio is aiming to strategically align with those plans by buying up vacant lots along the proposed north-south route.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas have been closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose to 6.12% this week, the first increase in seven weeks.

The organization is now seeking experienced and qualified franchisees for multi-unit opportunities in multiple states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity, a a reflection of the Recording Academy’s electorate.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels.

U.S. retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season but expect to take on fewer seasonal employees to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

Crude prices jumped on worries about worsening tensions in the Middle East, while U.S. stocks pulled back further from their records.

A former Singaporean Cabinet minister has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub.

A San Antonio brewery has decided to close its doors after 11 years.

Google is pumping more artificial intelligence into its search engine.

OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots.

Much like annoying political TV ads, warnings that the U.S. presidential election could have big consequences for your 401(k) come back every four years.

The massive port workers’ strike is highlighting a fear held by many workers that they will be replaced by machines.

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener.

Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas.

Low interest financing, sweet lease deals and free charging boosted Tesla’s global deliveries in the third quarter, the first increase this year for the electric vehicle maker.

NASCAR is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from two of its teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan.

Shares of Humana have tumbled after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives.

The United Kingdom and the European Union say they will strengthen their relationship after the damage caused by Brexit.

One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August.

Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town.

U.S. stocks edged higher and remain near their record levels.

A year of war in the Gaza Strip has reverberated across the West Bank, where the World Bank warns the economy is at risk of collapse because of Israeli restrictions barring Palestinian laborers from entering the country to work and the biggest wave of violence in decades.

The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating their contracts.

Speaker Mike Johnson is laying out a five-point policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year.

Snapchat has failed to act on rampant reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform.

Nike has reported a slump in sales and profits for its fiscal first quarter as the sportswear giant wrestles with shoppers’ sluggish demand for new sneaker models.

The 12-month grace period for student loan borrowers came to an end on Sept. 30.

Several businesses from a quaint mountain town in the Blue Ridge Mountains are concerned how Tropical Storm Helene's devastation in western North Carolina will affect the local economy.

Power is still out for well over 1 million people in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina five days after Hurricane Helene tore down trees and destroyed much of the electric grid.

California will soon help end the everyday household debate over whether the food in the fridge is still good to eat.

A former financial manager for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction.

Launch SA has opened its newly redesigned space in the San Antonio Central Library to help local entrepreneurs and small businesses with much-needed resources.

The federal government has given a key approval to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey.

Officials say that France’s TotalEnergies and U.S. hydrocarbon company APA Corp. plan to invest $10 billion to extract oil off the coast of Suriname in a historic investment for the South American country.

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The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses.

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience.

A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later.

“The Wild Robot" was going to be different for DreamWorks Animation.

Unionized dockworkers are the most recent group of U.S. workers to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the job.

Some 45,000 dockworkers at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are on strike for the first time in decades.

Australia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms.

Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their accounts.

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years.

U.S. stocks pulled back from their records after a sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East raised worries about potential disruptions to the flow of oil.

A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany.

Business sentiment among Japan’s large manufacturers stood unchanged in the latest quarter from the previous quarter, according to a closely watched survey called “tankan.”.

Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor says he will leave office early to lead an offtrack betting agency.

Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off.

Arkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth.

Some Verizon customers have been hit by a service outage.

The All Things Go music festival made its way to New York City this weekend for the first time, featuring a lineup of predominantly women and queer women headliners like Boygenius’ Julien Baker, Ethel Cain, Muna, Janelle Monae and Reneé Rapp.

Video game maker Epic Games has sued Google and Samsung.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that more rate cuts are in the pipeline, though their size and speed will depend on the evolution of the economy.

The full impact of Hurricane Helene won’t be known for weeks, but groups from both the public and private sector are mobilizing efforts to help those affected by the Category 4 storm that has killed at least 120 people and already caused billions in damage.

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.

Stella McCartney’s high-octane Paris show transformed an ordinary rainy market street into a dazzling runway spectacle.

A proposal to phase out large-scale confined animal farms will be put before voters in a Northern California county.

A study out in Science this month finds that states' attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.

A weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky has led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze several miles away across metro Atlanta.

DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years as seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant.

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will resign Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who says he plans to call a snap election for Oct. 27.

Wall Street closed its latest winning month and quarter with more records.

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.

The music streaming service Spotify was down temporarily on Sunday.

The CEO of activism organization Global Citizen says the sense of urgency that younger generations bring to solving international challenges needs to be nurtured in the rest of the world.

Humanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings.

In a time when streaming and a pandemic have radically transformed cinema consumption over the past decade, a growing number of mostly younger people are contributing to a renaissance of the Los Angeles independent movie theater scene.

A Northern California tribe's chances of owning a Las Vegas-style casino seemed like a dream as unlikely as hitting the jackpot.

California’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have required all new cars to beep at drivers when they speed.

The CEO of a hospital operator that filed for bankruptcy protection in May will step down after failing to testify before a U.S. Senate panel.

The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest says contract talks “broke off” with the company after another bargaining session.

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.

WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership.

Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin and with it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider.

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall.

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.

If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States.

At oil and gas giant Shell, Cindy Taff was in charge of drilling wells that are considered unconventional because the oil or natural gas is difficult to access.

Lawyers for Boeing and families of some people who died in two crashes of Boeing jetliners will go face to face in court next month.

When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week's vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.

Electric vehicle owners who live in the path of hurricanes should be wary of the risk their cars could catch fire if they are inundated by saltwater as the powerful storm moves ashore.

The deli meat company Boar's Head is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials over a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning.

Michael Andretti has restructured Andretti Global to give co-owner Dan Towriss control of the organization.

Top Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday.

Britain’s competition watchdog has cleared Amazon’s partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn’t qualify for further scrutiny.

The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure provided the latest sign that price pressures are easing, a trend that is expected to fuel further Fed interest rate cuts.

Every September, a crush of events unfold on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the annual high-level meetings of world leaders in New York.

Prince Harry’s latest philanthropic move will gather world business leaders and philanthropists to work towards fostering prosperity in Southern African communities.