Stock market today: Asian shares are sharply lower, tracking a rates-driven tumble on Wall Street
Asian markets are trading sharply lower after Wall Street tumbled as it focused on the downside of a surprisingly strong job market: the likelihood that interest rates will stay high
2023-10-04 15:29
Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to cope
After two years of receiving federal subsidies, 220,000 child care programs across the country lost funding
2023-10-04 12:47
Things to know about the resignation of a Kansas police chief who led a raid on a small newspaper
It took only a week for the central Kansas police chief who led an August raid on the local newspaper to go from looking like he had enough support at city hall to keep his job to resigning
2023-10-04 08:18
Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid
Tunisia has announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years
2023-10-04 02:53
Colorado high court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake
Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition
2023-10-04 01:55
Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate
President Joe Biden has announced that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate
2023-10-03 21:53
Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters second phase with political decisions in the spotlight
Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase, with political decision-making taking center stage, such as the timing of lockdowns
2023-10-03 20:26
Columbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
The leader of the Columbia Journalism Review says he's leaving that job to work at an organization that encourages news outlets to devote more attention to covering climate change
2023-10-03 12:51
Police raid on Kansas newspaper appears to have led to a file on the chief, bodycam video shows
Body camera video from a central Kansas police department’s raid of a weekly newspaper shows that an officer rifled through a desk drawer of a reporter who was investigating its chief
2023-10-03 08:46
Fed's Powell gets an earful about inflation and interest rates from small businesses
Federal Reserve officials typically gather many of their insights and observations about the economy from some of the top Ph.D. economists in Washington
2023-10-03 04:18
All Onewheel electric skateboards are under recall after 4 deaths and serious injury reports
All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators say
2023-10-03 01:24
Tesla 3Q sales rise 27% but fall short of expectations due softening demand and factory downtime
Tesla’s summertime deliveries of electric vehicles surged 27% from last year but still fell below analyst projections as Elon Musk’s car company navigated through softening customer demand as well as factory upgrades
2023-10-03 00:16