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No match for Powerball numbers as jackpot reaches $1.4 billion
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Powerball frenzy was in full swing Wednesday as potential billionaires were lining up at kiosks across the nation with dreams of winning the $1.2 billio...
Oct 02, 2023
Gasoline prices in California are up 80 cents in a month. Here's why.
Grace Cary/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Gasoline prices in California are skyrocketing. The average price of a gallon of gas in California on Friday reached $6.08, up some 80 cents or 15% since a mont...
Sep 29, 2023
EEOC files federal lawsuit against Tesla, alleging discrimination, retaliation against Black employees
John Keeble/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Tesla, alleging the company engaged in racial harassment and discri...
Sep 29, 2023
UAW expected to announce new strike targets amid talks with General Motors, Ford, Stellantis
Scott Olson/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- A labor strike against the three largest motor vehicle manufacturers in the United States is expected to be expanded further on Friday amid ongoing contract negoti...
Sep 29, 2023
Gen Z is burdened by student loan debt, and now many are facing payments for first time
jayk7/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the first week of October, Kennedy Quintanilla will do something she has not had to do since graduating from college two years ago: make a student loan payment. "Rea...
Sep 29, 2023
Donald Trump faces potential financial losses after a civil fraud trial ruling
aluxum/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A New York judge ordered the cancellation of the business certificates for firms in the state owned by former President Donald Trump and others associated with the Tru...
Sep 28, 2023
SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to meet on Monday, resuming strike negotiations
David Livingston/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) will ...
Sep 28, 2023
What's in tentative WGA deal? Proposed contract covers artificial intelligence, pay
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The top brass at the Writers Guild of America approved a tentative agreement with the studios on Tuesday, ending a nearly 150-day strike and sending...
Sep 28, 2023
Chicken bone broth recall on products sold at Costco
Costco(NEW YORK) -- Costco shoppers might want to check their home pantry to ensure any broth they may have purchased from the big box retailer is not impacted by a recent recall. In a Sept. 22 recall...
Sep 28, 2023
WGA strike to end Wednesday, members authorized to return to work
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After 148 days, leaders of the Writers Guild of America have unanimously voted to lift its strike, allowing writers to return to work Wednesday, Sept. 27. "The WGA...
Sep 27, 2023
