January 30, 2024

Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest […]
January 30, 2024

Here's what to know about the collapse of China's Evergrande property developer

At a partially operating Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing on Monday, a man walks past a map of China that shows Evergrande's commercial complexes throughout […]
January 28, 2024

Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?

People walk past a Microsoft office in New York in 2016. Big Tech companies, like Google and Microsoft, and dozens of smaller startups have collectively […]
January 25, 2024

Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds

A new Harvard University report finds that housing was unaffordable for a record half of renters in 2022. And a softening rental market might not […]
January 25, 2024

The FAA lays out a path for Boeing 737 Max 9 to fly again, but new concerns surface

The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft is seen at Portland International Airport on January 9, 2024 in Oregon. The plane made an emergency […]
January 24, 2024

Legendary hockey town Warroad hosts ‘Hockey Day Minnesota’

More than 10,000 hockey fans are expected to converge on the small town of Warroad this week for Hockey Day Minnesota. The annual event, which […]
January 24, 2024

Two firefighters injured in Minneapolis fire; businesses displaced

A fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis heavily damaged two buildings early Wednesday. One building housed at least a half-dozen small businesses; the other […]
January 24, 2024

The West Bank economy has been hammered by war

People in Ramallah look into the window of a gold store, one of the West Bank businesses affected by the economic decline resulting from Israel's […]
January 24, 2024

eBay to lay off 1,000 workers as tech job losses continue in the new year

On Tuesday, EBay announced it is laying off 1,000 employees, citing a slow-down in growth. Matt Slocum/AP Online retailer eBay is shedding 1,000 jobs, or […]
January 23, 2024

The FTC bars TurboTax maker Intuit from advertising 'deceptive' free services

Turbo Tax is displayed on a device on February 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Kimberly White/Getty Images for TurboTax The Federal Trade Commission says […]