Former prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series
Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix have announced theyโve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming serviceโs miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five.
Summer hours can be a way for small business owners to boost employee morale and help combat burnout
As the temperature heats up and summer approaches, small business owners may be considering offering summer hours, such as an early release on Fridays, for employees to help combat burnout.
Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
A group of OpenAIโs current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect whistleblowing employees who flag safety risks about AI technology.
The UN says global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023. Developing countries are hard hit
The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that โ crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action.
In cities across the US, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies
An Associated Press analysis of licensing data from 44 states, data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and the American Community Survey shows residents of neighborhoods that are majority Black and Latino have fewer pharmacies per capita than people who live in mostly white neighborhoods.
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firmโs grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is the discriminatory.
GameStop leaps in premarket as Roaring Kitty may hold large position
Shares of GameStop are soaring before the market open on Monday following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze owns a large number of shares of the video game retailer that may be worth millions.
CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americansโ budgets.
From decay to dazzling. Ford restores grandeur to former eyesore Detroit train station
The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station โ for decades a symbol of Detroitโs decline โ has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create a hub for mobility projects in the rebirth of the Motor City.
Popular geothermal spa in Iceland reopens to tourists after nearby volcano stabilizes
The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Icelandโs biggest tourist attractions in the countryโs southwest, has reopened after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier.
Mortgage rates snap three-week pullback, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan back above 7%
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage moved back above 7% this week, a setback for home shoppers at a time when the U.S. housing market is already slowing under the strain of elevated home loan borrowing costs and rising prices.
Qatar's offer to build 3 power plants to ease Lebanon's electricity crisis is blocked
Lebanon's caretaker economy minister says the country's rulers, fuel companies and private electricity providers have blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nationโs decades-old electricity crisis.
Best Buy extends streak of quarterly losses as Americans direct more money to essential purchases
Best Buy reported another quarterly drop in sales as the nationโs largest consumer electronics chain wrestles with cautious spending by Americans as they prioritize essential purchases and pay more for things like rent.
UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as 'AI for Good' conference opens
The U.N. telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference in hopes of guiding business, consumers and governments on ways to tap the promise of the new technology but avoid its potential perils.
Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?
For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could change in part thanks to new resources that Melinda French Gates has pledged in recent weeks.