LEGO is launching a line of braille bricks.
Trump ambassador pick disparaged immigrants and called for martial law
President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the US ambassador to Germany has a history of making xenophobic and racist comments about immigrants and refugees in both Germany and the US.
The SEC is reportedly investigating Kodak after its stock price exploded more than 2,757%
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating how Eastman Kodak received a a $765 million loan from the US government to help make drug ingredients, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Pro sports players associations come out against key McConnell stimulus priority
The players associations of the major US professional sports leagues are opposed to what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says is a must-have component of any new stimulus legislation.
Trump criticizes Birx for the first time after she issues coronavirus warnings
President Donald Trump criticized Dr. Deborah Birx in a Monday tweet after she warned the pandemic is “extraordinarily widespread” in the US.
This is the only US city where unemployment is actually down
• Dow and S&P 500 sink on bad economic news
• More than 50% of US adults live in households that lost income in pandemic
• Congress nowhere near deal as unemployment benefit set to expire
US raises naturalization application fees
The Trump administration is dramatically increasing fees for dozens of immigration and work applications, including a more than 80 percent increase on naturalization applications and a first-time fee for asylum applicants.
There are no masks required at these retail chains
Walmart, Home Depot, Kroger and other major chains have announced new rules for customers to wear masks at all US stores as the coronavirus spreads. But some companies are bucking the trend.
US cities stand to lose $1.5 trillion in economic activity this year
Cities could lose $1.5 trillion in economic activity in 2020 — and that’s if the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control later this year, according to a new report from the US Conference of Mayors.
Robinhood pauses launch outside the US
Robinhood is halting its planned launch in the United Kingdom as the popular stock trading app faces fresh scrutiny in its home market.
CEO says masks are like seatbelts: US should step up and fine people who aren’t wearing one
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks masks — like seatbelts in cars — need to be part of the American way of life if the country is to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
Pentagon says US has withdrawn from 5 bases in Afghanistan as part of agreement with Taliban
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the US has withdrawn from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the agreement it entered into with the Taliban earlier this year.
This is what Ben Bernanke says needs to be done to save US economy
Ben Bernanke says the most important thing Congress can do to fix the US economy is to provide help to state and local governments .
The last 4 months have brought an unprecedented crackdown on legal US immigration
As the coronavirus spreads around the world, the Trump administration has steadily choked off most avenues for legal immigration to the United States — effectively shutting down the system that brings in hundreds of thousands of immigrants annually.
7 prisoners with coronavirus died at San Quentin and hundreds more are dying in US jails and prisons
Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing mounting pressure to release inmates as corrections officials scramble to contain outbreaks of coronavirus at state prisons.
Coronavirus deaths and infection rates higher in US prisons than general population, analysis finds
The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the nation’s prison system, causing higher rates of infection and death compared to the general population.
Fauci says US coronavirus situation is ‘really not good’ as new cases surge
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday the status of the coronavirus pandemic in the US is “really not good” as new cases surge across the country.
As coronavirus cases skyrocket, US marks July 4th with pleas for people to skip the parties
After a week of skyrocketing coronavirus cases in the United States, officials are issuing a stark warning this July Fourth: Skip the parties.
US car sales have their worst quarter since the Great Recession
Major automakers reported a more than 30% drop in US sales in the second quarter, the biggest plunge in sales since the Great Recession and the auto bankruptcies of 2009.
Restrictions leave US travelers high and dry
In downtown Buffalo, New York, crossing the border into Ontario, Canada, used to be as easy as driving one mile across the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River. But that’s now a forbidden route.
Walmart stops displaying Mississippi flag
Walmart normally displays the local state flag in its US stores, but that is no longer the case in Mississippi.
Trump spreads lies about voter fraud
Reeling after a weekend campaign rally with lower-than-expected turnout, President Donald Trump changed the subject Monday morning with a series of widely debunked lies about alleged voter fraud in US elections, stoking fears of a “rigged election” this November.
Official brought women to the US to give birth and charged families to adopt the babies
A former Arizona county assessor pleaded guilty to running an adoption fraud scheme that involved bringing pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the United States to give birth, authorities said Thursday.
George Floyd’s brother asks UN to help ‘black people in America’
The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding an urgent debate Wednesday on police brutality and systemic racism in the US, following the international protests over the death of George Floyd.
As more people lean on online shopping, think twice about how you pay
Retail stores may be slowly reopening across the US, but many consumers continue to shop online for everything from groceries to bicycles.
Markets may crash so badly the Fed has to start buying stocks, star investor says
The Federal Reserve is buying junk bonds and corporate debt ETFs as part of its campaign to revive the American economy. Next on its shopping list: US stocks, as Scott Minerd, global chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, told CNN Business.
Rents are dropping across the US
At the end of May, Ilana Freund landed a deal on an apartment in New York City where she will be attending graduate school. She and her roommate signed a lease on a two-bedroom apartment in the West Village for $4,995 a month. It was a significant discount: Similar apartments in the building were going for around $5,300 before the pandemic took hold, according to the listing agent.
Refinery29 is reeling from claims of racism and toxic work culture. Employees say it’s even worse behind the scenes
Amid the protests over the death of George Floyd and larger racial inequalities in the US last week, Refinery29 swapped the colors of its website, going from its usual jewel-tone to the Black Lives Matter movement’s signature black. It was supposed to be a show of solidarity and of unity between a progressive website aimed at women and the movement.
First black service chief in US military history confirmed by Senate
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed an African American man to serve as a service chief in the US military for the first time, marking a historic moment for the armed forces, which seldom see people of color among the top brass.