World Jun 06 Global wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine The destruction of Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, raised anxiety about a potential disruption to global supplies.
Nation May 18 Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in U.S. after 15-month battle Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors' Equity Association labor union says that owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their…
Economy May 17 Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving The move caused outrage among people fearing they could lose tweets from now-inactive accounts, including those belonging to users who have died.
Economy May 05 TurboTax customers to receive restitution checks for $141M settlement Those impacted were low-income consumers eligible for free, federally-supported tax services — but paid TurboTax to file their federal returns across the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tax years due to “predatory and deceptive marketing.”…
Economy May 03 Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account ‘to another company’ NPR stopped tweeting from its main account after Twitter abruptly labeled NPR's main account as "state-affiliated media" last month, a term that's also been used to identify outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments.