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Siding with Starbucks, Supreme Court makes it harder for NLRB to win legal protections for unionizing workers

By Associated Press

The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign.

How banning medical debt from credit reports could help millions of Americans

By Laura Santhanam

By banning medical debt from being included in credit reports, this proposed rule from the Biden administration aims to address increasing discontent over the economic burden that can go hand-in-hand with serious health problems.

Thieves are taking electric vehicle charging cables for the copper wires. It's another obstacle to selling Americans on EVs

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, which means criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material.

WATCH: Powell speaks after Federal Reserve signals only one likely interest rate cut this year

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

“We’ll need to see more good data to bolster our confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent,” Chair Jerome Powell said at a news conference.

Biden administration pushes to remove Americans' medical debt off most credit reports

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it is planning a rule that would prevent lenders from making decisions based on medical information.

U.S. gas prices falling due to weak summer travel demand, experts say

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

The AAA motor club says the national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44 a gallon.

Apple bringing 'Apple Intelligence' to its popular products

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its World Wide Developers Conference Monday, previewing an onslaught of features designed to soup up the iPhone and other devices.

Inflation data this week could help determine Fed's plan for possible interest rate cuts

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Chair Jerome Powell will likely reiterate that Fed officials need further confidence that inflation is returning to 2% before they would consider rate cuts.

AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

A new study released Thursday by research group Epoch AI projects that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by roughly the turn of the decade -- sometime between 2026 and 2032.

Disney set to invest up to $17 billion in Florida parks after fight with DeSantis appointees ends

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The five DeSantis-appointed supervisors who oversee the Disney World district on Wednesday gave initial approval to the development agreement that both sides had agreed to negotiate after a March settlement ended their state court lawsuits.