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EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers

By Raf Cassert, Associated Press

Farmers have insisted that measures like the one on pesticides would increase the bureaucratic burden and add to the price gap between their products and cheap foreign imports.

Biden thanks hospitality workers in Las Vegas ahead of Nevada’s 2024 primary

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Biden on Monday congratulated hospitality workers for reaching a tentative agreement with several Las Vegas hotel-casinos and calling off a strike deadline for another, telling members of the local culinary union, “When you do well, everybody does better.”…

Oversight board urges Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in high-stakes election year

By Ali Swenson, Associated Press

The quasi-independent board said on Monday that an altered video of Joe Biden on Facebook exposed gaps in the policy.

Singaporeans bemoan Sen. Cotton’s ‘ignorant’ grilling of TikTok CEO

By Zen Soo, Associated Press

During the hearing, Chew was repeatedly questioned about his nationality and possible affiliations to the Chinese Communist Party by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

January hiring gains surprisingly robust

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades.

Disney appeals dismissal of free speech lawsuit as DeSantis says company should ‘move on’

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The company had said after Wednesday's decision that it would set a dangerous precedent if left unchallenged by giving states the green light to weaponize their powers to punish opposing viewpoints.

6 killings in likely cannabis dispute spotlight violence in California’s illegal pot market

By Michael R. Blood, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Illegal growing and sales have thrived in California despite years of legal operations that were expected to stamp it out. The killings discovered Jan. 23 provided a reminder of the violence that can come with illicit cannabis activity.

Advertising agency for OxyContin agrees to pay $350 million rather than face lawsuits

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that Publicis Health engaged in predatory and deceptive marketing strategies to help Purdue Pharma increase sales of its drugs.

EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.

House passes bipartisan bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Prospects for the measure becoming law are still uncertain, but for a House that has struggled to get bills of consequence over the finish line and signed into law, the tax legislation could represent a rare breakthrough.