• WATCH: Trump signs order that adds $100K annual fee to H-1B visas for high-skilled workers

    WATCH: Trump signs order that adds $100K annual fee to H-1B visas for high-skilled workers

    Sep 20, 2025 03:57 PM EDT

    ... lottery. This year, Amazon was by far the top recipient of H-1B visas with more than 10,000 awarded, followed by Tata Consultancy, Microsoft, Apple and Google. Geographically, California has the highest number of H-1B workers. Critics say H-1B spots often go to entry-level jobs, rather ...

  • What to know about the U.S. deal with China to keep TikTok in operation

    What to know about the U.S. deal with China to keep TikTok in operation

    Sep 16, 2025 06:01 PM EDT

    ... spot for TikTok.” How do Americans view TikTok? For now, TikTok continues to function for its 170 million users in the U.S. Tech giants Apple, Google and Oracle were persuaded to continue to offer and support the app, on the promise that Trump’s Justice Department would not use ...

  • Wall Street rises to more records as Tesla vrooms higher

    Wall Street rises to more records as Tesla vrooms higher

    Sep 15, 2025 09:47 PM EDT

    ... lifting the S&P 500 after gaining 4.5%, which brought the total value for Google’s parent company above $3 trillion. Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple are the only other companies on Wall Street worth that much. The market’s main event for the week will arrive on Wednesday. That ...

  • Noah Wyle and 'The Pitt' win best drama at the Emmys as 'The Studio' and Seth Rogen have record-setting night

    Noah Wyle and 'The Pitt' win best drama at the Emmys as 'The Studio' and Seth Rogen have record-setting night

    Sep 15, 2025 01:53 PM EDT

    ... second season. Star Adam Scott lost out to Wyle for best actor. The show's losses kept the evening from being a total triumph for Apple TV+, which has still never won a best drama prize, though it has now won best comedy three times between "The Studio" and "Ted ...

  • U.S. inflation worsened last month, putting Fed in difficult spot as job market slows

    U.S. inflation worsened last month, putting Fed in difficult spot as job market slows

    Sep 11, 2025 04:37 PM EDT

    ... from July to August, the biggest monthly increase since a 4% rise in December. Grocery prices climbed 0.6%, pushed higher by more expensive tomatoes, apples, and beef. The cost of travel soared, with air fares rising 5.9% just from July to August and hotel room prices rising 2 ...

  • WATCH: Trump hosts top tech CEOs, not including Elon Musk, at White House dinner

    WATCH: Trump hosts top tech CEOs, not including Elon Musk, at White House dinner

    Sep 04, 2025 01:08 PM EDT

    ... table and asked executives how much they were investing in the country. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, who sat to Trump's right, said $600 billion. Apple's Tim Cook said the same. Google's Sundar Pichai said $250 billion. WATCH: 'I wasn't sure what number you wanted,' Zuckerberg tells ...

  • Judge orders search shakeup in Google monopoly case

    Judge orders search shakeup in Google monopoly case

    Sep 03, 2025 12:31 AM EDT

    ... 3% in extended trading. Allowing the default search deals to continue is more than just a victory for Google. It’s also a win for Apple, which receives more than $20 billion annually from Google, and other recipients of the payments. In hearings earlier this year, Apple warned the judge ...

  • New Hampshire arts groups face double budget blow as state slashes funding

    New Hampshire arts groups face double budget blow as state slashes funding

    Aug 28, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    ... the Statehouse or just more broadly to the entire state of New Hampshire?Jeffrey Brown: For now, the music and shows go on here at Apple Hill and beyond, while artists, organizations and audiences await the next act. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Jeffrey Brown in Nelson, New ...

  • What the Cracker Barrel backlash reveals about the power of branding

    What the Cracker Barrel backlash reveals about the power of branding

    Aug 27, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    ... barrel is not just a barrel. It is a symbol of a lifestyle. In other words, when you walk into that store, there's a feeling that you get, right? It's an old country store. There are antiques. There are rocking chairs. There's apple pie and fantastic pancakes.

  • Extreme heat in prisons brings more legal challenges and pressure to states

    Extreme heat in prisons brings more legal challenges and pressure to states

    Aug 23, 2025 06:21 PM EDT

    ... add to it,” said Ronald McKeithen, who spent 37 years incarcerated in Alabama prisons and is now the director of second chances at the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice. McKeithen recalls feeling “on edge” due to tension among other incarcerated people on hot days. WATCH: People in prison ...