Business
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Anheuser-Busch stops cutting tails off Clydesdale horses after activists claim the practice is cruel
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to stop amputating the tails off Budweiser's iconic Clydesdale horses after animal-rights group PETA bashed the brewer...
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Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden defends Kanye West over antisemitism: ‘Didn’t mean what he said’
"Very unfortunate, because I don’t think he meant what he said, and I don’t think he’s a bad person," Gulden told the "In Good Company" podcast.
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Google raised ad prices to hit revenue goals without telling advertisers, exec testifies
The bombshell admission by Jerry Dischler, Google’s VP of advertising products, came in response to questions from Justice Department antitrust...
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Howard Stern hits back at critics: ‘I am woke, motherf–ker, and I love it’
The SiriusXM radio shock jock reacted on Monday to a YouTube clip in which a fan lamented that he had gone "woke."
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McCarthy says he'll 'never quit' as Congress stumbles toward a partial government shutdown
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has hit roadblocks in his effort to prevent a partial government shutdown, but he promises to not give up.
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L.A. hotels fight ballot measure requiring them to give vacant rooms to homeless
Los Angeles hotels provided rooms to thousands of homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic as part of Project Roomkey, but innkeepers are...
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Powerball jackpot back up to $672 million, the 10th-largest winning sum in lottery's history
Just two months after a $1.08 billion ticket hit to win in California, the Powerball jackpot has ballooned back up to $672 million for Wednesday's...
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Bluesky networking site gains thousands of users after Musk says X users will pay
The decentralized social media network Bluesky signed up thousands of users after X owner Elon Musk said he is moving toward requiring all users to...
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England's National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors' strike escalates
Britain's state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England on Wednesday as doctors in the early stages of their careers...
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Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits
As more than 100,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing the border from Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy...
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California truck drivers ask Gov. Newsom to sign job-saving bill as self-driving big rigs are tested
California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that...
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Freedom Caucus blocks defense spending bill, vexes Speaker McCarthy
A group of House Republicans scuttled a vote to advance the annual defense spending bill on Tuesday, delivering another setback for Speaker Kevin...