At least 250,000 more teenagers are now working compared to before the pandemic, part of a gradual but consequential shift that is boosting employment at restaurants and stores, and changing cultural norms.
The staff layoffs could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism.
Overall, child labor violations have more than tripled in the past 10 years, with violations in food service increasing almost sixfold, according to U.S. Labor Department data.
The emerging deal would make the existing child tax credit more generous, a major Democratic priority. In exchange, it would also continue several business tax breaks favored by corporate America, a Republican priority.
Funding for 20 percent of the government—including the Transportation Department, some veterans’ assistance and food and drug safety programs—is set to expire Jan. 20, just after midnight.
Despite rising wages, voters as a group lost spending power during 2021 and 2022 due to inflation and high interest rates, and are still facing an uphill battle.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that it is launching an investigation into whether aerospace giant Boeing followed rules to ensure the aircraft that it built were safe for operation.
Congress began leaving Washington on Thursday for the long holiday weekend without a plan for how to prevent a government shutdown next week.
Language-learning app Duolingo has been steadily firing contract writers and translators and replacing them with artificial intelligence, in one of the most high-profile instances yet of a company getting rid of human workers in favor of AI.
Boeing’s chief executive told employees during a company meeting Tuesday that the aerospace giant will be transparent as it attempts to move forward after the grounding of dozens of its 737 Max 9 aircraft over safety concerns.
Last year shattered the previous global temperature record by almost two-tenths of a degree—the largest jump scientists have ever observed.
The situation will no doubt compound the woes at Boeing, which has struggled to rebuild its reputation since an earlier model of the Max was grounded after two crashes killed 346 people several years ago.
Following weeks of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced Sunday that they had agreed to a $1.66 trillion funding deal that would reduce overall spending by the federal government.
The FAA’s emergency airworthiness directive grounding the planes affects 171 aircraft. Two airlines in the United States—Alaska Airlines and United Airlines—have Boeing Max 9 aircraft in their fleets.
McAfee returned to his daily show on Friday and promptly thrust the network into a new round of chaos, delivering a broadside against one of his bosses on the air.
The mega-chain announced Wednesday that it will allow customers to use their own personal vessels for nearly all drink orders in the United States and Canada as part of the company’s effort to reduce waste.
The new milestone comes as lawmakers brace for fiscal showdowns over spending levels in the new year.
The redesigned form is a product of two bipartisan laws passed three years ago to streamline the application process and increase access to grant and scholarship money.
Hunkering down with family offers breathing room to save for a home. The trade-off comes down to temporarily relinquishing a measure of independence to achieve a milestone increasingly out of reach for people their age.
Users alleged the search giant captured and tracked their data while in “Incognito” mode, a Chrome browser setting that is supposed to protect users’ privacy. The total cost to Google if it lost the case could have been in the billions.
