Business

Members of the Writers Guild of America union picket outside Netflix headquarters Wednesday near Union Square in New York.

NBC's late night talk show staff get pay and benefits during writers strike

7:59pm May 04, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Three days into the Hollywood writers strike, production is halted for many shows and movies. Some non-writing staff got good news about their pay and health insurance while the writers are out.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media on March 28 in Phoenix. The attorneys general of New York and California announced Thursday that they are investigating allegations of workplace discrimination by the pro football league.

2 states launch an investigation of the NFL over gender discrimination and harassment

5:54pm May 04, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The California and New York attorneys general say they are seeking information from the NFL on allegations of gender pay disparities, harassment and gender and race discrimination.

National

What's next for SpaceX's (very expensive) Starship program?

5:26pm May 04, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Elon Musk is promising that SpaceX's newest rocket will one day take humans to Mars, but it's costing the company billions of dollars to develop. Can SpaceX afford to see the program through?

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says the agency had lost capacity over the years to adequately assess "high wealth, high income filers."

He's trying to fix the IRS and has $80 billion to play with. This is his plan

5:10pm May 04, 2023

by Patrick Wood

There are two competing trends: The population of the U.S. has grown at the same time as the workforce of the IRS has shrunk. A 10-year, $80 billion plan aims to tackle the agency's troubles.

Writers picket in front of Netflix offices in Hollywood on Tuesday as the WGA strike began.

Arts

The best picket signs of the Hollywood writers' strike

3:35pm May 04, 2023

As the Writers Guild of America began its first strike in 15 years, union members let loose with quips to studio executives, as they picketed outside companies like Netflix, Sony and NBCUniversal.

'Fresh Air' welcomes new co-host Tonya Mosley

2:18pm May 04, 2023

Based in Los Angeles, Mosley previously served as a correspondent and host of Here & Now, and as a host and Silicon Valley bureau chief at KQED in San Francisco. She hosts the podcast Truth Be Told.

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Unaccompanied immigrant minors wait to be processed by Border Patrol agents after they crossed the Rio Grande into south Texas on April 29, 2021.

Amid a child labor crisis, U.S. state governments are loosening regulations

2:18pm May 04, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

New York Times journalist Hannah Dreier says hundreds of thousands of immigrant kids are working illegally. Washington Post reporter Jacob Bogage explains how states are loosening child labor laws.

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Little Saint James, an island previously owned by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been sold. The 71.6-acre property, seen here in an aerial view, includes a main compound and four guest villas.

National

Financier buys Jeffrey Epstein's private islands, with plans to create a resort

1:56pm May 04, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Financier Stephen Deckoff paid $60 million for Great St. James and Little St. James. He hopes to open a resort on the islands by sometime in 2025.

Doctors' offices often offer special medical credit cards as a solution to paying off large medical bills. But patients may end up paying far more for their bills when they have to pay interest down the road.

Biden administration warns consumers to avoid medical credit cards

11:39am May 04, 2023

by Noam Levey

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.

A Kia sign hangs over a row of unsold 2021 Seltos models in December 2020 at a dealership in Centennial, Colo.

National

Dealers still sell Hyundais and Kias vulnerable to theft, but insurance is hard to get

5:00am May 04, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Some insurance companies have stopped issuing new policies for models that are subject to a high rate of thefts, but consumers are still able to buy the cars.