Business

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in a Feb. 1, 2023 file photo, says President Biden wants to keep talks about government spending separate from a bill needed to raise the debt limit.

First raise the debt limit. Then we can talk about spending, the White House insists

4:28pm April 20, 2023

by Asma Khalid

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients says debt limit talks and spending negotiations must be kept separate — despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's insistence they be tied together.

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National

BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs

3:47pm April 20, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

BuzzFeed News started in 2012 and grew to have more than 100 journalists across the world. Moving forward, BuzzFeed will concentrate news efforts in HuffPost, the company said.

National

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement

11:49am April 20, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Facebook developers sold user data to Cambridge Analytica, a former political consulting firm, to target people in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Science

SpaceX rocket explodes shortly after test-flight takeoff in Texas

10:55am April 20, 2023

SpaceX's new stainless-steel rocket named Starship exploded Thursday just four minutes after liftoff. In a statement, the company said, "with a test like this, success comes from what we learn."

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Many American companies that waited to exit Russia are now struggling to leave

10:25am April 20, 2023

by Jackie Northam

Many American companies left Russia shortly after it invaded Ukraine. Others that waited are now finding it challenging to leave.

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'Trinity,' the T-rex skeleton made from the bones of 3 dinosaurs, has a new owner

6:40am April 20, 2023

A private, European collector bought the rare skeleton for more than $6 million at an auction in Switzerland. "Trinity" is estimated to be between 65 and 67 million years old.

Gwinnett County election workers prepare to handle ballots as part of the recount for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 16, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Nearly two and a half years after the election, voting machine companies, election workers and even a local postmaster have filed defamation cases tied to conspiracy theories that have spread about the election.

Politics & Government

There are even more 2020 election defamation suits beyond the Fox-Dominion case

2:54pm April 19, 2023

by Lisa Hagen

In addition to the Dominion case against Fox News, more than a dozen similar cases related to lies spread about the 2020 election are slowly making their way through the legal system.

Students help run the Circle C Market in rural Cody, Neb., as part of classwork. As rural areas struggle to keep traditional grocery stores, some communities are finding innovative ways to keep the stores running.

Rural grocery stores are dying. Here's how some small towns are trying to save them

12:48pm April 19, 2023

by Aaron Bonderson

When a town loses its grocery store, it also loses a local source of healthy food and a place for neighbors to gather and connect. But some communities are finding innovative ways to keep shops open.

The tax free bagel from H&H Bagels injects the cream cheese inside of the bagel to avoid New York's 8% Sandwich Tax

Economy

Behold the tax free bagel: A New York classic gets a tax day makeover

9:33am April 19, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The so-called sandwich tax is a charge on prepared foods in some states, like California, New York, and Massachusetts. But one iconic New York dish found a loophole

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Fox News settles defamation lawsuit with election tech firm Dominion Voting Systems

6:33am April 19, 2023

Fox News has settled a lawsuit over false claims it aired following the 2020 presidential election. It will pay nearly $790 million to Dominion Voting Systems.

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