The State Board of Education of Texas, the second largest US state, on Friday approved a new curriculum that allows Bible teachings in statewide elementary schools. Read More.
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. Read More.
American Airlines has announced it is expanding its new technology to end a process known as “gate lice,” which is when passengers cut lines in hopes of boarding a flight early. Read More.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. Read More.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has demanded that Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL GOOG Google divest its Chrome browser to dismantle its monopoly on online search. This move is part of broader efforts to restore competition in the search market. Read More.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday his intention to ban biological males who identify as transgender women from using women’s bathrooms and locker rooms on Capitol Hill. Read More.
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. Read More.
Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country.
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Walmart whispered a quiet but significant warning Tuesday that consumer-price inflation could surge if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his vow to impose tariffs on a host of goods imported into the world's biggest economy. Read More.
SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle on its sixth test flight Nov. 19 but called off a planned landing of the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site.
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A California grower has issued a nationwide recall of organic carrots it produced for some of the country's leading supermarkets over an E. coli outbreak, including Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, Trader Joe's, Walmart and Whole Foods. Read More.
A high-ranking Google director was texting with two of the company’s executives about digital-ads prices when he mentioned that the changes they were discussing could lead to lawsuits. Suddenly, he realized the chat’s history function was on, so the conversation would not be automatically deleted, and could be found by adversaries in any legal actions. Read More.
According to Joel Leppard, his clients attended more than five and as many as 10 "sex parties" with Gaetz involving "group sex situations" and illegal drugs
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