U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge dubbed sunny Miami the “epicenter of the housing crisis in this country” during a visit Tuesday. Fudge made that stark Read more
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Companies paying abortion travel costs for employees include Target, Yahoo
The Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, and many companies are offering to help their employees find reproductive care outside of their home states — which may Read more
Opinion: ‘Stranger Things’ and beyond: Here’s what’s worth streaming in July 2022
“Stranger Things” may have all the hype, but there’s plenty more to stream in July. The hugely anticipated season finale of the Netflix smash hit lands just in time for Read more
Elmo gets the COVID vaccine, and says ‘there was a little pinch, but it was OK’
Meet “Vaccinate Me Elmo.” The little red Sesame Street character revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that he just got his COVID-19 vaccine, a week after the Food and Drug Administration Read more
Opinion: Who’s who of chip and tech companies band together to pass mega-semiconductor bill in Congress
More than 120 companies including Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments recently signed a letter urging Congress to accelerate negotiations to get a bill passed that would massively scale chipmaking in the Read more
Fed rolls out new index to flag early warning signs of distress in corporate bonds
The New York Federal Reserve on Wednesday rolled out a new index to help detect early warning signs of distress in the near $10 trillion U.S. corporate bond market, roughly Read more
June 2022 will be remembered as the month that ‘finished off Donald Trump’: analysts react to January 6 hearings
Washington has been consumed by speculation surrounding the the House January 6th committee hearings, after a surprise hearing this week featuring a former Trump administration aide who said that the Read more
Seniors head back to retirement communities as COVID lingers–‘I just didn’t want to be alone’
For some retirees, resilience comes with this new phase of life. They carry with them years of experience, professional accomplishments and just living life. And for some, living near others Read more
Taco Bell and Cheez-It have tongues wagging with new tostada on a giant cracker
Taco Bell can’t get enough Cheez — and neither can Twitter. The Yum! Brands YUM, -0.14% Tex-Mex chain has teamed up with Kellogg’s K, +1.03% Cheez-It for a new menu Read more
Tesla faces questions on its climate-change bona fides
First it was Tesla’s exclusion from a major S&P environmental index. Now the electric-vehicle pioneer is called out by watchdog CDP to come clean on its climate-change impact. Nonprofit environmental Read more