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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted the nation’s economic health in his State of the Union Address, just days after a blockbuster jobs report showed a strong labor market has coincided with a monthslong easing of inflation. Biden also proposed solutions for what he considers an ongoing economic ill: income and […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many baby formula milk companies allegedly exploit parents’ emotions and “manipulate” scientific data to boost sales, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet. The analysis, led by Professor Nigel Rollins of the World Health Organization, said urgent clampdowns are needed to address misleading claims made by […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday is expected to tout the nation’s economic health in his State of the Union Address, just days after a blockbuster jobs report showed a strong labor market has coincided with a monthslong easing of inflation. Looking ahead, however, Biden is expected to propose solutions for […]

Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank’s fight against inflation has “a long way to go,” citing a blockbuster jobs report last week that showed the labor market remains hot despite the Fed’s efforts to cool the economy. “This process is likely to take […]

Joshua Derr/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Queen of Salsa and Cuban icon Celia Cruz has been selected to appear on the U.S. quarter. Cruz, who died in 2003, was selected by the United States Mint to be one of the five honorees in the 2024 American Women Quarters Program. The American Women Quarters Program […]

Fuse/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — AMC Theatres announced a new ticket pricing initiative Monday that has customers paying based on where their seat is located. The initiative, called Sightline at AMC, is described by the company in a press release as a way for moviegoers to “now have the option to pay less, or more, […]

IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major set of changes to the rules for retirement finances took effect this year, but many people may not have noticed. The rules were buried within a 4,000-page long, $1.7 trillion spending measure signed by President Joe Biden in December. The batch of changes, called Secure Act 2.0, affords […]

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) — If you ever needed artificial intelligence’s help to plan a friend’s baby shower, your time has come, as Google officially unveiled an AI program it’s calling Bard, seemingly its answer to the viral ChatGPT. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Bard on the company’s blog Monday, calling it […]

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United Airlines is facing a possible $1.15 million fine after allegedly conducting flights with planes that hadn’t undergone a certain safety check, federal regulators said, though United called the check “redundant” given other systems. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed the fine on Monday and said that from June […]