Tag: general news

Bank of England mulling first interest rate cut since early days of COVID-19 over 4 years ago

LONDON -- Borrowing costs in the U.K. could be cut Thursday for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic more...

Senate Democrats tee up vote on child tax credit in election-year pitch to families

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child...

Online misinformation is fueling tensions over the Southport stabbing attack that killed 3 children

LONDON -- Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false...

Judge hears NFL's motion in 'Sunday Ticket' case, says jury did not follow instructions on damages

LOS ANGELES -- The judge who presided over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said the jury did...

Massachusetts businesses with at least 24 employees must disclose salary range for new jobs

BOSTON -- Massachusetts businesses with more than 25 employees must disclose salary ranges when posting jobs, under a new bill signed into law...

Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated...