Tag: U.S. News

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO -- X's crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn't addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk's social media...

Ex-FTX executive spared prison sentence after cooperating against Sam Bankman-Fried

NEW YORK -- An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm’s founder at his trial last year was spared a prison sentence...

Recreational marijuana home delivery to begin in Arizona

PHOENIX -- Arizona residents will be able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning Friday, marking a new milestone for a...

PepsiCo is closing 4 bottling plants and cutting nearly 400 jobs

PepsiCo said Wednesday it plans to close four U.S. bottling plants and lay off nearly 400 workers as part of its efforts to...

Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower

PORTLAND, Maine -- Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power’s parent company have agreed that Massachusetts ratepayers must shoulder $512 million in additional...

Jobs report on eve of election will be among the most distorted in years

WASHINGTON -- Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after...