US Says Stolen COVID Relief Funds Seized So Far Top $1.4 Billion 

Aug. 23 By Kanishka Singh The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has seized over $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds that criminals had stolen, and charged over 3,000 defendants with crimes in federal districts across the country. The Justice Department disclosed the results…

Trump Says He Won’t Take Part in Republican Debates 

Aug. 20 By Humeyra Pamuk Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would skip the upcoming Republican primary debates, citing his large lead in opinion polls as evidence that he was already well-known and liked by voters ahead of the 2024 election. Trump…

US CDC Tracks New Lineage of Virus That Causes COVID 

Aug. 18 By Deena Beasley U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the United States, Denmark and…

Striking Writers Take Antitrust Aim at Disney, Amazon, Netflix 

Aug/ 17 By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski The striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Thursday urged federal regulators to increase their oversight of the streaming media business, saying Walt Disney, Amazon.com and Netflix had amassed too much power. The guild, which has been…

Airlines, Hotels Branch Out With Experiences to Lure Travelers 

Aug. 14 By Doyinsola Oladipo Casino operator MGM Resorts International is finding Formula One’s inaugural stop in Las Vegas is as much of a draw as its slot machines this year, and it is not the only company realizing that travelers are increasingly seeking out…

US, China Agree to Double Weekly Flights Between Countries 

Aug. 12 By David Shepardson The U.S. and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers to fly between the two countries, the Biden administration said on Friday, in a rare sign of cooperation between the world’s largest two…

Caltech Reaches ‘Potential Settlement’ in Apple, Broadcom Patent Case 

Aug. 11 By Blake Brittain The California Institute of Technology has reached a “potential settlement” in a high-stakes patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips, according to a Thursday filing in federal court. Caltech previously won a verdict of more than $1.1…

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Board Defeat Shareholders’ Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit 

Aug. 10 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and his board of directors of ignoring red flags surrounding disgraced former client Jeffrey Epstein. In a Wednesday evening decision, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff…

Drug User Cannot Be Barred From Owning Guns, US Court Rules 

Aug. 9 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last…