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Parents in the United States will begin receiving their second child tax payment on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service says....Read More

Chinese retailer Alibaba, one of the world’s largest companies, has announced a strengthened zero-tolerance policy for sexual assaults and harassment after it fired a manager who was accused by a female employee....Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit records for the third consecutive day as Disney surpassed analysts’ expectations in its second-quarter earnings report....Read More

AEG Presents said Thursday it will require COVID-19 vaccination at its U.S. concert venues....Read More

The number of new U.S. workers filing for unemployment has declined for the third straight week, the Labor Department said Thursday in its weekly report....Read More

President Biden is calling on Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate with pharma companies to drive down the cost of prescription medications, an effort that’s expected to face opposition from the GOP and drug industry....Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit record highs on Wednesday as core inflation indicated inflation will remain moderate and the economy will sustain its strength....Read More

A sheriff’s deputy in Colorado responded to a residential area in which a mother bear had trapped herself inside a car as her two cubs watched nearby....Read More

Netflix plans to cover the upcoming SpaceX launch of the first all-private orbital spaceflight in September, Inspiration4, with a five-part docuseries....Read More

Consumer prices in the United States increased by a half-percent during the month of July, according to government figures released on Wednesday — slightly higher than most experts were predicting....Read More