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A computer network outage Thursday temporarily took down a number of websites belonging to a variety of companies — including Delta Air Lines and Amazon....Read More

After weeks of steady declines, the number of workers in the United States who have filed new unemployment claims has again surpassed 400,000, the Labor Department said in its weekly report Thursday....Read More

Uber’s trucking division announced on Thursday that it’s buying a key tech competitor in the logistics field....Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 286 points Wednesday as markets continued to bounce back from losses to start the week....Read More

Russia launched a new multipurpose laboratory module named Nauka to the International Space Station on Wednesday from Kazakhstan after years of delays....Read More

Ford and Lyft are partnering to provide self-driving vehicles for riders in the United States, and the first will roll out in South Florida later this year, the companies said Wednesday....Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 549.95 points Tuesday as U.S. markets bounced back as investors sought to buy in on stocks that dipped to start the week....Read More

The White House is reviewing policies to see if social media companies are legally liable for misinformation about COVID-19, President Joe Biden’s communications director said Tuesday....Read More

The economic recession in the United States brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic last year was the shortest in American history — lasting for about two months, according to the official record-keeper....Read More

U.S. ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s has announced that it will no longer sell products in Israeli occupied territories, saying “it is inconsistent with our values.”...Read More