Where inflation is taking a breather: Your doctor’s office
Prices are rising rapidly in every corner of the economy as it emerges from the pandemic. But some areas are bucking that trend. Medical care…
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GB News launches in Britain to take on ‘woke warriors’
GB News wants to make one thing very clear: The upstart TV channel does not see itself as the British Fox News. “That is an easy, inaccurate…
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Oregon eviction moratorium ends June 30; Brown extends mortgage foreclosure moratorium
As Oregon nears its vaccination target to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday she is extending the state’s mortgage foreclosure…
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Bend Chamber, other biz groups urge state to fund ‘modest’ return-to-work bonuses, to ease hiring crunch
The Bend Chamber has joined a consortium of business advocates in a letter to Gov. Kate Brown’s office, recommending the use of some federal…
Continue ReadingNewsmax portrays Facebook as an enemy of conservatives. Behind the scenes, it’s spending millions on Facebook ads
If you were to judge Newsmax’s views about Facebook by what its hosts say on-air, you would probably be under the impression that the…
Continue ReadingFAA’s new cleaning methods at air traffic towers aim to curb flight delays
A new cleaning regimen is cutting back on flight delays as the skies grow busier this summer. But the new procedures aren’t for planes or even…
Continue ReadingCar prices are soaring, and they’re not going to stop
Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles — both new and used — that they typically have. That’s helping send prices to record…
Continue ReadingPulitzers give special award to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder
The Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year’s most important journalism. This year, someone who isn’t a professional journalist, but…
Continue ReadingAmerican Airlines and Virgin Atlantic order electric air taxis from UK startup
Vertical Aerospace, a UK electric aircraft manufacturer, has won the backing of American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Microsoft in its bid to make…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s hit by data breach
McDonald’s is the latest high-profile company to be affected by a data breach, leading to the exposure of private information of customers and…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ+ Americans aren’t fully counted by the government. That’s a big problem
Government data help policymakers find and fix problems for people in need. But that’s tricky if some groups aren’t represented in the…
Continue Reading‘In The Heights’: It’s Lin-Manuel Miranda’s turn to save the box office
The theater industry has gotten help from a lot of sources so far this year. First, it was a radioactive lizard fighting a giant ape, then it was…
Continue ReadingChinese ride-hailing giant Didi files for US IPO
Didi, China’s giant ride-hailing company, filed paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States with the Securities and Exchange…
Continue ReadingThe Americans locked up in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison
It was supposed to be an exciting trip home to surprise his parents in the United States, his family said. But on May 24, before he boarded the plane…
Continue ReadingCritics assess the end of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ as the family moves from cable to streaming
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Thursday night was…
Continue ReadingJeffrey Toobin is back at CNN eight months after exposing himself on Zoom
Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with…
Continue ReadingThis online marketplace wants New Yorkers to ditch Amazon and shop local
New York’s local businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, so one Israeli immigrant, now a Brooklyn resident, created an online marketplace to…
Continue ReadingPrices are surging. Here’s what is getting more expensive
By now, you probably know that everything is getting more expensive. From furniture, to used cars, to uncooked beef roasts, consumer prices have…
Continue ReadingEx-employees accuse BrewDog of creating a ‘culture of fear’
BrewDog, one of the biggest UK craft beer producers, has apologized after dozens of former employees accused the company of fostering a…
Continue ReadingGoldman Sachs orders employees to report vaccination status
Goldman Sachs is requiring its US employees to divulge to the company whether they’ve been vaccinated. The Wall Street bank told workers in a…
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