President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving TikTok a 90-day extension to work out a deal with the U.S. government that addresses security concerns over the app's ties to China.

Significant pressure has been placed on TikTok, known for its popular social video app, after a law was signed in 2024 that required TikTok's Chinese ...Read more

Hackers infiltrated one grocery distributor, and within days, there were bare shelves at stores around the country and even some pharmacies unable to fill prescriptions.

That’s not the beginning of some thriller novel. It’s the real events that played out earlier this month as major wholesale distributor UNFI, dealt with a cyberattack. But ...Read more

Late last year, one of Seattle's most vaunted affordable housing providers put six buildings up for sale.

A few months later, another nonprofit listed four of its eight.

Then, another developer gave up its stake in all three of its affordable properties in Seattle.

While one-off sales happen from time to time, 13 buildings with more than 1,...Read more

As two real estate giants escalate a war over how homes should be listed for sale online, both sides say they’re acting in the interest of consumers.

Both sides also stand to make a lot of money if they win.

The issue intensified at the end of 2024, when Compass, the country’s largest brokerage by sales volume, began advising its sellers ...Read more

As agricultural and canning operations are ramping up for the summer, they are trying to figure out the possible repercussions of stepped-up immigration enforcement.

The workforce for these businesses has become tighter over the past few years, and many were worried that the threat of raids coupled with increased security at the Mexican border ...Read more

The eviction court of Alameda County, California, was crowded on a recent Wednesday. It usually is.

Tenants, family members, landlords and attorneys — about 100 people in all — waited long hours to appear before a judge at the Hayward Hall of Justice. Fifty-six people were slated to appear that day in a marathon of back-to-back sessions. ...Read more

Lawyers for the Daily News, The New York Times and other news outlets suing ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, have asked a Manhattan judge to reject an effort by the technology giant to continue deleting data that could prove it stole journalists’ work.

Manhattan Federal Magistrate Judge Ona Wang last month ordered OpenAI to preserve its ...Read more

The most powerful institution in global finance is as completely and utterly confused as the rest of us.

At its policy decision Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee held rates at 4.25%-4.5%, but Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues essentially acknowledged that they had no idea what would come next. They couldn’t ...Read more

U.S. safety investigators called for urgent action to be taken in response to an engine issue on Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft that can lead to smoke in the cockpit or cabin.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation comes after at least two incidents in which planes were filled with smoke after large birds struck their engines....Read more

President Donald Trump plans to extend for a third time the deadline for Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. to divest the American operations of TikTok, allowing the social media app to keep running in the U.S. while negotiations proceed.

“We’re going to extend it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. “We’re going to ...Read more

LE BOURGET, France — After years of setbacks, Boeing says the newest members of its 777X family are on track to enter the market this decade.

Justin Hale, Boeing’s customer lead for those new family members, laid out the anticipated timeline at the Paris Air Show, standing inside a mock cabin of the new widebody plane with reporters ...Read more

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain illegitimately retaliated against the second most-powerful leader of the union in stripping her of power after threatening to "slit" the "throats" of anyone who "messed" with his inner circle, a government watchdog said late Tuesday.

The watchdog, lawyer Neil Barofsky, leveled the allegation in a ...Read more

Eleven of 14 members of the United Auto Workers' elected governing board fired back at a report from the union's court-appointed monitor that called for the officials to reinstate leadership positions for Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock after the watchdog concluded she had been retaliated against.

Led by UAW President Shawn Fain — who the ...Read more

Ram will extend the powertrain warranty available on most 2026 models to last 10 years or 100,000 miles — a level of truck coverage the brand says will be America's best.

CEO Tim Kuniskis said it's a needed update as truck buyers increasingly opt for extended financing terms — almost 80% of new truck loans exceed five years — and hold ...Read more

President Trump has endorsed David Ellison’s takeover of Paramount Global — an $8-billion merger that has been complicated by his $20-billion lawsuit over CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

On Wednesday, Trump was asked about the hold-up in the federal review of Skydance’s takeover of the storied entertainment company. The question came as ...Read more

Federal authorities have arrested hundreds of potentially undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles this month, targeting day laborers at a Home Depot, factory workers at a downtown apparel company and cleaners at car washes across the city.

But the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents aren't going after the business owners who may have ...Read more

I love iced coffee.

I’m usually not far from my refrigerator, which is very convenient, but there are times when I venture out — perhaps on a day trip or even a long weekend away — and I drag out my old cooler and go buy a bag or two of ice.

The last few years has brought us a new kind of cooler — a portable refrigerator — that uses ...Read more

Surrounded by virtual cliffs and a cascading waterfall, dragon riders on Roblox's massive online gaming platform immerse themselves in a memorable scene from "How to Train Your Dragon."

In the sequence, the young Viking Hiccup reaches out his hand to touch Toothless, the black, green-eyed dragon he once feared.

After players feed Toothless ...Read more

President Trump's trade war and recent immigration raids are expected to deliver a one-two punch to California's economy.

A new report by the UCLA Anderson forecast predicts that the state's economy is likely to contract later this year due to fallout from global tariffs and immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities that have rattled ...Read more