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United Auto Workers members at Volkswagen AG's assembly plant in Tennessee overwhelmingly ratified a historic first labor pact that locks in higher wages, lower health insurance costs, and stronger job security language ...Read more

Walgreens is laying off 469 employees in Illinois, nearly six months after being bought by a private equity firm.

The employees work at the company’s offices in Deerfield, at downtown Chicago and in Danville, according ...Read more

Seattle Seahawks fans have been understandably frustrated by the off-again, on-again nature of the sale of the team, which was finally confirmed Wednesday after months of speculation, media reports and denials.

But the ...Read more

Scrolling through Zillow window shopping homes you can’t afford is a mixed bag. It’s nice to dream, but it can be a tough reminder of your pocketbook.

Or, you could just scroll Zillow on World of Warcraft.

The more ...Read more

A bill requiring insurers to offer coverage to California homeowners who make their property resistant to wildfires was introduced Wednesday in the Legislature.

SB 1076, by state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Alhambra, ...Read more

Last spring, victims of the Los Angeles wildfires complained loudly and en masse over how State Farm General was handling their insurance claims, especially for smoke damage.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara urged them...Read more

Microsoft announced Wednesday it has matched 100% of its electricity consumption with renewable energy, meeting a goal it set in 2020. The company’s electricity demand is projected to surge due to the expansion of data ...Read more

Twenty years ago last week, a Seattle startup called Zillow launched the first public website showing on- and off-market property values.

Since then, and throughout waves of controversy and housing ups and downs, Zillow ...Read more

ST. HELENA, California — E&J Gallo Winery, the world’s largest wine producer by volume, decided to slash nearly 100 Bay Area jobs and shutter one of its production hubs, the company reported to state labor officials.

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WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress and Trump administration have yet to authorize year-round higher ethanol blends, the latest fumble on a farm agenda that could grow into a political liability as the ...Read more

I love watching the evolution of gadgets.

I’ve been around long enough to remember a time before we had a lot of the gadgets we take for granted today, like smartphones or laptops and today’s topic, dash cams.

Today ...Read more

The Los Angeles County District Attorney is investigating whether Southern California Edison should be criminally prosecuted for its actions in last year's devastating Eaton wildfire, which killed 19 people and left ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Boeing Co.'s defense, space and security division headquarters is moving back to St. Louis, the company said in a news release Wednesday.

The division operated out of St. Louis from 1997 to 2017 when ...Read more

Tesla sales won't be suspended in California after regulators ruled Tuesday that the electric vehicle company has stopped misleading customers about its driver assistance features.

In December, the California Department ...Read more

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are adding music-focused generative artificial intelligence features to their core consumer apps, underscoring how advanced AI tools are moving into mainstream use.

Google’s ...Read more

The U.S. economy is creating plenty of wealth. It’s just not creating many jobs.

Forecasters expect Friday’s report on gross domestic product to show the economy expanded 2.7% in 2025, a solid pace by any standard for...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating a regulatory wrinkle that boosted the miles-per-gallon ratings of electric vehicles, which helped automakers meet federal fuel economy targets.

The ...Read more

OpenAI has been temporarily blocked from using the word "Cameo" in a product that allows people to generate videos based on prompts amid a trademark dispute.

Last year, the celebrity video platform Cameo sued OpenAI, ...Read more

In prior columns, I gave readers a brief history of Social Security by highlighting the major changes to the program brought about by annual amendments to the original Social Security law. Every once in a great while, ...Read more