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This image provided by Comic Relief US shows the virtual realm of the nonprofit&rsquo;s new &lsquo;Game to Change the World.&rsquo; The wizard-led quests, which take place on the social gaming platform Roblox, are part of Comic Relief US&rsquo; second annual Kids Relief campaign to build charitable habits among children while raising funds to fight poverty.

Comic Relief US launches new Roblox game to help children build community virtually and in real life

This image provided by Comic Relief US shows the virtual realm of the nonprofit&rsquo;s new &lsquo;Game to Change the World.&rsquo; The wizard-led quests, which take place on the social gaming platform Roblox, are part of Comic Relief US&rsquo; second annual Kids Relief campaign to build charitable habits among children while raising funds to fight poverty.

September 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

The notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app Roblox last year. Read story

Inherited 401(k) rules: What beneficiaries need to know

September 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

If a loved one has named you as a beneficiary of their 401(k), knowing how to make the best use of the bequest is another way to honor them. How to best use an inherited 401(k) depends on a number of factors — first and foremost your relationship with the… Read story

Survey: In a cooling job market, 48% of workers plan to look for a new job in the next year

September 1, 2024, 5:53am Business

Following the COVID-19 recession, the job market boomed. Workers experienced a historic amount of bargaining power. Phrases like the “Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting” were part of Americans’ everyday lingo, and unemployment hit its lowest point in 54 years. Read story

FILE - Brian Niccol, named the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks on Aug. 13, 2024, is shown during an interview on June 9, 2015, in New York.

CEOs run companies from afar while workers return to HQ

FILE - Brian Niccol, named the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks on Aug. 13, 2024, is shown during an interview on June 9, 2015, in New York.

September 1, 2024, 5:52am Business

For Starbucks Corp., its primary home is Seattle. Read story

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute&rsquo;s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California.

Elon Musk’s Grok is a risky experiment in AI content moderation

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute&rsquo;s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California.

September 1, 2024, 5:51am Business

A deluge of bizarre computer-generated images swept Elon Musk’s social platform X last week — including violent, offensive and sexually suggestive content. In one, Trump piloted a helicopter as the World Trade Center buildings burned in the background. In others, Kamala Harris wore a bikini, and Donald Duck used heroin.… Read story

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

50 years ago Vancouver’s Main Street was bustling; the city’s plans hope to recapture those days

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

August 31, 2024, 6:14am Business

A long-awaited $21 million, two-year project to overhaul Main Street in downtown Vancouver is expected to begin this fall. Read story

Camas resident Roman Battan, left, gives "Adventure park not welcome!" yard signs to a rural Washougal resident Oct. 23 at the Riverside Bowl Skatepark in Camas.

Plans for a hotly contested Skamania County adventure park at an end after code changes

Camas resident Roman Battan, left, gives "Adventure park not welcome!" yard signs to a rural Washougal resident Oct. 23 at the Riverside Bowl Skatepark in Camas.

August 31, 2024, 6:08am Business

Skamania County’s adventure park saga seems to have come to an end. Read story

A combine at work in wheat fields in the Walla Walla region, during 2018.

Genetically modified wheat approved for U.S. testing, but may not be boon for Northwest farmers

A combine at work in wheat fields in the Walla Walla region, during 2018.

August 31, 2024, 6:05am Business

Federal agriculture regulators announced Tuesday that they approved the testing process that could allow farmers in the U.S. to start planting a genetically modified strain of wheat from South America that produces good crops even in drought conditions. Read story