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Disneyland workers vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike

July 22, 2024, 9:58am Business

Disneyland employees have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike, paving the way for what could be the first major work stoppage the Anaheim theme park has seen in 40 years. Read story

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks to employees in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024.

EPA awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks to employees in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024.

July 22, 2024, 8:33am Business

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution. The money will go to 25 projects targeting greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, electric power, commercial and residential buildings, industry, agriculture and waste and materials management. Read story

US investigating some Jeep and Ram vehicles after getting complaints of abrupt engine stalling

July 22, 2024, 8:28am Business

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickup trucks and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake. Read story

FILE - A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Some airline issues are continuing on Monday after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights, but the number of flights impacted is declining.

Air travel delays continue, though most airlines have recovered from global tech outage

FILE - A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Some airline issues are continuing on Monday after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights, but the number of flights impacted is declining.

July 22, 2024, 7:56am Business

Delays at some airports continue after a faulty software update caused havoc worldwide and led to the grounding by almost all airlines of a number of flights, but the impact is receding. Read story

Sergio Solano, an immigrant from Mexico, right, greets his friend at a pizza shop at the end of his work day, June 21, 2024, in New York.

Newly arrived migrants encounter hazards of food delivery on the streets of NYC: robbers

Sergio Solano, an immigrant from Mexico, right, greets his friend at a pizza shop at the end of his work day, June 21, 2024, in New York.

July 22, 2024, 6:00am Business

Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for Chinese food app Fantuan Delivery. Seven strangers surrounded the Chinese immigrant and knocked him off the scooter. He was rescued when a nearby motorist revved… Read story

Students work on a laptop computer at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., on Feb. 6, 2023. A bill aiming to protect children from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass. (Timothy D.

Kids Online Safety Act could see vote this month

Students work on a laptop computer at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., on Feb. 6, 2023. A bill aiming to protect children from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass. (Timothy D.

July 21, 2024, 4:49pm Business

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears… Read story

The logo for CrowdStrike and a Spirit Airlines webpage are shown on a computer screen and mobile phone screen, in New York, Friday, July 19, 2024. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers.

Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike

The logo for CrowdStrike and a Spirit Airlines webpage are shown on a computer screen and mobile phone screen, in New York, Friday, July 19, 2024. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers.

July 21, 2024, 4:25pm Business

An owner of a consumer insights research firm couldn’t pay her employees, make Friday’s deadline to sign a contract for a new business or send key research to a key client. A psychiatrist who runs a virtual mental health practice in Maryland saw his business hobbled as some of his… Read story

A &ldquo;For Sale&rdquo; sign is posted in front of a single-family home on Oct. 27, 2022, in Hollywood, Florida.

Agent commissions are getting more transparent — but critics still say the real estate industry operates as a ‘cartel’

A &ldquo;For Sale&rdquo; sign is posted in front of a single-family home on Oct. 27, 2022, in Hollywood, Florida.

July 21, 2024, 6:02am Business

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and major brokers last year lost a federal antitrust suit, the verdict unleashed new scrutiny of the industry and its practices. With new commission rules set to go into effect in August as a result of the settlement, critics — even some inside… Read story