September 29, 2024, 10:27am Business
Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. Read story
September 29, 2024, 6:04am Business
Rajpal Singh sweltered on his routes, delivering hundreds of packages every day for Amazon to homes on twisty dirt roads in the hills and valleys surrounding Lancaster and Palmdale, California. Temperatures in his van commonly climbed above 100 degrees. Read story
September 29, 2024, 6:02am Business
The reality of this year’s drought is unavoidable for farmers and orchardists in Central Washington. Read story
September 29, 2024, 6:00am Business
Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months. Read story
September 29, 2024, 6:00am Business
One week before Federal Reserve officials gathered in Washington this month, they were split over how fast to lower interest rates. Read story
September 29, 2024, 5:27am Business
Imagine this: You receive a warning about a raging wildfire near your home. The air won’t stop filling with acrid smoke, and the sky has turned from blue to an eerie orange. Read story
September 29, 2024, 5:26am Business
For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting with generative AI to help build environments, assist game writers in crafting NPC dialogue and lend video games the improvisational… Read story
September 29, 2024, 5:17am Business
Dozens of employees at a CVS specialty pharmacy in Redlands, California, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday seeking to hold a union election. Read story