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jonathanfilskov-photography/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 100 million U.S. workers will be required to get the COVID vaccine by Jan. 4, with some workers allowed to test weekly instead, under sweeping federal rules released Thursday by the [Read More…]

ABC News (OGUNQUIT, Maine) — In the cold autumn rain, as residents of this seaside resort town sort their paper, plastic and aluminum into community dumpsters, Steve Twombly uses a fishing net affixed to a [Read More…]

luchezar/iStock (NEW YORK) — Meta, the newly named parent company of Facebook, announced Tuesday that it was shutting down its use of a facial recognition system on its social media platform. The announcement comes after [Read More…]

PeopleImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — As climate change takes center stage with global leaders, it’s a perfect time to take a look around our own homes to see what small changes can help reduce one’s carbon [Read More…]

iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — Members of the United Auto Workers Union are set to vote Tuesday on a tentative agreement that would end the ongoing strike of more than 10,000 John Deere workers. News of [Read More…]

luchezar/iStock (NEW YORK) — Earlier this year, multiple Facebook employees questioned the apparent restrictions on well-known Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd’s Instagram account, according to internal Facebook documents shared with ABC News and a group of [Read More…]

Thinkhubstudio/iStock (NEW YORK) — In the shadow of mounting controversies for his beleaguered tech firm, CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the future of the internet at a company conference Thursday, which he [Read More…]

bhofack2/iStock (NEW YORK) — A woman from New York is suing The Kellogg Company for $5 million because she says the company’s Whole Grain Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts product doesn’t have enough strawberries in its filling. [Read More…]

Douglas Rissing/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A proposal to levy a new tax code on America’s ultra-wealthy has sent shockwaves through the nation’s capital and beyond on Wednesday, as lawmakers struggle to reach an agreement over how [Read More…]

iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — Sara Blakely is probably going down as one of 2021’s best bosses ever. The Spanx founder recently announced that she is giving the company’s employees two first-class Delta plane tickets to travel [Read More…]

WQAD (MILAN, Ill.) — A John Deere worker who was taking part in the ongoing strike was killed in a traffic accident while walking to the picket line on Wednesday morning, the United Auto Workers Union [Read More…]

Delta Air Lines (NEW YORK) — The travel industry is gearing up for what could be its busiest season since the coronavirus pandemic began, and at least one U.S. airline is aiming to make things [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jessica Rosenworcel is in line to make history as the first woman to head the Federal Communications Commission, after President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday his intent to officially nominate [Read More…]

5./15 WEST/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A Senate panel on Tuesday grilled executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on what the social media companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety in the wake of revelations about [Read More…]

iStock/jetcityimage (NEW YORK) — Rental car giant Hertz announced it was buying 100,000 Tesla electric vehicles that will be available to customers starting next month. Tesla stock soared on news of the massive order, and [Read More…]

iStock (NEW YORK) — A coalition of Amazon warehouse workers in New York City have officially filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Kayla Blado, the press [Read More…]

Diy13/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The day of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Facebook noticed a rise in social media posts calling for violence and incitement around the certification of the U.S. presidential election result and the storming [Read More…]

svetikd/iStock (NEW YORK) — The supply chain issues the U.S. economy is currently facing are not only affecting consumers during the peak shopping season, but small businesses have also started to feel the effects of [Read More…]

marekuliasz/iStock (MICHIGAN) — “Attack the grade here. Now mash the brake and modulate the throttle,” Al Oppenheiser, the chief engineer of GMC’s Hummer EV, guided me as I carefully steered the 9,000-lb. truck up a [Read More…]

tacojim/iStock (NEW YORK) — A spate of strikes has rocked the private sector, revealing the new power workers wield as the pandemic wanes in the U.S. and sending a message to employers who may have [Read More…]