North Chicago-based AbbVie has become the latest drugmaker to reach a deal with the Trump administration on drug prices in exchange for being exempted from tariffs and future price mandates, the company announced Monday evening.

Under the voluntary agreement, AbbVie will offer “low prices” in Medicaid, a state and federally funded health ...Read more

The new year promises an array of new vehicles, beginning with the 2026 Detroit Auto Show that opens Wednesday with a roar.

Literally.

Unshackled by government carbon dioxide regulations, expect the roar of new gas-powered V-8 engines to shake Motown asphalt. Ram’s reborn earth-pawing, 777-horsepower Ram 1500 TRX supertruck debuted on Jan. 1...Read more

Even in this era of Real Housewives and celebrity boxing on Netflix, you haven’t seen a real fight until you’ve watched weather nerds battling over a botched forecast.

Take the Christmas Eve Windstorm That Never Happened.

Most of us in Western Washington were glad the gale-force winds predicted for Dec. 24 didn’t show up.

Not so the ...Read more

It stands to reason that the easier it is to fund gambling at a casino, the more revenue the casino can generate through patron play.

That’s the basis for Koin, a Las Vegas-based digital payment company that provides digital wallets for players that can easily be funded by banks, debit or credit cards, Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay or Google Play....Read more

Wall Street homebuyers rattled by President Donald Trump’s broadside are plotting their own proposals to defuse the risk of getting shut out of the housing market.

“If the administration were to sit down with a group of us we could put a we could put a proposal — we could put a project — together,” Pretium Co-President Stephen Scherr ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI.

Dina Powell McCormick, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is joining the company this week as president and vice chairman. She’s part of a new team of ...Read more

Moderna Inc.’s chairman says the Trump administration’s vaccine policy changes are part of a broader attack on science that may have only just begun.

“Today it may be childhood vaccines or mRNA, but tomorrow it’s everything,” Noubar Afeyan said in an interview Monday on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San ...Read more

Illinois is giving residents more time to shop for health insurance on the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, as Congress continues to tussle over whether to extend subsidies that reduce the cost of coverage.

Illinois will now give residents until Jan. 31 to choose health insurance plans on the state’s new Affordable Care Act exchange, ...Read more

After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Candace Nelson reevaluated her career. She had just been laid off from a boutique investment banking firm in San Francisco's tech startup scene, and realized she wanted a change.

From her home, she launched a custom cake service that soon morphed into an idea for a cupcake-focused bakery. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Automaker Volkswagen AG said in a public filing last week that President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian automotive goods violate binding trade agreements he approved during his first term.

The German company made the claim in a comment submitted Wednesday to Trump's U.S. Trade Representative office, which was ...Read more

Mattel is releasing its first autistic Barbie doll.

Created in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the toy launched Monday is meant to represent children with autism spectrum disorder and how they experience the world.

The doll joins the Barbie Fashionistas line, which features more than 175 looks across various skin ...Read more

DETROIT — General Motors Co. leveraged the automaker's more than 120-year heritage and its success during Detroit's Golden Age to design the company's new global headquarters at the Hudson's Detroit complex downtown that opened Monday.

Nods to GM's past are hidden throughout the company's roughly 200,000-square-foot space: fabric from the ...Read more

UnitedHealth Group Inc. used “aggressive strategies” to maximize diagnoses and boost payments for patients on private Medicare health plans, a new Senate report found, adding to pressure on the largest US health insurer.

The health-care conglomerate has a “robust” workforce — augmented by artificial intelligence — to capture ...Read more

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is merging with Sun Country Airlines and will form one of the largest leisure-based commercial air carriers in the country and will be headquartered in Las Vegas.

The merger agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, will need shareholder approvals and clearance from federal authorities ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday doubled down on California’s commitment to electric vehicles with proposed rebates intended to backfill federal tax credits canceled by the Trump administration.

The plan would allocate $200 million in one-time special funds for a new point-of-sale incentive program for light-duty zero-emissions vehicles. It was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The charred remains of the historic Pacific Palisades Business Block cast a shadow over a once-bustling shopping district along West Sunset Boulevard.

Empty lots littered with debris and ash line the street where houses and small businesses once stood. A year since the Palisades fire roared through the neighborhood, only a ...Read more

New Jersey has long coveted Petty’s Island, 300 acres in the Delaware River off Pennsauken, as a potential environmental and recreational haven with its grand views of Philadelphia.

Originally the hunting grounds of Native Americans, the island was later farmed by Quakers. Folklore claims pirate landings and an overnight stay by Ben Franklin....Read more

Minnesota businesses are facing a wave of harassment and threats following a politically charged YouTube video accusing Somali-owned day care providers of defrauding the state, fallout that advocates say has intensified amid a broader immigration crackdown.

“Places that never had any type of media attention or were never connected to any type...Read more

Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized images after global pushback from users and governments.

Late last month, some users began tagging Grok on Musk's social media platform X with prompts such as "put her in a bikini" to generate nonconsensual images of real ...Read more