In late August, Kalshi announced brand partnerships with the San Diego Padres and four other Major League Baseball clubs. The company will serve as the prediction market partner for the teams, with collaborations said to include in-stadium signage alongside social media and fan activations.

Founded in 2018, Kalshi is a financial exchange, ...Read more

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh faces intense pressure to raise interest rates at next week’s policy meeting after a highly anticipated inflation report showed U.S. consumer prices marched higher last month.

Underlying inflation rose more than expected in August, as the core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy costs, ...Read more

California regulators certified a union representing Uber and Lyft drivers, marking a milestone in a years-long fight by gig workers in the state.

The California Gig Workers Union will give drivers a seat at the table to negotiate pay, working conditions and benefits, union organizers said. California is the third state to allow ride-hailing ...Read more

The first thing you notice is what you don't hear.

No V-6 growl. No four-cylinder wheeze. No transmission downshift. No great subterranean snarl as 670 horsepower prepares to do something irresponsible. Nothing. Just tires crunching over rock. Somewhere in the hills north of Healdsburg, California, the 2026 Jeep Recon is crawling up a trail as ...Read more

A former employee of Activision Blizzard is suing the Santa Monica-based "Call of Duty" maker, alleging she was sexually harassed and subject to retaliation.

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, the woman, filing anonymously as Jane Doe, says the game giant "fostered and tolerated a pervasive 'frat boy' ...Read more

The Honda Passport TrailSport is strutting its stuff.

Just a year after its introduction, the off-road-focused halo model of the midsize Passport SUV is already getting a glow-up to meet high demand. Leaning into consumers’ insatiable appetite for rugged SUVs, a lack of Detroit competitors, and a deregulated U.S. market, the 2027, all-terrain...Read more

General Motors Co. is among the latest automakers to roll out new dash cam recording features on some of its models, a move industry analysts said is a long time coming and likely will become standard as the cost of cameras drops.

For GM, the security-focused over-the-air updates also are a chance at redemption after what federal regulators ...Read more

Subaru continues to market to a highly active consumer base that genuinely enjoys traveling, camping, hiking and biking, and its vast array of vehicles consistently delivers for every single one of them.

While traditional commuters usually focus entirely on their basic needs, Subaru hits those marks and addresses some of their “wants” as ...Read more

POINT PLEASANT, West Virginia — During Prohibition, my home state of West Virginia was notorious for bootleggers running moonshine across state lines. To outrun the law, shiners like future NASCAR racer Curtis Turner famously ran hooch through the state, using the treacherous mountain passes to escape the feds in modified Ford Coupes, ...Read more

Nearly 1,900 employees across multiple divisions of Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment have ratified a union contract with the video game developer, following two years of bargaining.

Communications Workers of America, which is representing the unions at Blizzard, announced Wednesday that the contracts had secured artificial ...Read more

Hollywood's film and TV post-production workers took their case directly to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, urging him to sign a bill that would create the state's first standalone post-production tax incentive.

Workers such as editors, singers and sound supervisors joined bill author Assemblymember Nick Schultz, D-Burbank, and Mayor Karen Bass ...Read more

California, home to the world's largest tech companies, is placing more guardrails around social media and artificial intelligence as child safety concerns escalate.

On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than 10 bills aimed at keeping young people safe online.

From suicides to sextortion, parents and their children are ...Read more

Miami commissioners voted Thursday to get a grasp on short-term vacation rentals operating throughout the city, with the goal of stricter regulation and a shutdown of illegal units causing chaos in residential neighborhoods.

District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo made the proposal, which instructs the city manager to submit a comprehensive report...Read more

Federal Reserve officials have signaled they’re prepared to raise interest rates if inflation doesn’t improve soon, but they may find their main policy tool will do little to restrain some of the forces pushing up prices now.

The consumer price index report due Friday is poised to determine whether policymakers will lift rates next week, ...Read more

Los Angeles County launched a probe into Farmers Insurance Company's handling of claims by policyholders impacted by last year's devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires, after a growing number of residents complained of delays, denials and underpayments.

In a letter sent to Farmers on Wednesday, the county's lawyers said if the company is ...Read more

MONTROSE, Colorado — Efforts to revive the country’s domestic lumber industry may have come too late to save Montrose Forest Products, Colorado’s largest lumber mill.

Owner Neiman Enterprises informed the mill’s 90 employees on Tuesday that operations would wind down once its remaining timber supply runs out in the next few weeks.

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A new grain transloading facility at the Port of Baltimore is expected to simplify exports for Maryland farmers by allowing soybeans, corn, wheat and other grains to be loaded directly at the port before being shipped overseas.

The four-acre facility at the Seagirt Marine Terminal includes three silos with a combined capacity of 60,000 bushels ...Read more

U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into a single petition concerning the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine in a 2017 Ford Edge, alleging coolant intrusion into the motor resulted in a significant loss of power.

The Office of Defects Investigation has opened the case on whether to grant or deny the petition for a more thorough probe into the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. government is spending over a billion dollars to recruit hundreds of thousands of workers it estimates will be needed in Philadelphia and other shipbuilding centers to expand the Navy and compete with lower-cost Chinese yards, as President Donald Trump proposes. The campaign includes “Build Submarines” ads on social...Read more