California lawmakers have approved a bill that seeks to throw a lifeline to the state's struggling journalism organizations.

Assembly Bill 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ, joins a litany of bills on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

The state Senate ...Read more

The Trump administration has revived plans to end work authorization for certain spouses of H-1B visa holders, potentially forcing an unknown number of Bay Area residents from their jobs and making it harder for Silicon Valley companies to recruit and retain foreign workers.

The planned rule would reverse a 2015 policy allowing people on H-4 ...Read more

A new study looks at how much annual household income it takes to be considered middle-class in the most expensive cities in the U.S. Not surprisingly, Bay Area cities took up eight spots in the list of the 10 most expensive cities with a population over 100,000, compiled by MoneyLion, a mobile banking company.

The most affluent city on the ...Read more

President Trump on Monday urged Congress to approve federal tax incentives aimed at reviving American film and television productions, saying Hollywood has been hollowed out by productions moving to Canada and other countries.

In a social media post, Trump said he met with actor Jon Voight, whom he has designated as "Hollywood Ambassador," and ...Read more

Los Angeles County announced Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against State Farm General after hundreds of victims of last year's devastating wildfires complained that their claims had been delayed, denied or underpaid.

The lawsuit alleges that State Farm engaged in illegal and deceptive business practices that kept victims of the Palisades ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has added California to the list of states suing Amazon, alleging that the online retail giant overcharged businesses using the platform to advertise their products.

The Federal Trade Commission is also part of the suit against Amazon. According to Bonta, the e-commerce giant has “secretly, systematically...Read more

United Steelworkers has agreed to a 30-day extension of the labor union’s contract with U.S. Steel Corp., as negotiations for a new agreement — the first since Nippon Steel’s acquisition of the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker — continue.

The union, which represents more than 10,000 workers under a master agreement across U.S. Steel ...Read more

In 2025, a New York resident filed a lawsuit against JetBlue Airlines.

The lawsuit included a screenshot of a tweet from X. In it, a user complained to JetBlue that they were trying to "make it to a funeral" but that flight prices had risen $230 in just one day. A JetBlue representative replied to the tweet, recommending that the customer clear...Read more

Federal officials in Detroit announced a broad crackdown on fraud within the trucking industry Aug. 31 that includes immediately shutting down more than 100 truck-driving schools in an attempt to boost safety on America’s roads and prevent injuries and deaths.

The crackdown, including a new task force involving law enforcement and federal ...Read more

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods could constrain about $1.5 billion worth of Michigan exports, according to a Detroit News analysis of federal trade data.

The tariffs, ranging from 15% to 50%, are set to take effect Sept. 8 and will apply to more than 700 items, including iron, steel, aluminum and derivative articles made from those ...Read more

Amazon customers in Tracy, California, could soon receive their packages from an autonomous drone in as little as 30 minutes.

The e-commerce giant is preparing to launch its Prime Air service in Tracy as part of a broader expansion effort that will bring delivery drones to 500 cities and towns by the end of the year.

Prime Air already operates...Read more

When news broke that Mark Walter's insurance businesses were under federal investigation and that the Lakers and Dodgers owner might be in financial trouble, Josh Kushner sensed a business opportunity.

The New York venture capitalist called former Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger — his partner in a bid for a new Las Vegas NBA franchise — ...Read more

Charles Degliomini worries Maryland is racing toward a wall of its own making. The executive vice president at Rekor Systems — a Columbia-based technology firm that uses AI for roadway intelligence — says Baltimore-area jurisdictions’ fight against data centers is cutting off the very infrastructure artificial intelligence needs to keep up...Read more

It’s May 1969 at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. Company leaders are gathered to drive proposals for efficient commuter cars, including the 512 Electric — a microcar with removable canopy and lead acid batteries that goes 58 miles … at 25 mph.

Three decades later, GM introduced the Impact concept that became the ...Read more

A woman repeatedly raped as a child by a man who put photos and videos of the crimes online claims in a lawsuit that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI allowed imagery of her abuse onto its X social media platform, and that the company’s Grok chatbot generated additional child pornography from the images.

The woman, identified as ...Read more

Worried about all the demand from artificial intelligence making power too expensive? The Port of Long Beach has an answer: little, floating nuclear power plants.

America's second largest port and its partner are trying to tap into the energy that powers nuclear submarines and build power plants on barges.

The idea is to develop the technology...Read more

Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts, classrooms and capitals.

Now Meta Platforms, the parent company of the world’s most popular social networks, faces another big moment of reckoning.

On Wednesday, Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion over 10 ...Read more

A fight over who bears responsibility for the people delivering Amazon packages to doorsteps is once again erupting — this time in New York City.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has voiced his public support for a bill that would require Amazon and other companies to directly employ, rather than subcontract, delivery workers.

“It's time...Read more