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U.S. regulators are set to tie lettuce from Taco Bell to a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands in Michigan and nearby states, according to people familiar with the matter.

Taco Bell said it has voluntarily ...Read more

Baltimore City leaders are set to begin what could become one of the most significant tax debates in decades: whether Maryland’s largest city should pursue the state’s first split-rate property tax system in an effort ...Read more

A neurosurgeon was recently paid $4,485 to remove a brain tumor, but the doctor’s surgical assistant received a fee from Minnesota’s UnitedHealthcare that was more than 10 times larger — $55,000.

The reason?

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Despite skipping over his annual donation to the Gates Foundation, Warren Buffett downplayed Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates’ relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a mistake he might have made himself.

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A newly surfaced recording of a personal phone call between United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and the union's court-appointed monitor discussing the Israel-Hamas war sheds new light on the fraught relationship ...Read more

It is hard to keep a good convention down.

One year after Hollywood’s largest studios stayed away from Comic-Con International, they are back in force next week. The biggest of them all, Marvel Studios, will return to ...Read more

A ballot measure that would overhaul one of California’s most powerful and controversial environmental laws has a commanding lead less than three months before voters begin casting ballots in the statewide November ...Read more

Only a few days ago, Paramount Skydance's planned $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery appeared to be on the glide path to completion.

The deal, which would be the largest merger in Hollywood history, had won ...Read more

Netflix has long been seen as the winner in the streaming wars, with more than 325 million subscribers globally and hits like "Stranger Things" and "KPop Demon Hunters."

For months, Netflix had been telling investors how ...Read more

SpaceX stock dropped below its initial public offering price for the first time on Wednesday, signaling dwindling hype around the Elon Musk company.

Shares dipped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday morning for the...Read more

Landlords across Washington state can raise rents by up to 10% next year.

The Washington State Department of Commerce announced the annual cap Wednesday, the latest reflection of persistently high inflation in the Seattle...Read more

In the 1960s, it was Dr. Spock. In the 1980s, it was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. In 2026, it's Dr. Becky Kennedy, AKA Dr. Becky.

You can tell Dr. Becky-kids from miles away, which is really the best distance to deal with ...Read more

Social media giant Meta is accused in a lawsuit filed this week of using artificial intelligence to target employees for layoffs who had taken medical, disability or maternity leave.

Meta’s AI tools, used for the ...Read more

LANSING, Michigan — Two state agencies issued permits Wednesday necessary for the construction of a 4-mile-long tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house a new segment of the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline.

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Since Starbucks’ March announcement of plans for a corporate office in Nashville, Tennessee, the company has tirelessly declared that Seattle remains its global headquarters.

But top Washington officials were clearly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When the Gordie Howe International Bridge eventually opens after repeated delays by the Trump administration, the span likely will see far less traffic in its initial years than planners previously ...Read more

PayPal Holdings Inc. has been working with advisers to review strategic options, people familiar with the matter said, as Stripe Inc. and private equity firm Advent pursue a $50 billion-plus takeover of the fintech pioneer...Read more

Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom stripped state funding from a much larger plan to support California journalism, his office announced Tuesday that the state and Google will put a combined $40 million into grants for local ...Read more