OCTOBER 7, 2021
Amazon warehouse in Eastvale. - Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images
Amazon is entering the holiday season having reaped more than $600 million in state and local government tax breaks, according to a tally from a watchdog group.
Even before 2021 is over, the year has been the second-highest for tax subsidies for the ecommerce giant, with a...
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Ndakasi with handler Andre Bauma. - Brent Stirton/Virunga National Park
A mountain gorilla who once went viral for a selfie has died at 14.
Ndakasi died on Sept. 26 after battling a prolonged illness and in the arms of her caretaker, according to a statement from the Virunga National Park.
She was found in 2007 by Virunga rangers at...
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen arrives to testify before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security in Washington on Oct. 5, 2021. Haugen asserts Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections. She believes the action contributed to the deadly Jan. 6...
OCTOBER 6, 2021
A Michlig Energy worker fills a tank with liquid propane gas during delivery at a home in Manlius, Illinois, on Dec. 14, 2015. - Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Prices for gasoline, food and other essentials have all risen over the past few months, straining family budgets across the US. And now, prices for natural gas, the most common...
OCTOBER 6, 2021
New details emerged on AT&T's "lucrative relationship" with far-right cable channel One America News Network (OAN) in a new Reuters investigation. Ronald Martinez, Drew Angerer/Getty Images
One America News was AT&T's original idea, according to a Reuters investigation.
The founder of OAN testified in a 2019 deposition that the concept originated with AT&T.
Reuters found...
OCTOBER 6, 2021
The federal debt limit, also known as the debt ceiling, is the amount the government is allowed to spend beyond tax income.
Democrats staved off one financial emergency last week, averting a government shutdown, but still face the looming debt ceiling crisis.
The debt ceiling is the amount of money the U.S. government can borrow to pay its bills....
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen has been revealed as the source behind tens of thousands of pages of leaked internal company research. (CBSNews/60 Minutes)
Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen has been revealed as the source behind tens of thousands of pages of leaked internal company research, which she says show that the company has been...
OCTOBER 3, 2021
An oil patch floats in the waters off Huntington Beach, California, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. A 3,000-barrel oil spill off the coast of California has washed up on the beaches of Orange County and threatens to contaminate nearby wetlands. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
Officials warned of an “environmental catastrophe” Sunday after more than 120,000 gallons of...
OCTOBER 3, 2021
HONG KONG — David Tse recalls being overcome with pride as he walked out of a British movie theater after watching “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Marvel’s latest superhero film.
“Our community has finally arrived in the West,” the British Chinese actor and writer said via telephone from Birmingham. “Every Chinese person around the world...
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The King of Jordan secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US.
Leaked financial documents identify a network of secretly-owned firms used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since he assumed power in 1999.
They included houses in Malibu, and in London and Ascot in the UK.
Lawyers for King...
