Texas officials say Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement over claims tech giant used biometric data without permission

Texas officials say Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement over claims tech giant used biometric data…

Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher as earnings reports keep pouring in

U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher as profit reports keep pouring in from big companies. The…

Fresh quakes damage West Texas area with long history of tremors caused by oil and gas industry

Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas…

Chinese glass maker says it wasn’t target of raid at US plant featured in Oscar-winning film

MORAINE, Ohio — A Chinese automotive glass maker says it was not the target of a…

Federal Reserve is edging closer to cutting rates. The question will soon be, how fast?

WASHINGTON — Two years after launching an aggressive fight against inflation and one year after leaving…

Takeaways from AP’s story on inefficient tech slowing efforts to get homeless people off the streets

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is the nation’s epicenter of homelessness, where more than 45,000 people…

Even on quiet summer weekends, huge news stories spread to millions more swiftly than ever before

James Peeler’s phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading…

Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

WASHINGTON — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the…

Marvel returns to Comic-Con with hotly anticipated panel about its post-‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ plans

SAN DIEGO — Marvel Studios is returning to San Diego Comic-Con for its iconic Saturday night…

North Carolina regulators say nonprofit run by lieutenant governor’s wife owes the state $132K

RALEIGH. N.C. — North Carolina state regulators now declare a nonprofit run by the wife of…