Workers at GM seat supplier in Missouri each tentative agreement, end strike

The union representing workers at Lear Corp.’s Missouri plant that makes seats for General Motors vehicles…

US viewers’ Olympics interest is down, poll finds, except for Simone Biles

PARIS — On the heels of low ratings for the coronavirus pandemic-marred Tokyo and Beijing Olympics,…

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped…

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

When Jennifer Wexton rose Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done countless…

Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition

DALLAS — Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding…

Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a…

Global shares tumble after a wipeout on Wall Street as Big Tech retreats

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s split is widening Thursday, as smaller stocks and other formerly unloved…

Meta’s Oversight Board says deepfake policies need update and response to explicit image fell short

LONDON — Meta’s policies on non-consensual deepfake images need updating, including wording that’s “not sufficiently clear,”…

Small stocks are about to take over? Wall Street has heard that before.

NEW YORK — Suddenly, smaller stocks seem to be making bigger noise on Wall Street. After…

Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’

Someone may need to tell Carlton Turner that he’s working to save democracy. Turner is co-director…