Melinda French Gates to donate $1B over next 2 years in support of women’s...
Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women...
Stock market today: US markets mixed in quiet post-holiday trading
Wall Street was mixed in quiet trading early Tuesday after the long Memorial Day weekend holiday.Futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% before...
As Atlantic hurricane season begins, Florida community foundations prepare permanent disaster funds
After the collapse of a condominium tower in North Miami in June 2021, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey realized her organization needed to overhaul how it...
Stock market today: World shares are mostly higher after rebound on Wall St
Shares advanced in Europe and Asia ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day holiday in the United States.Oil prices also rose.European shares saw modest gains after...
G7 officials make progress but no final deal on money for Ukraine from frozen...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a U.S. proposal to...
What’s open and closed on Memorial Day
In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America's fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed...
Bird flu virus detected in beef from an ill dairy cow, but USDA says...
Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday, but officials said the meat from...
American Airlines drops law firm that said a 9-year-old girl should have seen camera...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines has replaced the law firm that told a judge a 9-year-old girl was negligent in not noticing...
UAW files objection to Mercedes vote, accuses company of intimidating workers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in a union election at two Alabama factories by intimidating...
Workers at Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird approve their first union contract
FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — A year after they voted to unionize, workers at a Georgia school bus manufacturer have approved their first contract.The...