Tag: Business
CBO projects federal deficit will hit $3 trillion this year
The Congressional Budget Office says that the federal budget deficit will again hit $3 trillion this year, $745 billion more than its estimate five...
Jordan tribes, bedrock of monarchy, on edge as economy tanks
KARAK, Jordan — Jordan has drawn a curtain of secrecy on the unprecedented public rift within its royal family, but the social tensions laid...
Evacuations extended near northern Illinois industrial fire
MORRIS, Ill. — Toxic fumes and smoke from a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois that officials had believed was long abandoned but...
After deadly blazes, PG&E’s bankruptcy promises falling flat
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The nation’s largest utility has long vowed to change its reckless ways. After leaving a trail of death and destruction...
Biden to host naturalization event, push path to citizenship
President Joe Biden will hold a naturalization ceremony Friday at the White House in which 21 immigrants will become citizens as the administration pushes...
Gluing back the bits in a post-COVID myriad of human divides
PARIS — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below.
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High court: California can’t collect charity top donor names
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered California to stop collecting the names and addresses of top donors to charities.
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White House reports 56% of hires are women, pay gap narrowed
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has filled about 56% of his senior White House staff positions with women, including about 36% who come from...
2 public workers shot repairing sewer main in South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two public workers repairing a sewer main in South Carolina were shot by a man who also fired on a deputy...
Colony of shy Albanian pelicans flourishes during pandemic
DIVJAKA, Albania — The pandemic has brought one good thing to western Albania's Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon — badly needed peace and quiet for endangered mating...