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US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest coal region

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BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres (millions of hectares) […]

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EA Sports College Football 25 comes out on July 19. Edwards, Ewers, Hunter are on standard cover

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EA Sports revealed a release date of the College Football 25 video game on Thursday and a cover image that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter. The game will launch July 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X’S. The video-game developer unveiled the standard

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FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency's toxic workplace culture

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WASHINGTON — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg sat for a second day of grilling Thursday on Capitol Hill, this time at the Senate Banking Committee, after a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released last week. The hearing was called to address oversight of financial regulators including the Office of

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Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge, autopsy report concludes

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FILE – A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. A medical examiner says a Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge died from ingesting a substance “with a high capsaicin concentration,” according to autopsy results The Associated Press obtained late Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Capsaicin

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The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report

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NEW YORK — White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid. “ The State of Diversity in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector ” report released by Candid on

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US applications for jobless benefits come back down after last week's 9-month high

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Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other signs that the labor market is cooling have surfaced. Jobless claims for the week ending May 11 fell by 10,000 to 222,000, down from 232,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last week’s applications were

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US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?

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PHOENIX — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald’s, Target and Albertsons. While assigned to a machine that churns chicken droppings

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Deere Q2 results top Street but it cuts 2024 profit outlook again as farmers buy fewer tractors

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Deere’s fiscal second-quarter results beat Wall Street’s expectations, but the company lowered its full-year profit forecast for a second time as farmers buy fewer tractors and other equipment as they deal with declining prices for their crops. Deere, which makes agricultural equipment, cut its profit outlook to $7 billion from a previous range of $7.50

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Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations

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LONDON — The European Union opened fresh investigations Thursday into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms. It’s the latest round of scrutiny for parent company Meta Platforms under the 27-nation EU’s Digital Services Act, a sweeping set

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Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job

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A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers. These prisoners are being placed in dangerous jobs, sometimes with little or no training. They pick up trash along

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