Cracker Barrel is sticking with its new logo.

Southwest Airlines will soon require plus-size travelers to pay for an extra seat in advance if they can't fit within the armrests of one seat.

Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence.

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns.

Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Keurig Dr Pepper says it will buy Peet’s Coffee owner JDE Peet’s in an $18 billion (15.7 billion euro) deal.

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street after a big jump last week on hopes for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

A posthumous memoir by prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre is set for release on Oct. 21.

Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.

Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House’s demands.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job.

China’s Pop Mart says it is rolling out a mini version of its popular Labubu plush toys this month, along with a new long-fur version of the toothy little monster.

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the CFPB notified Public Square Holdings subsidiary Credova it was no longer under investigation.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy.

Fall is the time for publishers to release their most anticipated literary fiction, and this season will feature new books from Thomas Pynchon, Kiran Desai and Ian McEwan among others.

The upcoming literary season features long-awaited works from big names like Thomas Pynchon, Angela Flournoy and Kiran Desai.

As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus.

Official data shows the German economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration.

Wall Street rallied to its best day in months after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way.

Another U.S. military mini shuttle has blasted off on a secret mission.

ESPN is nearing a deal with Major League Baseball to distribute out-of-market games.

Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay.

More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled.

A pair of federal lawsuits filed in San Francisco and New York accuse Delta Air Lines and United Airlines of misleading passengers by charging premium fees for window seats next to blank walls.

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.

Vice President JD Vance has been promoting President Donald Trump's new tax cuts and spending bill in swing-state Georgia.

State inspectors in Colorado say they found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home operated by a county coroner.

Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after an deadly listeria outbreak.

Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover.

These market lessons from 2025 can prepare investors for the road ahead.

Federal auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to tell them quickly about crashes involving its self-driving technology that may soon be deployed in millions of its cars on U.S. roads.

Flight attendants at both regional and legacy airlines say they're frustrated by what they call low wages and long-standing airline practices of not paying them during the boarding process.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage held steady this week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs.

President Donald Trump is declaring victory after an appeals court threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against him.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, slowing home price growth and more properties on the market.

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50 due to a challenging economic environment.

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years.

Many people looking for entry-level jobs are struggling to get hired at a time when economic uncertainty has discouraged employers from adding staff.

American and European Union officials have released a bare-bones account of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States.

Walmart is showing it can keep pulling in shoppers and outpacing rivals like Target in an uncertain economic environment.

A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested in Italy.

Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss.

Chinese officials have showcased what they claim will be the world's largest solar farm on the Tibetan plateau.

Police officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing the operators of LA Fitness, over allegations that they make it “exceedingly difficult” for consumers to cancel gym memberships and other related services offered in their clubs nationwide.

Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken.

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn’t leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that she committed mortgage fraud.

There's clearly an appetite for shopping sustainably online.

Lowe’s is buying Foundation Building Materials, a distributor of drywall, insulation and other products, for approximately $8.8 billion as the home improvement retailer intensifies its focus on professional builders.

Target has named an insider as its next chief executive officer.

Higher food and airfare prices pushed U.K. inflation above expectations in July.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning.

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out.

A dozen newspapers in Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again after buyers stepped in to keep the communities from becoming news deserts where little or no local media remains.

Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states after federal health officials warned of potential radioactive contamination.

The newest popular influencer on TikTok’s “For You” page might be the scroller’s favorite tennis player.

Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health.

A U.S. appeals court has put the brakes on the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a company that plans to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America.

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The Justice Department official tapped by President Donald Trump’s administration to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter urging the Democrat to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days into his probe.

The sale of the Boston Celtics has been finalized.

Nexstar Media Group is buying broadcast rival Tegna for $6.2 billion, bringing together two major players in U.S. television and the country’s local news landscape.

Britain has dropped its demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to encrypted user data stored in the cloud.

Home Depot’s sales improved during its fiscal second quarter as consumers remained focused on smaller projects amid cost concerns, but its performance missed Wall Street’s expectations.

Wall Street fell further from its records.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO.

Tourism in Las Vegas is slumping this summer, with resorts and convention centers reporting fewer visitors compared to last year, especially from abroad.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Monday against a ticket broker, alleging the company used illegal tactics to exceed purchasing limits for popular events and then resold tickets at significantly higher prices.

A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judge’s earlier order that had stripped those protections from Texas state employees.

A judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization.

A federal appeals court has ruled that part of a first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising in Maryland aimed at Big Tech is unconstitutional.

Soho House plans to go private again after four years on Wall Street.

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The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

The television network MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of its corporate divorce from NBC.

A series of panels convened by the Food and Drug Administration is raising concerns that the agency is skirting federal rules and promoting fringe views about antidepressants and other products.

Switching to a heat pump is often touted as a climate-friendly choice that can help your wallet, too.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologized for an ad campaign that has upset consumers in China and elsewhere and says it has removed all related materials worldwide.

Wall Street held near its records.

A Hong Kong court is hearing final arguments in the national security trial of former Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai.

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future.

American lawmakers are using a trip to South Korea and Japan to explore how the United States can tap those allies’ shipbuilding expertise and capacity to help boost its own capabilities.

The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding.

Road safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel.

A businessman from upstate New York is accused of preying on his neighbors in a massive Ponzi scheme.

A U.S. district judge has denied a request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government from transferring land in Arizona for a massive copper mining project.

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could exclude teachers, social workers and nurses if their employers engage in activities deemed illegal.

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry.

Small-scale solar panels about the size of a door are poised to be plugged into more U.S. homes and apartments as homeowners and renters who want to harness the sun’s energy look for cheaper alternatives to rooftop installations.

Shoppers spent at a healthy pace in July, particularly at the nation’s auto dealerships, even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs start to take a toll on jobs and lead to some price increases.

Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it recently purchased shares of the beleaguered insurer.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record levels in a quiet finish to another winning week.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is suing Roblox, alleging that the online gaming platform is allowing sexual predators to victimize kids.

Allegheny County is increasing air quality monitoring after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others.

Taylor Swift's talk with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce on the “New Heights” podcast is a milestone moment for the two decade-old media format.

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the economy as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming, next week and a crucial policy meeting in September.