A fledgling, fast-evolving technology threatens the best efforts of social media’s biggest companies to tamp down disinformation during political season. Need proof? Seeing and hearing is disbelieving.
Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses.
The terrible toll of California’s wildfires became more evident as a mother confirmed her 16-year-old son was among those killed when an inferno tore through several hamlets in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada this week.
Shares of airline companies traded mostly higher Tuesday, as signs of increasing travel demand and bullish analyst calls helped the industry buck the selloff in the broader stock market.
Shares of Tesla Inc. suffered Tuesday their biggest loss since going public to kick off the second bear market this year, as investors rode a roller coaster over the past week that started with a climb to a record close and was followed by a stock offering, a big bounce, and then an S&P 500 index snubbing.
Stock-index futures trade higher Wednesday, bouncing after a three-day selloff led by tech shares drove the Nasdaq Composite from a record high to correction territory.
Income-tax financing would simply take Democrats’ funding idea in a more progressive direction, and Republicans could get a cheaper Social Security program.
Venture-capital firms are pouring money into e-bike and e-scooter startups, as the pandemic and social distancing measures escalate the popularity of urban mobility to help consumers and workers get around town.