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Georgia’s highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday sided with Black landowners in a fight over zoning changes that weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves. The state Supreme Court unanimously reversed ...
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US job openings increase moderately in August; hiring declines

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job openings increased marginally in August while hiring declined, consistent with softening labor market conditions that could allow the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again next month despite resilient consumer spending. Job openings, a measure of ...
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Illinois crime data law sparks debate over transparency, real solutions

(The Center Square) – Illinois’ new crime data law is drawing mixed reactions, with supporters calling it a step toward transparency while critics question whether it will meaningfully reduce violence. ...
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US consumer confidence weakens in September on labor market worries

WASHINGTON(Reuters) -U.S. consumer confidence declined more than expected in September amid mounting worries over the availability of jobs. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index dropped by 3.6 points to 94.2 this month. Economists polled by Reuters ...
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US weekly jobless claims report will not be released if government shuts down

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Labor Department said on Tuesday the weekly jobless claims report would not be released in the event of a government shutdown, clarifying an earlier statement. Government funding will expire at midnight on Tuesday unless Republicans and ...
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Grasberg mine accident tightens global copper supply estimates

By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -Metals analysts are cutting their estimates of global copper supplies for this year and next after an accident at the giant Grasberg mine dramatically tightened the outlook for the market. Copper prices hit 15-month highs of ...
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Wall Street regulator cuts costs on market surveillance tool

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it was conditionally allowing stock exchanges to lower costs tied to a comprehensive market surveillance system that has been in development for more than a decade. In a statement, ...
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FCC to consider ending merger ban among broadcast networks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to consider whether to lift the long-standing prohibition on a merger between any of the largest four broadcast networks and to consider relaxing other media ownership rules. The FCC said it could ...
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Trump to announce deal with Pfizer to sell drugs at lower prices, Washington Post reports

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will announce an agreement with Pfizer on Tuesday to voluntarily sell the company’s medications through Medicaid at lower prices, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The Trump administration has been pressing drugmakers to ...
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Boeing focuses on recovery, but watching market for new single-aisle jet

By Dan Catchpole SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing said it is focused on the company’s recovery, amid news reports of the U.S. planemaker developing a new single-aisle jet to succeed its best-selling jet, the 737 MAX.  “Our teams continue to be focused on ...
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Florida officials gift prime Miami real estate for Trump’s presidential library

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials decided Tuesday to set aside nearly three acres of prime downtown Miami real estate next to the historic Freedom Tower as a potential site of the future presidential library of President Donald Trump. ...
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What Hegseth’s policy memos say about hazing, harassment in the military

(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to review and revise the ways it investigates complaints of hazing and harassment, according to policy memos obtained by ABC News.The memos, which came after Hegseth ordered top military ...
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