Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist and founding member, dies at 84
Lesh died surrounded by his family Friday morning, according to a post on his official Instagram account.
Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children
The president’s apology comes after a bombshell Interior Department investigation.
Elon Musk’s secret talks with Putin ramped up during his Twitter takeover: WSJ report
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Vladimir Putin since late 2022, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Wall Street braces for a big week ahead of the election, with megacap tech earnings, key data on tap
Earnings results from five of the Magnificent Seven companies are due out, as are the September jobs report and key inflation data.
Online gambling has fueled an industry boom that threatens public health, commission finds
An international group of health experts concluded that existing regulations globally are insufficient to protect the public from the potential harms of widely accessible gambling.
Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round as robotaxi race heats up in the U.S.
Alphabet-owned driverless vehicle unit Waymo just closed a $5.6 billion funding round to expand its robotaxi service across the U.S.
Volkswagen’s Scout Motors reveals first EVs as it shifts to include plug-in hybrids
Scout, a former American brand from 1961 to 1980, was expected to exclusively offer EVs in a bid for the German automaker to expand its presence in the U.S.
Elon Musk is $26 billion richer after Tesla’s best day on the stock market since 2013
Tesla shares soared 22% on Thursday, lifting the world’s richest person’s net worth by roughly $26 billion.
Yum Brands and Burger King pull onions from select restaurants after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
Yum Brands said it has been monitoring the recently reported E. coli outbreak, which has been linked to Quarter Pounder burgers served at McDonald’s.
Spirit AeroSystems weighs hundreds more furloughs or layoffs if Boeing strike goes beyond Nov. 25
More than 32,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job on Sept. 13 after turning down an earlier tentative agreement.
