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We asked how you are finding joy in the pandemic. Here are 12 surprising ideas

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:08:00 -0500

You made the sourdough, you built the LEGO castle, you grew the vegetables. Now what? To help you find your next moment of joy, we asked our readers what creative ideas they've come up with to cultivate happiness, two years into pandemic life. Your answers were unexpected, exciting and showed...

Open Enrollment Is Here: 6 Tips For Choosing A Health Insurance Plan

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 02:00:00 -0500

It's the season to roll up your sleeves, gather your documents, and pick a health insurance plan for 2020. For those shopping for their own plans..

Americans Tightened Their Belts, And It Might Hurt Economic Numbers Important To Trump

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

What started off as a strong holiday shopping season ended with a whimper, as consumers, rattled by a trade war and a government shutdown, tightened their belts. The Commerce Department said...

Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers In DNC Hacking Case

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:44:34 -0400

The Justice Department charged 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday with a litany of alleged offenses related to Russia's hacking of the Democratic National Committee's emails, state election systems and other targets in 2016. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who announced the indictments, said...

'Petya' Ransomware Hits At Least 65 Countries; Microsoft Traces It To Tax Software

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:59:37 -0400

The "Petya" cyberattack that has now struck computers in at least 65 countries can be traced to a Ukrainian company's tax accounting software, Microsoft says. "We saw the first infections in Ukraine - more than 12,500 machines encountered the threat," Microsoft says. "We then observed...

Senate Republicans Reveal Long-Awaited Affordable Care Act Repeal Bill

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:14:36 -0400

Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited health care overhaul proposal on Thursday. The Senate bill, called the "Better Care Reconciliation Act," would repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The broad outlines of it look a lot like the House bill, the American Health Care Act, which was passed in May. It rolls back the ACA's Medicaid expansion - making for...

How Donald Trump's Management Style Works (Or Doesn't) In The White House

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:43:41 -0500

So far, President Trump has tried to run the White House much the way he ran his family business. That means little rigid organization and a skeleton crew of loyal, but not necessarily experienced, staffers. As the president tries to transfer that improvisational style from Trump Tower to the White House, the results have been mixed - just this week...

U.S. Manufacturers Brace For Trump's Next Trade Targets

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:27:52 -0500

When Donald Trump takes to Twitter, some companies shudder. This week, Ford Motor Co. said it would scrap a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico in favor of expanding an existing one in Michigan. That happened on the same day the president-elect tweeted criticism of General Motors for manufacturing its Chevy Cruze vehicles in Mexico. GM says...

Uber Now Tracks Passengers' Locations Even After They're Dropped Off

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:59:25 -0500

Uber's latest update allows the ride-hailing app to track user location data even when the application is running in the background. The change in location data gathering is quite apparent - after the update is completed, Uber prompts users to accept the new policy by enabling their phones to make the change. Previously,...

A Year After San Bernardino And Apple-FBI, Where Are We On Encryption?

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:06:35 -0500

The debate over encryption and government access to secured communications dates decades back. But for many Americans, it grabbed their attention in the early months of this year, in the aftermath of the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. It was a saga that unraveled over weeks. Looking for leads on the terrorist's iPhone,...

Who Benefits From Donald Trump's Tax Plan?

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:09:37 -0500

Donald Trump has proposed a very detailed tax plan - but his statements on the campaign trail don't always match what his proposal would really do. For instance, at a rally in Scranton, Pa., Trump promised to "massively cut taxes for the middle class, the forgotten people, the forgotten men and women of this country, who...

What's More Distracting Than A Noisy Co-Worker? Turns Out, Not Much

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:16:52 -0400

Sounds, particularly those made by other humans, rank as the No. 1 distraction in the workplace. According to workplace design expert Alan Hedge at Cornell, 74 percent of workers say they face "many" instances of disturbances and distractions from noise. "In general, if it's coming from another person, it's much more disturbing than...