MINNEAPOLIS — Two weeks after George Floyd, a Black man, died under the knee of white police officer Derek Chauvin, City Council members stood in Powderhorn Park and made a promise: In response to protesters’ calls, they would dismantle the city’s police department and create a new public safety system. That would have made Minneapolis […]

Eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, were killed Tuesday night in three shootings at Atlanta-area spas before police arrested a man suspected of being the lone shooter. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Georgia, has been charged with eight counts of murder and scheduled for his initial court […]

In less than a year, more than 1 million users have signed up for "BangNiTou," a smartphone-based investment advisory product run through Vanguard's joint venture with Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group. That's according to a release from BangNiTou on Thursday, just four days after Vanguard said it would drop its own pursuit […]

Alabama Montgomery: Three state lawmakers tested positive for the coronavirus this week, a legislative spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Alabama House of Representative spokesman Clay Redden said three representatives received positive test results this week. He did not disclose the legislators’ names for privacy reasons. Lawmakers and legislative staff have been receiving […]

Trustees of the American Federation of Musician’s Employers Pension Fund have withdrawn their application to reduce benefits for nearly half of its 50,000 participants. The Fund had applied to the Treasury Department for permission to reduce benefits because it had been projected to run out of money to pay benefits […]

New York (CNN Business)Doing your laundry with cold water can help save the planet, and maybe save you some money along the way. That’s the message from Tide in a newly launched campaign to decarbonize laundry. The goal is for consumers in North America to do three out of every […]

For 15 straight seasons, New Orleans Saints fans knew they could count on Drew Brees as their quarterback. Not now. Brees, the 13-time Pro Bowler who brought a Super Bowl championship to New Orleans, announced his retirement Sunday. He has joined the broadcast team at NBC Sports, where his roles […]

Vaccination could offer a glimmer of hope for people who are still enduring symptoms weeks or months after recovering from COVID-19. Somewhere between about 10% and 30% of people who catch COVID-19 end up with long-term symptoms referred to colloquially as long-COVID or long-haul COVID. Although most of the people […]

Big Tech's troubles may be in their early innings. Rich Bernstein, an Institutional Investor Hall of Famer, warns that the tech-heavy Nasdaq faces "way more" than a 10% drop in a downturn that will likely last years. He blames a backdrop dominated by rising interest rates as a major catalyst. […]

New York (CNN Business)Four years after Amazon bought Whole Foods, the e-commerce giant is making another major push to sell shoppers groceries. But this time, Whole Foods isn’t the focus of the strategy. Instead, Amazon is ramping up openings of Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Amazon has opened 11 Fresh locations […]