Paper checks going away soon for Social Security, most federal payments
The government estimates the move will save millions of dollars a year because electronic payments are much more cost-efficient.
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How much are WNBA players worth? The league’s future lies in the answer.
The WNBA will crown a champion in mid-October—but the Finals could be just a preview for the biggest battle of the year. The collective bargaining agreement is set to expire two weeks later.
Health insurance premiums poised to spike over drug costs, tariff threats
In explaining the rising prices, insurers and employers point to two recent factors: the tariffs on pharmaceutical imports and the high cost of new obesity treatments.
Another wave of return-to-office crackdowns is coming
Some employers are using office mandates to purposely shed workers. Meanwhile, some companies are capitalizing on the mandates, using flexible policies as a way to poach talent from their competitors.
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump
Several faculty and university senates have approved resolutions asking their leaders to sign a NATO-like agreement to pool resources in case President Donald Trump’s administration targets one of its members.
Charlie Kirk, persuasive voice in conservative politics, killed at 31
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, leveraged an audience of millions of fervent conservative fans and fierce liberal critics to create a youth-oriented movement on the right, emerging as one of the most prominent voices in the age of Donald Trump.
Postal traffic to US plunged as tariffs hit cheap goods, U.N. agency says
The new rules place the burden of customs duty collection and remittance on transportation carriers or U.S. Customs and Border Protection-approved third parties, the Switzerland-based UPU said.
An Indiana community bet on carbon capture. Trump is blocking it.
The administration’s cancellation of the $500 million grant for machinery to trap and bury the plant’s greenhouse gas left the staunchly Republican community stunned.
Trump floats an unusual Republican National Convention before the midterms
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the Republican Party host a national convention before next year’s midterm elections, an unusual move that Democrats are also considering.
NFL owner secretly relapsed, got ketamine from private doctor before death
Irsay, who died in May at 65, spent the last two years of his life in the throes of a relapse that he and Colts executives repeatedly hid from the public, a Washington Post investigation found.
CDC director ousted weeks into job
Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda and refused to resign as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night.
Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800M in cuts to NIH grants
Groups that filed the lawsuit to block the cuts said they represented “an unprecedented disruption to ongoing research” and threatened to undermine the NIH’s stature as a worldwide leader for diagnosing and treating illness.
Trump administration plans to vet all 55M foreigners with U.S. visas
“Continuous vetting” by the State Department marks a significant expansion of ongoing efforts to clamp down on alleged abuses in the legal immigration system.
Critics deride Cracker Barrel’s new logo as ‘sterile,’ ‘soulless’ and ‘woke’
The restaurants themselves are also being revamped. The dining rooms are being outfitted with more modern furnishing and decor, as opposed to the “old country store” design it had in place for decades.
The $6.2B deal that could reshape local TV in Indianapolis and across America
TV watchers in Indianapolis might soon flip through the local news channels and find three of them owned and their broadcasts produced by the same company.
Beef prices are spiraling, but meat lovers aren’t deterred—yet
Beef and veal prices surged 11.3 percent in July on a year-over-year basis, according to the most recent consumer price index report.
Foundations step in to offer $37M lifeline to public media
President Donald Trump’s rescissions bill eliminated $1.1 billion in federal funding from PBS and NPR stations over the next two years.
WNBA’s labor battle gives young stars crash course in business
A wave of young players will play a large chunk of their careers under an collective bargaining agreement expected to be unprecedented after the league has seen dramatic growth in attention, ticket sales and viewership.
Gambling on WNBA is way up, led by bets placed on Indiana Fever games
With fan interest in the WNBA exploding since Caitlin Clark’s rookie season, sportsbooks are eager to cash in. And the WNBA is courting gamblers more aggressively than ever.
Costco will not sell abortion pills after pressure from conservatives
Costco received pressure from groups on both sides of the issue, many of them investors in the nationwide grocery giant.