A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Xcel Energy Inc. in Colorado, alleging its power lines and equipment "were a substantial factor in the cause, origin, and continuation of the deadly Marshall Fire," according to a court filing.
The temporary head of the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence division, John Cohen, is stepping down this month as President Joe Biden's appointee awaits confirmation, according to an internal memo sent to the workforce and obtained by CNN.
The Biden administration will end Trump-era pandemic restrictions that effectively blocked migrants from entering the United States on May 23, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.
The Biden administration Friday rolled out final emissions rules that will require cars and trucks to have an average fuel economy of 49 miles per gallon in just a few years.
The jobs market is still healthy and paychecks are growing at a solid rate — although not fast enough to make up for surging prices on just about everything. That means that the Federal Reserve is increasingly certain to raise interest rates in May by a half-point to halt inflation in its tracks.
The US jobs market has come a long way since the worst days of the pandemic when more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs. Now, the recovery is moving into a new phase -- one that will likely be slower.
President Joe Biden on Friday touted the March jobs report that showed the US added another 431,000 jobs in March and the American unemployment rate fell to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6%.
Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain.
