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As deadly fires spread through California, first responders lack a crucial part of their emergency response team: prison inmate firefighters.

Stocks rose on Friday, lifted by strong U.S. economic data, to end a week that saw the broader market reach a record level.

The suit alleges that HCA-owned Southern California's Riverside Community Hospital failed to provide workers with adequate protective equipment.

Grinding out money through online surveys and other small gigs isn't easy, but some people have found a way to bring in extra cash at a trying time, NBC News reported.

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Founded in 2003, Palantir has been among the most highly valued venture-backed companies with about $2.6 billion raised and a roughly $20 billion valuation five years ago during a fundraising round in 2015.

Robinhood, an investing app, saw record trades in June. But what's good news for the trading app is likely not good news for a user's long-term financial health.

Another round of retail bankruptcies and liquidations could be coming if a second wave of infections run smack into the holiday shopping season.

The CARES Act authorized about $300 billion in stimulus checks to go directly to Americans' bank accounts. Here's a breakdown of how those payments were funded.

California residents and business owners are facing the horror of a pandemic and wildfires that are blanketing the state in smoke.

A little-known not-for-profit run by Steve Bannon, and now linked to the $1 million in fraud charges against him, made loans and payments to Bannon, his son and other family members but made few grants, according to IRS filings.

The clock is ticking on the start of the employee payroll tax reduction that President Trump has issued via an executive order. Businesses and payroll providers are concerned it will be hard to put it into effect by Sept. 1.

"To say there will be no further changes will not address the past changes that have taken place over the last couple weeks," NAACP chief Derrick Johnson told CNBC.

The virtual Democratic National Convention led to a windfall in contributions to Democrats up and down the ballot, suggesting a surge in enthusiasm for presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris.

Uber and Lyft got their way on Thursday when an appeals court ruled to extend a stay on an order requiring them to reclassify drivers.

In prepared remarks, DeJoy said "a false narrative has developed" that his changes at the post office "are somehow designed to harm the ability of voters to use the mail to vote."

This week's strong performance came ahead of its planned 4-for-1 stock split at the end of this month.

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"Really, an outbreak can happen anywhere," former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.

"President Trump is serious about protecting our information, our networks and the American people," Pompeo told CNBC.