Florida's minimum wage rose by one dollar Saturday to $12/hour. The increase is the result of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2020 to gradually raise the Sunshine state's minimum wage to $15/hour by September 30, 2026.
President Joe Biden appeared to suggest over the weekend that Democrats had reached a new deal with embattled House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Ukraine aid -- a major omission from a funding bill that managed to avert a government shutdown.
Pope Francis has suggested for the first time that people in same-sex unions could be blessed by Catholic priests on a "case-by-case" basis, a seeming reversal of previous statements.
The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis.
Fast food chains are implementing all sorts of changes to their drive-thrus, and it looks like it's paying off for customers in line, according to a new report.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned on Monday of a "nightmare" scenario for the internet if Google's dominance in online search is allowed to continue, a situation, he said, that starts with searches on desktop and mobile but extends to the emerging battleground of artificial intelligence.
Only 43 of the more than 8,000 US service members who were discharged from the military for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have sought to rejoin eight months after the vaccine mandate was officially repealed, according to data provided by the military branches.
A deputy police chief and three other ranking officers in Louisiana face criminal charges after allegedly striking and tasing a suspect during an arrest then covering it up, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said Friday.
A Michigan man who claimed to expose alleged child predators online for his thousands of social media followers was shot and killed after confronting two teenagers late Friday night, according to police.
The long-delayed and highly controversial deal to bring Truth Social and the Trump media empire to Wall Street has a new twist -- the merger could get terminated by either party.
The federal judge overseeing the case against Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and three others set a trial date for May 6 -- less than a month before the New Jersey senate primary.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a stark warning Monday to Wall Street: The Federal Reserve may be far from finished with its aggressive regimen of interest rate hikes in the fight against elevated inflation.
Comedian John Oliver returned to his HBO show "Last Week Tonight" on Sunday, becoming the latest late night host to air a new program following the end of the writers' strike.
