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A billionaire-backed proposal to build an eco-friendly California city from scratch is off to a bumpy start to put their idea before voters this November

Nikki Haley says it's not «the end of our story» despite Donald Trump's easy primary victory in South Carolina, her home state where the onetime governor had long suggested her competitiveness with the former president would show. Defying calls from South Carolina Republicans to exit the race, Haley planned to travel Sunday to Michigan, which holds its primary on Tuesday.

The latest fashion in tax grabs is the vacant property tax (VPT). In Vancouver it’s called the “empty home tax.” In Toronto it’s the “vacant home tax.” Whatever the name, taxing residential property that isn’t used for a government-prescribed minimum number of days in a year is pernicious.

In-N-Out Burger will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies at its only restaurant in Oakland, California

OLeary Ventures chairman Kevin OLeary joins ‘The Big Money Show’ to discuss the ongoing push for electric vehicles and California’s decision to raise the minimum wage.

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If anything has characterized 2023, it has been the strength of the technology sector in general and artificial intelligence in particular.

Rensi sounds off on soda tax

Google has agreed to settle a major lawsuit. This lawsuit accused the Alphabet company of secretly monitoring the online activities of countless individuals. These individuals believed they were browsing the internet in private.

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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joins ‘Varney & Co’ and discusses Florida’s efforts to tackle crime during a wide-ranging interview.

Shohei Ohtani, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Patrick Mahomes and Mike Trout are among the world’s top athletes, each with a long list of epic accomplishments

A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major social media companies to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing and then addicting millions of children to their platforms, damaging their mental health.

Melanie Martinez has announced the North American Arena Tour dates. The Trilogy Tour is one of Martinez's most ambitious concerts which will showcase the live performance evolution of Melanie Martinez's alter ego, «Cry Baby.» Further, the tour will feature chart-bursting hits from Martinez's three groundbreaking albums including Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals. All of these tracks have garnered an impressive 14 billion streams globally. The tour will begin on May 10, 2024, at Seattle WA’s Climate Pledge Arena. Later, Martinez will move to arenas across North America through mid-June. Further, the presale tickets for the tour will go live on Tuesday, November 14, at 9 am PT/12 pm ET. On the other hand, the general ticket sales will begin on Friday, November 17, at 10:00 am local time at www.thetrilogytour.com.

The Nevada Supreme Court has pushed back to Jan. 10 oral arguments in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit filed against the NFL by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden

Advisers for bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been disclosing data from customers’ transactions and accounts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to court documents seen by Bloomberg. 

(Reuters) — Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and its Instagram unit, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the addictive nature of their social media platforms.

Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company

Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 workers who say understaffing is hurting patient care go on strike in five states and the District of Columbia