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FILE – The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces

July 22, 2025 at 8:46 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on her nomination for Secretary of Labor, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s labor secretary

March 10, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections at a time when...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, la nominada por el presidente Donald Trump para ser secretaria del Trabajo, en el Congreso en Washington el 19 de febrero del 2025. (AP foto/Jacquelyn Martin)

EEUU: Comité recomienda confirmación de Chavez-DeRemer como secretaria de Trabajo

February 27, 2025 at 11:45 a.m.

Un comité del Senado recomendó el jueves aprobar la confirmación de Lori Chavez-DeRemer, la nominada por el presidente Donald Trump para dirigir el Departamento de Trabajo, una de las agencias...

FILE – Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg passes media and a protester as he arrives for a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass

December 6, 2024 at 8:49 a.m.

He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about.

FILE – People walk by the Walmart booth during the CES tech show on Jan. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Walmart’s DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump’s election victory

November 27, 2024 at 8:15 a.m.

Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated...

Dozens are sickened and 1 person died after eating carrots contaminated with E. coli

November 18, 2024 at 7:32 a.m.

An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection.

FILE – A Peloton bike is shown on Nov. 19, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco to reach holiday shoppers

October 22, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco this holiday season as the struggling connected-exercise company seeks to broaden its customer base.

FILE – The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by the FTC on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, though the rule seems sure to be challenged in court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

How US changes to ‘noncompete’ agreements and overtime pay could affect workers

April 24, 2024 at 10:00 p.m.

For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk is taking on the workhorse heavy pickup truck market with his latest electric vehicle.

Stainless steel, broken glass and buzz, Tesla makes a pickup

November 22, 2019 at 7:02 p.m.

The much-hyped unveiling of Tesla's electric pickup truck went off script Thursday night when supposedly unbreakable window glass splintered twice when hit with a large metal ball. (Rachel Lerman and...

A medida que se populariza el uso del patinete en varias ciudades del mundo, sus usuarios están expuestos a juicios por daños y probablemente no tienen seguro contra accidentes.

Y si alguien se lesiona, ¿quién paga la cuenta?

July 1, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

Abundan los informes sobre las lesiones, los accidentes de tráfico e incluso las muertes sufridas por los usuarios de los patinetes eléctricos a medida que el novedoso medio de transporte...

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