A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval on Thursday, ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government’s coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. North Carolina is one of several Republican-led states that have begun considering …

DirecTV said it has resolved its contract dispute with conservative television network Newsmax, which will return to its lineup on March 23. The agreement comes two months after Newsmax was booted from the satellite-TV provider’s network, prompting the network to allege anti-conservative bias and “censorship.” In a Wednesday statement, DirecTV …

Washington — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday that a proposal from Congress to lift the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) insurance cap from its current $250,000 limit is an option that has “got to be on the table right now” as lawmakers debate how to respond to the rapid …

A 25-year-old Stanford University employee was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony perjury for allegedly lying about being raped twice last year on campus, authorities said. Jennifer Ann Gries, of Santa Clara, first reported a false sexual attack in August when she told a nurse at Valley Medical Center in …

Dreaming of a three-day weekend every weekend? For some workers, it’s already a reality.  Elise McCave, head of film Kickstarter, never works on Fridays since the crowdfunding platform shifted to a 32-hour workweek, as more companies experiment with flexible schedules that let employees decide where, when and even how often …

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday sued to block JetBlue’s proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines.  The deal, announced in July 2022, would create the fifth-largest carrier in the U.S. and represent the largest airline industry merger since Alaska Air bought Virgin America in 2016 for $2.6 billion. The lawsuit …

Renters often differ on the kinds of amenities they consider essential in a living space, but a new survey reveals one amenity that many won’t sign without: pet-friendliness.  Pet-friendly rental listings are in popular demand, according to Zillow’s latest Consumer Home Trends Report, which shows that 59% of renters in …

Nearly 45 years after a woman was found shot to death on a logging road in western Massachusetts, investigators have identified her through advanced genetic testing. Patricia Ann Tucker, 28, was found on Nov. 15, 1978.  A group of kids playing in Granby found her body on November 15, 1978 …

Workers flexed their muscles in 2022, with strikes surging and a labor shortage pressuring businesses to lift wages. That was then. Now, metrics show that wage growth peaked in the middle of last year and has since slowed. A comprehensive measure of employee pay showed that employer spending on pay …

Nevada voters will decide whether to get rid of slavery and involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment from the state constitution on the 2024 ballot, part of a push among some states to remove outdated, century-old language that has stayed on the books. The Nevada Senate unanimously passed …