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NEW YORK - Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump Organization, alleging that the real estate firm breached a contract to pay legal expenses that the former Trump fixer accrued during congressional and federal…

NEW YORK – The U.S. economy added 20,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.8 percent, making February the 101st month of consecutive U.S. job growth. Economists surveyed by The Wall…

WASHINGTON - Department of Defense officials are warning the Trump administration to stop targeting telecommunications giant Qualcomm or risk placing the U.S. behind the eight ball on fifth generation cellular development. …

WASHINGTON- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) placed CNN on a “special media monitoring list” Tuesday for lacking diversity at the network’s most senior positions, the NABJ announced. The NABJ made the decision…

Activists have included JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in their criticism, even protesting outside his Manhattan apartment on Feb. 14 with signs demanding he “break up with prisons,” reported Reuters. Photo credit: C-SPAN. NEW YORK…

With retail sales estimated at $11.8 billion in 2018, forecasters project that recreational marijuana will employ almost 500,000 people by 2022. (www.luljettas.com) File Photo. WASHINGTON – Once considered shady, the business of…

SOUTH CAROLINA - The anonymous South Carolina winner of a $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot claimed the prize two months before it timed out, The Washington Post reports. The winner opted for a one-time cash payout of…

WASHINGTON - OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma is reportedly weighing a bankruptcy filing after most of its profits ended up in the pockets of the Sacklers, the multibillion-dollar family who control the company, according to…

ARIZONA – Negotiations to keep one of the biggest coal power plants in the U.S. in operation have stalled, officials say, placing hundreds of Native American workers at risk of losing their jobs. Owners of the Navajo…

WASHINGTON - Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down in the middle of his fight against “epidemic” teen e-cigarette use, Health and Human Services Sec. Alex Azar announced Tuesday. Sources close to…

NEW JERSEY - A New Jersey university dean is resigning after the school decided to ban Chick-fil-A as a restaurant on campus despite it being students’ top pick. The university said in an email to students in November 2018…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., last week during the Michael Cohen hearing as she questioned Cohen on whether President Donald Trump had intentionally misrepresented the value of his real estate assets in order to lower his tax…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called out pharmacy chain Walgreens and other retailers it said were caught selling tobacco products to minors in a press release Monday. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb also…

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in two Supreme Court cases decided Monday, bringing her total output for the current term to four, higher than any of her colleagues. The justice continues to…

NEW YORK – Purdue Pharma is moving towards filing bankruptcy — a move that could help it manage liability — as it faces a mountain of opioid crisis-related lawsuits, according to a report Monday. Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of…

Ann E. Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment speaking at the UCLA School of Law in September, 2016. Photo credit: UCLA School of Law, YouTube. …

SILICON VALLEY – Google is reportedly refusing to remove a feature in the company’s app store allowing Saudi men to track the whereabouts of women, according to online outlet Insider. Google reviewed the Absher app and…

NEW YORK - Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner suggested Sunday that Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam should be given an opportunity to redeem himself after reports surfaced in February showing a photo from his school yearbook of people…

WASHINGTON - Planned Parenthood’s culture is “very dark” and pervades the abortion organization’s many clinics, a former Planned Parenthood employee told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a February interview. Former employee…

NEW YORK - Amazon is planning to open a new string of grocery stores separate from its Whole Foods Market brand to offer a wider and cheaper selection of goods, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The company is planning dozens of…

WASHINGTON - America First Action, the primary pro-Trump Super PAC that bankrolled more than $30 million in 2018 contests, has been struggling to fill its top post, according to Politico. An article published Thursday…

TEXAS - Barbers are earning as much as $180,000 a year cutting hair in West Texas, one of the hottest job markets in the country, The Wall Street Journal reports. An oil boom that has taken hold over the Permian Basin is leading to…

LOS ANGELES - U.S. companies purchased 35,880 robots in 2018 in what amounted to a 7 percent increase over the year before, according to the Robotics Industry Association. Factories and businesses in industries such as…

WASHINGTON - Several states are cutting taxes and putting money aside to protect themselves during future recessions as state economies continue to boom since President Donald Trump took office. Almost every U.S. state is…

OHIO - Residents of Toledo, Ohio, passed an amendment to the city charter Tuesday guaranteeing a “bill of rights” to nearby Lake Erie, granting the body of water rights that can be defended in court, the Sandusky Register reports. A…

CALIFORNIA – The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) says the teachers’ strike costs the district nearly $1 million a day. This estimate is based on the number of absent students, with the savings of not paying teachers…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), run by officials appointed by former President Barack Obama, is attempting to fill a vacancy in one of the agency’s top career positions. Board members Manuel Ehrlich, Rick Engler…

WASHINGTON – While China has pushed for communist-based economic reforms in the East, Vietnam has chosen to approach the North Koreans at this weeks summit in Hanoi with a very different sentiment. The summit will play host to…