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Canada hit back on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports and rolled out aid for businesses and workers, matching Washington's latest duties dollar-for-dollar.

Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out a new safety feature that lets parents or guardians view a video livestream of their teenager’s ride. 

For nearly 16 years, Wendy Johnson has tried to build an Iowa farm that could survive the kinds of economic shocks that drove farmers out of business when she was growing up in the 1980s.

It was a television show tailor-made for Los Angeles: a highly anticipated Netflix crime drama about a team of ex-special forces operators who outsource their skills to criminals in the city.

A national coalition made up of millions of teachers, school staff and other union members has launched a boycott against Target in protest of the retailer’s decision not to publicly denounce the surge of immigration enforcement officers in the Twin Cities earlier this year. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in coordination with the AFL-CIO, announced the campaign in recent days. 

California Attorney General Rob Bonta abruptly pulled out of a planned mediation session Monday to seek a resolution to the antitrust lawsuit that has stalled Paramount Skydance’s blockbuster $111-billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to raise U.S. tariffs on all cars, trucks and automotive parts from Canada to 50% starting January 1, 2027, escalating a trade fight after negotiations collapsed last week.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Monday, dragged by technology stocks, while investors assessed the potential fallout from the U.S. pledge of an "economic D-Day" against Iran and looked ahead to Nvidia's earnings and a key inflation report later this week.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has escalated one of its investigations into General Motors vehicles for engine failure risks to include newer-model years amid consumer complaints. 

WASHINGTON – TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the U.S. Justice Department’s allegations the short-video app violated children’s online privacy.

 Boeing engineers and technical workers rejected the U.S. planemaker’s four-year contract offer, union officials said on Friday.

A potential deal between the U.S. and Canada fell apart Friday, leaving new tariffs to take effect, a move expected to escalate tensions between the Trump administration and America’s northern neighbor.

Starbucks Corp. eliminated 104 roles as part of a restructuring meant to boost growth and said it would lay off workers who declined to relocate to its new Nashville office.

Alaska Airlines will offer new nonstop flights from Seattle to Europe, adding to its growing list of intercontinental destinations from its hometown. The new destinations — Athens, Greece, and Paris — mark Alaska’s sixth and seventh nonstop long-haul routes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and are part of the carrier’s long-term goal to turn Seattle into a “global gateway,” with plans ...

Walmart on Thursday reported its slowest quarterly comparable sales growth in six years and warned shoppers were likely being squeezed by high gasoline prices, stoking concerns that pressure on U.S. consumers is mounting.

Target Corp. said Wednesday it received a nearly $1 billion tariff refund from the federal government.