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Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates
A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health official...
Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine
Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...
Dow futures sink about 500 points as Putin orders deployment of troops to eastern Ukraine
U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas within Ukraine, after recognizing their indep...
Stock Market Today: Overseas Stocks Fall as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Simmer
Text size Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have agreed in principle to a summit in Europe. AFP via Getty Images Global stocks fell on Monday as tensions remained high over the Russian military buildup on ...
IRS to activate second ‘surge’ team to handle millions of backlogged tax returns
Two weeks ago, the Internal Revenue Service said it was reassigning 1,200 staffers as a “surge team” of reinforcements tasked with cutting into a backlog that included millions of unprocessed returns ...
The WSJ Tax Guide 2022: What to Know Now About Tax Filing and Refunds
Feb. 18, 2022 5:30 am ET Get ready for a wild tax season. Every year more than 200 million Americans sign and send income-tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. But the 2022 filing season will b...
Olaf Scholz says West must keep Russia guessing on sanctions
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday rejected calls from Ukraine’s president to sanction Russia now, saying that Moscow should not be sure “exactly” how the West will respond to...
Lufthansa Group to suspend Kyiv, Odessa flights
Lufthansa planes are seen parked on the tarmac of Frankfurt Airport, Germany June 25, 2020. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Lufthansa Group said it would suspend service to Kyiv and Odessa, starting Monday,...
Fed will hike rates regardless if Biden’s nominees are confirmed, economists say
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves a meeting in the office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in Hart Building on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images ...
Europe Looks Beyond Russia for Natural Gas. These Companies May Benefit.
The European Union will look to cuts it dependence on Russian natural gas. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size It takes a brave investor to bet on the outcome of Vladimir Putin’s saber rattling around ...
Texas led the country in new renewable energy projects last year
Transmission towers are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% of the power in Texas, has requested Texas residen...
Fed approves rules banning its officials from trading stocks, bonds and also cryptocurrencies
Federal Reserve officials won’t be able to trade a slew of assets including stocks and bonds — as well as cryptocurrencies — under new rules that became formal Friday. Following up on regulation...
California lays out plan to live with Covid for the long-term, fight future surges and new variants
A COVID-19 testing location is shown set up on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles, California, November, 16, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters California on Thursday laid out a plan that manage Covid as a ...
Marine Reservist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot sold fake Covid cards, feds say
A stack of COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards from the CDC. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images A U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to part...
Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight
Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dream...
FAA chief Steve Dickson announces resignation midway through term
Stephen Dickson, administrator of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nominee, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation confirmation hearing in Washington D.C., May 15, 2019. St...
CDC wants to give people a break from wearing masks as pandemic improves, director says
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the ...
How War and Politics Became Global Culture and Memes – Trustnodes
A war in Ukraine will not be fought primarily on the streets, but in the digital realm, where a global army now has mobilized with memes and high tech to make what would be most awful, also a hilariou...
Babies are protected from hospitalization for Covid if their moms get vaccinated, study suggests
Michelle Melton, who is 35 weeks pregnant, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, February 11, 2021. Hanna...
Vote on Biden Fed picks delayed as GOP presses for answers on Raskin ties to firm
A Republican boycott Tuesday held up a Senate committee vote on the appointment of a top banking regulator and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Sen. Sherrod Brown, head of the Senate Banking Co...
Senate confirms Biden FDA pick Califf, despite objections to drug industry ties
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Bi...
States’ crypto rights and the influx of digital money into analog politics, Feb. 7–14.
Several storylines that had been long in the making dominated last week’s news cycle in the cryptocurrency policy and enforcement department. The Russian government has made another huge step on the p...
Moderna, Pfizer stocks fall as Covid omicron wave subsides in U.S.
Moderna vaccines are prepared for application at a United States military vaccination centre at Camp Foster on April 28, 2021 in Ginowan, Japan. Carl Court | Getty Images Shares of the major Covid vac...
Western drought fueled by climate change is the worst in 1,200 years
A dried cracked lake bed at Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The megadrought gripping the American W...
What the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine means for markets
Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine are keeping investors on edge. President Joe Biden on Friday said he believed Russian leader Vladimir Putin had made up his mind to invade in coming days but tha...