Social issues

As South Carolina governor signs new law, abortion restrictions strain providers in U.S. South

A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services…

JPMorgan Chase says Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for kids of U.S. Virgin Islands governor

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid school tuition for the children of then-governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose wife made…

What’s in the debt ceiling deal struck by Biden and McCarthy?

President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday signed off on an agreement to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and…

Debt ceiling bill passes in the House, advances to the Senate days ahead of default deadline

WASHINGTON — A bill to raise the debt limit and cap government spending passed in the House by a wide…

Here’s where the jobs are for April 2023 — in one chart

Broad job gains across the economy helped the labor market show resilience in the face of a banking crisis and…

New York, California attorneys general probe NFL workplace practices, discrimination claims

The attorneys general of New York and California said Thursday they had opened an investigation into the workplace practices and…

Billionaire Stephen Deckoff buys Jeffrey Epstein’s private islands

An investment firm led by the billionaire Stephen Deckoff has bought two private islands in the U.S Virgin Islands previously…

Brazil police raid Bolsonaro’s home as part of Covid vaccine probe

Brazil’s federal police on Wednesday raided former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home in Brasilia as part of a probe into a…

ATF broke the law by paying agents millions in wrongful benefits, watchdog tells Biden

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for years illegally overpaid up to $20 million to agents and investigators…

Democrats harden their message on the debt ceiling while quietly paving the way for a deal

WASHINGTON — Democrats responded to the news that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1 by…