Thursday's top stories


Updated May 12, 2022 - Economy

Black economists make up only 1.5% of Fed staff

House Republican wants visa applicants to declare communist ties

May 12, 2022 - Economy

How crypto bear markets work

May 12, 2022 - Economy

Terra briefly halts blockchain amid stablecoin uproar

Fed chair Jerome Powell confirmed to second term

Trump warns panicking GOP against nominating Kathy Barnette in PA

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas McCarthy, four other GOP lawmakers

May 12, 2022 - Economy

Twitter freezes hiring, rescinds some offers as top execs depart

A worker reckoning at Nintendo

May 12, 2022 - World

UN Human Rights Council votes to start war crimes probe in Kyiv

May 12, 2022 - Science

Astronomers capture first image of black hole at center of Milky Way

Southwest "megadrought" leads to wildfires and new homicide evidence

Lina Khan's to-do list on Big Tech

May 12, 2022 - Economy

Airfare inflation is the new used car inflation

Heinz working on paper ketchup bottle

Deaths from COVID begin to rise again

Opioid abuse treatments don't reach those most at risk

May 12, 2022 - Health

Biden administration and GOP clash over vaccine strategy

May 12, 2022 - Economy

Overturning Roe could reverse economic gains

May 12, 2022 - World

Finland's leaders declare support for joining NATO

GOP panics over ‘ultra-MAGA’ Pennsylvania Senate wild card