TikTok Quietly Changes User Terms Amid Growing Legal Scrutiny
Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content. But some lawyers say bringing legal action against the company could be more difficult…
Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds
In a faintly stilted tone and with slightly awkward grammar, the American-accented voice on YouTube last month ridiculed Washington’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, claiming that the United States was unable to “play its role as a…
Bought as an N.B.A. Team, the Mavericks Are Being Sold as Much More
The sales of most professional sports teams are fairly predictable. They happen because owners die or cannot figure out how to pass the team on to their families. They run out of money, are more focused on other pursuits or…
What to Watch at the Fed’s Final Meeting of 2023
Federal Reserve officials will wrap up a year of aggressive inflation fighting on Wednesday afternoon, when they are expected to use their final policy decision of 2023 to leave interest rates at their highest level in 22 years. The Fed…
Record Rent Burdens Batter Low-Income Life
To understand how rising rents punish families of modest means, look no further than the queen-size bed that Jessica Jones and her three children share in her mother’s living room, where each night brings a squirming, turning tussle for space…
Gas Prices Are Falling, Hitting Lowest Level in Almost a Year
In the fight to bring down inflation, the falling price of gasoline stands out, even if Federal Reserve policy has little to do with it. The national average for unleaded gas was $3.14 a gallon on Dec. 12, according to…
U.A.W. Accuses Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen of Labor Violations
The United Automobile Workers union accused three foreign automakers on Monday of unfair labor practices, asserting that they had interfered with efforts by employees to build support for the union at U.S. plants. The union said it had filed charges…
What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates
A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Virginia. But several…
Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense
Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw a ball 100 miles per hour, and he’s bigger and stronger than most Americans,” said Robert Whiting, who has written…
The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.
When Flint, Mich., announced in September that 68 assault weapons collected in a gun buyback would be incinerated, the city cited its policy of never reselling firearms. “Gun violence continues to cause enormous grief and trauma,” said Mayor Sheldon Neeley….