Federal Reserve approves another 0.75-point rate hike

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it was raising its short-term borrowing rate another 0.75% to slow key areas of the economy and tame inflation, which is at a 40-year high. The central

CVS agrees to $5 billion opioid settlement

Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — CVS Health on Wednesday said it had agreed to a $5 billion settlement designed to “substantially resolve” opioid lawsuits against the pharmacy chain. “We are pleased to resolve

Who is Lula? Winner of Brazil's presidential election

Daniel Munoz/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brazil’s voters on Sunday chose a new president: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known by the name Lula. Lula narrowly beat out Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent far-right president who

US citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over tweets

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. citizen and Florida resident Saad Ibrahim Almadi was arrested for a series of tweets he published that were critical of Saudi Arabia while visiting family in the Kingdom last November. His

Scoreboard roundup — 11/1/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Philadelphia 7, Houston 0 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Chicago 108, Brooklyn 99 Miami 116, Golden State 109 Oklahoma City 116, Orlando 108