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FILE - Passenger drop off their baggage at United Airlines in C Terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Houston. The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday, April 24, 2024, to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.

The Biden administration is tweaking rules on airline fees and refunds, saying it’ll help consumers

FILE - Passenger drop off their baggage at United Airlines in C Terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Houston. The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday, April 24, 2024, to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.

April 24, 2024, 7:47am Business

The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation. Read story

Biden administration is announcing plans for up to 12 lease sales for offshore wind energy

April 24, 2024, 7:46am Business

 A new five-year schedule to lease federal offshore tracts for wind energy production was announced Wednesday by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, with up to a dozen lease sales anticipated beginning this year and continuing through 2028. Read story

Lithia Motors reports Q1 profit

April 24, 2024, 7:45am Business

Lithia Motors Inc. on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $162.6 million. Read story

FILE- Activists of Jammu and Kashmir Dogra Front shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a banner showing the logos of TikTok and other Chinese apps banned in India during a protest in Jammu, India,  July 1, 2020.

What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you

FILE- Activists of Jammu and Kashmir Dogra Front shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a banner showing the logos of TikTok and other Chinese apps banned in India during a protest in Jammu, India,  July 1, 2020.

April 24, 2024, 7:45am Business

No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. Read story

FILE - Richard Katsuda, educator and co-chair of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress opens the LA Day of Remembrance at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Feb. 18, 2023. The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Ancestry website to catalogue names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II

FILE - Richard Katsuda, educator and co-chair of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress opens the LA Day of Remembrance at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Feb. 18, 2023. The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

April 24, 2024, 7:37am Business

The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday. Read story

Smoke and vapor coming from locomotives being repaired at BNSF&rsquo;s maintenance yard have residents in the Lincoln neighborhood worried about pollution exposure.

‘Pollutants’ from BNSF locomotives in rail yard called ‘outrageous’ by Lincoln neighborhood residents

Smoke and vapor coming from locomotives being repaired at BNSF&rsquo;s maintenance yard have residents in the Lincoln neighborhood worried about pollution exposure.

April 24, 2024, 6:07am Business

Smoke and steam billowing from locomotives parked at BNSF Railway’s maintenance yard near West 39th Street has some residents worried about what’s ending up in their air. Read story

Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

April 23, 2024, 7:20pm Business

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. Read story

Kroger to pay Washington $47.5 million over role in opioid crisis

April 23, 2024, 5:41pm Business

The grocery chain Kroger is slated to pay the state of Washington $47.5 million for its role in the opioid epidemic, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday. Read story