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Stock futures opened higher Tuesday night before a hectic Wednesday, during which Big Tech executives will testify before Congress and the Federal Open Market Committee will release its July monetary policy statement. A series of quarterly corporate earnings results will also continue to flow. On Wednesday, Amazon CEO (AMZN), Jeff …

It is the latest development in a long-running battle for labor rights among so-called workers seeking to classify themselves as employees to secure benefits like employer-funded health care and sick leave. Many tech companies, including Uber and Lyft, argue that their workers are independent contractors. Court records show that New …

Russian authorities told CNN they are working on an August 10 or earlier date for approval of the vaccine, which has been created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute. It will be approved for public use, and front-line healthcare workers will receive it first, they said. “This is a Sputnik moment,” …

Agriculture officials in several US states issued warnings this week about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. Residents in more than a dozen states recently reported that they received packages of seeds that they did not order and that apparently were mailed from China. …

The United States Postal Service has properly delivered mail to Americans from the depths of the heart of Manhattan to the depths of the rural Midwest for nearly five decades as an official entity and centuries more than that as a service. Despite the fact that electronic communications have taken …