6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (579+ words) There’s an episode of 30 Rock from many years ago where Jack, played by Alec Baldwin, explains vertical integration to Liz, played by Tina Fey. He asks her to imagine if a corn chip manufacturer also sold diarrhea medication. When Liz…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (344+ words) The owner of physical rehabilitation facilities in New York has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for defrauding taxpayers of over $20 million. Nosson Sklar, a/k/a “Nathan Sklar,” 56, of New York, New York, was sentenced to 38 months in prison…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (655+ words) Artificial intelligence just handed America a warning about its electric grid. We should be grateful for it. For 20 years, electricity demand stayed roughly flat. Policymakers pushed utilities toward wind and solar while sidelining coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants, the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (652+ words) Big Dairy’s efforts are unjustified by science, harm small dairy producers, and have raised costs to consumers. These oligopolistic practices border on enforced speech and actions on climate and energy matters and anti-trust violations. Thankfully, two groups, Heartland Impact and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (331+ words) The Japanese were wrong in 1941 and found out, pretty quickly, that they were wrong. But the Japanese didn’t succeed in stopping America. Osama bin Laden didn’t succeed in humbling the country. And if the hate-America immigrants think they are going…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (615+ words) American steelworkers are finally seeing real investment pour into their mills, and some union leaders still act like it’s a problem. The U.S. Steel contract expires September 1. Negotiations are underway and a very serious offer of 18 percent in wage increases…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (713+ words) Editor's note: This piece was authored by Ryan Khurana. AI is finally showing up in the labor data, but in an unexpected way. Stanford researchers studying U.S. payroll records found a growing divide between young workers based on their exposure to…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (199+ words) A Singapore citizen has pleaded guilty to being a ringleader of an international cybercrime conspiracy that used social engineering to steal and launder cryptocurrency valued at more than $245 million. Malone Lam, 22, a citizen of Singapore and recent resident of Miami,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (226+ words) Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the day 2,977 Americans and 19 terrorist hijackers lost their lives, and the course of U.S. history changed forever. As we approach the somber anniversary, one story deserves a retelling, for its mix of themes…...