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Ernst & Young to lay off about 3000 US-based employees

Ernst & Young’s U.S. arm said on Monday it was shedding 5% of its workforce, less than a week after the unit’s objection torpedoed the global accounting giant’s plan to

Health care now tops inflation among Americans’ concerns

MoneyWatch By Elizabeth Napolitano Updated on: April 17, 2023 / 11:51 AM / MoneyWatch Inflation is no longer Americans’ No. 1 concern. Nowadays, it’s the price of health care that’s

Montana becomes first state to pass bill banning TikTok

Montana has become the first state in the nation Friday to pass a bill banning TikTok from operating in the state. The bill now goes to the governor’s desk for

Sega agrees to buy Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds, for $775 million

Japanese video game developer Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. is purchasing Rovio Entertainment, the Finish-based video game developer that created Angry Birds, for about $776 million. Sega offered $10.17, per share

CVS ‘gender transition’ guide says employees must use preferred pronouns, can use bathroom reflecting identity

EXCLUSIVE: CVS Health’s “gender transition guidelines” for employees requires workers to address people by their preferred pronouns and names and that they may use whichever restroom or locker room they

School cancels classes after teacher dies of possible bacterial meningitis

U.S. April 12, 2023 / 6:37 AM / CBS News Eaglecrest High cancels classes after teacher dies possibly of bacterial meningitis A Denver-area high school canceled Tuesday night athletics and

White House warns of “emerging threat” of fentanyl and veterinary drug

Politics April 12, 2023 / 9:17 AM / CBS/AP The U.S. has named a veterinary tranquilizer as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, clearing the

What is xylazine, the veterinary sedative being found in the U.S. drug supply?

U.S. By Kerry Breen April 12, 2023 / 9:54 AM / CBS News Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets It extends the feeling of an opiate high. It’s hard to

What is human metapneumovirus? Here’s what to know

U.S. By John V. Williams April 12, 2023 / 1:27 PM / The Conversation Doctors seeing more respiratory illnesses John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics

Appeals court preserves access to abortion pill for now but tightens rules

Politics Updated on: April 13, 2023 / 7:15 PM / CBS/AP DOJ to ask SCOTUS to intervene on mifepristone A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug