Angeli Gianchandani, MA

Americans created airplanes, computer chips, the internet and automobile assembly lines over 250 years of industry -- but they've also invented unheralded gems such as refrigerators, barcodes, washing machines and Doppler radar.

An annual survey finds the cost of an Independence Day cookout has risen to a 10-year high of $7.38 per person, but remains the cheapest in this period after adjusting for inflation.

Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.

A growing number of users of popular GLP-1 drugs for weight loss are experiencing foul-smelling breath as an unexpected side effect.

A $15 per hour minimum wage law signed Thursday by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger could cost the commonwealth 12,000 jobs, a study shows.

More than 90% of lifeguards, bartenders, cashiers and postal workers now have college degrees, according to a report that finds too many graduates chasing too few jobs that require their advanced level of education.

The Food and Drug Administration may soon allow tobacco companies to market flavored nicotine pouches placed between the lips and gums as "safer than cigarettes."

Hourly workers in 19 states will enjoy a salary bump in their next paycheck, even as economists warn that minimum-wage hikes reduce jobs and add to inflation.

Trump administration tariffs have increased prices for artificial Christmas trees imported from China this year, even as prices for real saplings remain unchanged, according to industry sources.

The Department of Health and Human Services is launching an AI strategy to make its employees more efficient, expanding the Trump administration's endorsement of the technology as it downsizes the federal workforce.

A record 202.9 million Americans shopped during the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, the National Retail Federation reported Tuesday.

Digital elves are fast replacing Santa's helpers when people buy holiday gifts, according to marketing experts.

The nation's historic hiring freeze likely will thaw in the coming year as most employers expand their workforces, according to recent reports.

Education analysts are citing "gradflation" -- short for "graduation inflation" -- as a growing problem in which too many liberal arts graduates are chasing too few well-paying jobs, thereby lowering the value of their four-year degrees.

Costume sellers and candy merchants are anticipating record-high revenue this Halloween, even as tariffs and rising chocolate costs bedevil inflation-weary consumers.

Trump administration layoffs of federal workers have driven up unemployment faster among affluent White suburbanites than Black residents in the D.C. area, inverting longstanding trends, a demographic analysis shows.

Southeastern Michigan is part of a surge in fake college websites that have used artificial intelligence to generate hours of content over the past two years.

Instacart has joined Uber Eats and DoorDash in calling on Congress to include their app delivery drivers in "no tax on tips" legislation that would exempt gratuities from federal income tax.

Online scammers are duping victims by blaming the nondelivery of their fake goods on the Trump administration's tariffs, the Better Business Bureau says.

Cybersecurity experts say digital REAL ID scams are targeting immigrants, seniors and Johnny-come-latelies as the federal government tightens identification requirements for domestic air travel.