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Gas prices dip below $4 for the first time since March

Gasoline prices dipped to just under the $4 mark for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many other essentials. AAA said the national average for a gallon of regular was $3.99 on Thursday. Prices have dropped… Read More

Axios bought for $535 million by… WHO?!

It’s an old and new media marriage: Axios Media, the digital news site known for its to-the-point blurbs on politics, tech and business, is being acquired by Cox Enterprises, the media conglomerate that owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Kelley Blue Book and major broadband internet services. Cox said Monday that… Read More

Report: Inflation lower? Not so fast…

Falling gas prices gave Americans a slight break from the pain of high inflation last month — but don’t open the champagne quite yet. Overall price increases slowed only modestly from the stunning four-decade high that was reached in June. Consumer prices jumped 8.5% in July compared with a year… Read More

Only 1 in 3 insured hepatitis C are patients getting the cure

Fewer than 1 in 3 people infected with hepatitis C are getting the expensive treatments that can cure them, according to a U.S. government study released Tuesday. The report is distressing because it focused on those with health insurance — the group most likely to get treated for the liver… Read More

Musk sells $7B in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter battle

Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter. Musk disclosed in series of regulatory filings that he unloaded about 8 million shares of his company Tesla Inc. in recent days. Sponsored:… Read More

CNN downfall! Mass layoffs expected at cable news giant

by Frank Holmes, reporter CNN has seen better days — and soon, some of its top stars might just see the door. The first 24-hour news network is scraping the bottom of the barrel financially, looking at the lowest profit margins in years…and the new management says it’s finally time… Read More

Northeast city deals with pileup of subway complaints

For Boston subway riders, it seems every week brings a new tale of transit woe. Runaway trains. Subway cars belching smoke and fire. Fatal accidents. Malfunctioning station escalators. Rush hour trains running on weekend schedules. Brand-new subway cars pulled from service. Derailed construction vehicles. The repeated chaos of the nation’s… Read More

Here’s how Musk’s Twitter deal could move ahead

Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people. The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to… Read More

Officials survey damage after Kentucky flood, plead for federal aid

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday witnessed the damage from deadly and devastating storms that have resulted in the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history, as they visited the state to meet with families and first responders. At least 37 people have died since last month’s deluge,… Read More