Government And Institutions

Almost half, or 48%, of the nursing homes reported they hadn’t used their rapid-testing equipment in the most recent week included in the data.

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted that a potential Alzheimer’s treatment from Biogen Inc has not been proven to slow progression of the disease, a sharp rebuke to agency staff that earlier this week praised the drug.

The Sun cited Professor Valery Solovei, a Russian political pundit, who suggested earlier this week on a Moscow radio station that Putin was under pressure from his entourage to step down due to fears for his health.

The biotech giant is at a crossroads as it seeks regulatory approval for its potential blockbuster Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab, while facing down generic competition to its biggest-selling treatment.

The Justice Department sued Google saying the company’s dominance in online search and advertising harms rivals and consumers

The judge's order in a suit brought by three TikTok content creators, also blocks the app store download ban

A Small Business Administration program intended to keep entrepreneurs afloat during the coronavirus pandemic may have sent billions of dollars to scammers and ineligible applicants, according to a new watchdog report.

The drop in tax revenue has led to a total shortfall expected in the hundreds of billions of dollars

Microsoft says Iranian hackers have posed as conference organizers in Germany and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to break into the email accounts of “high-profile” people with spoofed invitations.

The vaccine, now in late-stage human trials aimed at showing its efficacy and safety, is a front-runner in the global sprint for a shot to protect lives and jump-start economies hobbled by the pandemic.

A former Disney CFO says a couple used a legal loophole to squat in his $2.2 million Connecticut mansion — but the couple claims the castle was far from the fairytale promised.

The administration touts Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Idaho Gov. Brad Little as champions of deregulation.

A man in Virginia lied to obtain $2.5 million in loans that were meant to help keep people employed during the coronavirus pandemic he later used to purchase a luxury car and his own airplane, according to prosecutors.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.

The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search-advertising that form the cornerstones of its vast conglomerate, according to senior Justice officials.

WASHINGTON - A decade-long Republican campaign to weaken the U.S. consumer watchdog’s independence is set to backfire if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election, by handing him the power to swiftly replace the agency’s director with a consumer champion, nearly a dozen lawyers, lobbyists and policy experts said.

A UK information commission has slapped British Airways with a fine of more than $25.9 million fine allegedly failing to protect roughly 400,000 employees’ customers’ personal information prior to a cyberattack in 2018.

Shares of gun makers have been gaining ground as Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads polls, and if he wins the presidential election in November there are expectations of a renewed surge in gun sales that could drive shares even higher.

President Trump on Thursday slammed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his handling of the novel coronavirus in the state and called him “incompetent” while also noting that crime in certain parts of the state has risen as high as 250 percent in recent months.

A Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed that the department's antitrust division has entered into a plea agreement with Pilgrim's.