Twenty years ago this past week, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim posted the very first YouTube video, titled “Me at the Zoo.” “All right. So here we are, in front of the elephants. The cool thing about these guys is that…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily blocked the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary “Easter truce” in the three-year conflict in Ukraine that will last until midnight Sunday. “On humanitarian grounds, today from 6 p.m. to midnight from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side announces an…

Real American Beer, the patriotic brew co-founded by wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, just landed its biggest retail win yet. The brand is now stocked in select Walmart stores across eight states — a move that Hogan and the company say…

Thirty years ago on April 19, 168 people were killed and hundreds more suffered injuries in the Oklahoma City bombing — still the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack in the history of the United States.  Their stories are preserved and honored by the Oklahoma…

Netflix executives messaged Thursday that all is well with the business in the face of economic turbulence. But its full-year outlook tells a slightly more nuanced story. Netflix posted a big beat on operating margin for the first quarter, reporting 31.7% compared…

President Donald Trump on Thursday again made clear his disdain for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, going so far as to say the central banker’s “termination can’t come fast enough” and saying in an Oval Office event that Powell will “be…

Tesla has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit by a Black female employee who claimed a manager at its Fremont, California, plant sometimes greeted workers by saying “welcome to the plantation” or “welcome to the slave house.” Raina Pierce, who installed…

Google has illegally built “monopoly power” with its web advertising business, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled, siding with the Justice Department in a landmark case against the tech giant that could reshape the basic economics of running a…

President Trump this week revived a longstanding threat against Jerome H. Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower interest rates. But privately, according to people close to Mr. Trump, the…

Two of the country’s largest credit card companies are poised to merge after key banking regulators approved the deal on Friday, despite concern among some advocacy groups and lawmakers that it could lead to higher fees and less choice for…

Don Mischer, an award-winning producer and director who brought calmness and meticulous preparation to live television extravaganzas like awards shows, Olympic opening ceremonies, Super Bowl halftime performances and the 2004 Democratic National Convention, died on April 11 in Los Angeles.…

Silicon Valley’s tech giants have long regarded antitrust scrutiny as an irritating cost of doing business. There will be investigations, filings, depositions and even lawsuits. Yet courts move slowly, while technology rushes ahead. Time works to the companies’ advantage, as the…

The father of the Texas high school student stabbed to death at a track meet made an unexpected appearance at a press conference being held by the parents of the teenage murder suspect. Jeff Metcalf, who lost his son Austin Metcalf,…

L’Oreal reported a rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, beating expectations for slower growth, as strong demand for its creams and perfume in Europe helped counter challenging conditions in the United States. The French group, which makes Maybelline mascara and Kiehl’s…

Elaine Wynn, who built a glamorous casino-and-resort empire with her former husband, Steve Wynn, transforming Las Vegas into a global destination, and who went on to become a powerful education advocate, arts patron and Democratic fund-raiser, died on Monday at…

Share prices of Hertz surged 56% after billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s firm disclosed a stake in the car rental company. Pershing Square Capital Management said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it had acquired 12.7 million shares valued at $46.5 million. Pershing Square…

Johnson & Johnson has shifted its generative AI strategy away from broad experimentation across the healthcare conglomerate to a more focused approach.Chief Information Officer Jim Swanson said the move ensures that the company allocates resources only to the highest-value generative AI use cases,…

Netflix fared better than analysts anticipated during the first three months of the year, signaling the world’s largest video streaming service is still thriving as President Donald Trump’s policies cast a pall on the economy. The numbers released Thursday indicated Netflix is still building on…

China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped…

In a landmark decision, a U.S. federal judge has ruled that Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., illegally monopolized key sectors of the online advertising technology market. The ruling marks a significant setback for the tech giant, which has long dominated…

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has launched an investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company. The probe follows complaints from American workers who claim they were unfairly replaced by…

Harvard University stands to lose billions in federal funding, but the government’s actions against one of the world’s top research institutions were applied with vague accusations and no proof of specific legal violations, documents show. The Trump administration’s decision Monday to freeze $2.2 billion…

The Internal Revenue Service is weighing whether to revoke Harvard’s tax exemption, according to three people familiar with the matter, which would be a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the…

Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials…