The marketing director of a New Jersey hospital was arrested Sunday after authorities found a large cache of firearms and ammunition inside an office closet at the the medical facility, police said. Reuven Alonalayoff, 46, has been indicted for his suspected connection to the stockpile of weapons at Hudson Regional …

Lansing, Mich. — The Michigan Attorney General’s office is asking that a special prosecutor investigate whether a Republican candidate for state attorney general and others should be charged in connection with an effort to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election, according to published reports. The Detroit News reported …

Walmart is the world’s largest company by revenue for the ninth consecutive year, and for the 17th time since Fortune magazine began ranking companies by size in 1995.  Fortune on Wednesday released its annual Fortune Global 500 list, a ranking of the largest and most profitable corporations worldwide. Saudi Aramco, …

The Senate on Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved the PACT Act, a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans who developed illnesses due to their exposure to burn pits during military service. The 86-to-11 vote was received with cheers from the Senate gallery.  The bill now heads to President Biden’s …

The leader of the guild of restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco was shot dead on Sunday, the state prosecutor’s office said. Jesus Rivera was killed in the early hours of the morning outside a nightclub he owned, after unknown assailants opened fire on him …

Shopify said Tuesday it’s laying off 10% of staff as growth prospects for the e-commerce platform — following a pandemic-driven boom — aren’t panning out the way company officials expected. The layoffs, about 1,000 employees, will happen Tuesday and will mostly impact those working in recruiting, sales and support, CEO …

Twitter’s lawsuit to force billionaire Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant for $44 billion will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court that specializes in high-stakes business disputes.  In an early victory for Twitter, that court set an October trial …

A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared from an Alabama jail this spring has been charged with killing the corrections official authorities said helped him escape. Casey White, 38, has been indicted on a murder charge for the shooting death of Vicky White, Lauderdale County District Attorney …

Over the past two decades, state lotteries have nearly doubled in size, driving a multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies. A nationwide investigation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that lottery retailers are disproportionately clustered …

The Louvre, The Museum of Modern Art and … the Hard Rock? Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries or exhibitions to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall. In …