Motorists across the U.S. are grappling with gasoline prices that are reaching new records almost daily. But the pain isn’t evenly distributed across the nation. Take the handful of locations where a gallon of regular fuel now costs as much as or more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. …

An international manhunt is underway for the suspected killer of professional cyclist Moriah Wilson.  Authorities say Kaitlyn Armstrong, a 34-year-old yoga teacher, shot and killed Wilson, 25, in a fit of jealous rage, allegedly for having an affair with Armstrong’s boyfriend, Colin Strickland, who is also a top-rated professional cyclist. …

Bank of America is giving its lowest-paid employees a bump in wages to $22 an hour, equivalent to nearly $46,000 a year for full-time workers. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company’s pay increase bolsters the earnings of a large portion of its 174,000 U.S. employees, and follows wage hikes that started …

Jeff Bezos is bashing Joe Biden over inflation, taking to Twitter to blame the president for the sharpest spike in prices in 40 years and saying that the soaring costs facing Americans amount to “regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent.” The post from Bezos — whose estimated $137 …

The following is a transcript of an interview with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that aired Sunday, May 15, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to go now to the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul. Good morning to you, Governor. GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL: Good morning. I’m …

The Food and Drug Administration will soon announce how it plans to increase imports of infant formula from abroad, as U.S. parents and babies grapple with a formula shortage sparked in part by the closure of an Abbott facility in Michigan.  But President Biden will not be invoking the Defense …

In the latest sign that the U.S. housing shortage is reaching crisis levels, a Bay Area startup is offering bunk-bed style pods at $800 a month for up to 14 people to live in a single home. Brownstone Shared Housing, an eight-month-old startup, bills itself as a short-term solution for …

Rising prices at the gas pump are leading more consumers to consider electric vehicles in hopes of saving on monthly bills.  Today, a gallon of gas across the U.S. costs $4.14, up $1.25 compared to one year ago, leading to higher monthly expenses for families who rely on their cars …

Actor Cary Elwes, best known for starring in the 1987 film “The Princess Bride,” was hospitalized after being bitten by rattlesnake in Southern California, he said on his social media on Monday. Elwes, 59, said he was “recovering well” and clarified he wasn’t bitten by “Rodents of Unusual Size,” a …

The Florida Department of Education is rejecting just under half the math textbooks submitted for inclusion in the next school year’s curriculum, CBS Miami reports. Reasons for rejecting the books include references to “critical race theory” and inclusions of common core. The department found that 41 percent of the books …