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 …

Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida. The 30-second spot scheduled to air on Fox News starting Monday takes shots at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his policies, while drawing a contrast with California. “Freedom, it’s under attack in …

The widow of a man killed when the truck he was driving was hit by an Amtrak train this week has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. In the suit, Erin Barton alleges that the Missouri railroad crossing where Billy Dean Barton II died was “ultra-hazardous,” due in part to the …

Signs are mounting that the hottest job market in a generation is starting to cool off. With the crypto bubble popping, technology companies pulling back on hiring and consumers increasingly skittish about spending, economists believe that the historically low unemployment rate is likely to go up — recession or no …

Washington — Right-wing activist and “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander testified before a Washington, D.C., grand jury on Friday about his involvement in rallies supporting former President Donald Trump ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, according to his lawyer and a statement obtained by CBS News.  His testimony …