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A giant truck hauls coal at a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming Stephanie Joyce/Wyoming Public Media hide caption
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on May 16, 2024, when the Dow hit 40,000 points for the first time ever. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the CFPB is funded. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court upholds funding structure for consumer watchdog agency
On the set of United Airlines' new onboard safety video in Montreal, Canada. Courtesy of United Airlines hide caption
With flyers more distracted than ever, United rolls out a rebooted safety video
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Sanat Kumar, professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University. David Kestenbaum/NPR hide caption
Grocery prices fell in April as overall inflation cooled. Milk prices dropped 0.8% while egg prices declined 7.3%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Credit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, almost 1 in 5 card users is "maxed out," using at least 90% of their credit limit. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Americans are struggling to pay off credit card debt; Tiny Desk Contest's 2024 winner
Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month this June in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year. Here, Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store in Nashville, Tenn, in May 2023. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25 in Seattle. Planes sometimes make emergency landings, but it's rare that anyone is seriously hurt. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption
Hy-Vee's "Cream Cheese Spread" is pictured. The product, among others at Hy-Vee and Aldi, were recalled May 6, 2024, for risk of salmonella contamination. Food and Drug Administration hide caption
In college, Amylyx cofounders Josh Cohen and Justin Klee dreamed of finding a treatment for diseases like ALS. When their drug's promise did not pan out, they pulled it voluntarily from the market. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals hide caption
Lots of drug companies talk about putting patients first — but this one actually did
Shoppers exit a Walmart store, on Feb. 21, 2024, in Englewood, Colo. Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant's campus offices. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing broke a deferred prosecution deal with the government following a pair of fatal 737 Max crashes more than five years ago. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
DOJ says Boeing broke deal that avoided prosecution after 2 fatal 737 Max crashes
A 2017 march against sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Credit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, almost 1 in 5 card users is "maxed out," using at least 90% of their credit limit. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
China is aiming to become a global automotive powerhouse, particularly when it comes to electric vehicles. Here, cars wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Nanjing. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
5 takeaways from Biden's tariff hikes on Chinese electric vehicles
TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Noelia Voigt (L) and UmaSofia Srivastava (R) attend a charity event in New York City on May 8, the week that they stepped down as Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. Rob Kim/Getty Images for Smile Train hide caption
Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
Flanked by union members, President Biden signs orders that increase tariffs on imports of electric vehicles and other strategic goods from China. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropy that she and her ex-husband, Bill Gates, established more than 20 years ago. Here, she smiles as she leaves the Élysée Palace in Paris on June 23, 2023. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
Keith Gill testifies during a virtual hearing on GameStop before the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 18, 2021. GameStop shares surged on Monday after a new X post by Gill. House Financial Services Committee via AP/House Financial Services Committee hide caption