8 tons of ground beef sold at Walmart locations recalled for possible E. coli

More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products were recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday on concerns the meat may be contaminated with E. coli.

Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer's deadly wildfire. The county is suing Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Spectrum Mobile and AT&T.

Rue21 files for bankruptcy and will close all of its stores, including 5 in Utah

Rue21, a mall staple for teen apparel, is going out of business and closing all 540 of its stores within the coming weeks.

Largest US health insurer says a third of Americans exposed in massive data hack

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told a congressional committee Wednesday that hackers breached a subsidiary of his company, the country's largest health insurer, by stealing a password and gaining access through a system that lacked multifactor authentication.

Major US newspapers sue Microsoft, OpenAI over alleged copyright violations

A group of eight U.S. newspaper publishers filed a lawsuit in New York federal court on Tuesday, claiming Microsoft and artificial intelligence developer OpenAI broke copyright law by using the newspapers' online content to develop AI tools.

US employers scaled back hiring in April but still added 175,000 jobs in the face of higher rates

The nation's employers pulled back on their hiring in April but still added a decent 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to slow the robust U.S. job market.

Sony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26B

Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, a source says.