Childcare businesses are facing high liability insurance premiums, with some now going without. Leah Willingham/AP hide caption
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A Florida court has blocked a developer from demolishing and replacing Miami's Biscayne 21 condominium. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
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Jeeps are delivered to a dealership in Chicago on June 20. Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, reported disappointing earnings for the first half of 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption
SAG-AFTRA members picket outside Paramount Studios in 2023. Members of the union were on strike between July and November during negotiations with Hollywood film and television studios. Now, the focus is on video games. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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Southwest Airlines unveiled big shifts in how it does business Thursday, saying it will throw out the open-seating model it has used for decades and introduce redeye flights. Here, an employee and passenger are seen at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport last year in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
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A customer pays for their food at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Austin, Texas. Chipotle says its portion sizes have not shrunk, despite complaints shared on social media. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
An NBA logo is seen on an official game ball before a game, Feb. 1, 2014, in New York. The NBA said Wednesday that it is not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery's $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league and therefore has entered into a deal with Amazon Prime Video. Jason DeCrow/AP hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk applauds as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Musk has endorsed former President Donald Trump's campaign — but he says he isn't donating $45 million each month to the cause. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A protester participates in a “wage strike" demonstration on May 26, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage of a Russian courtroom on July 19. A Russian court convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secretive and rapid trial. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption
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U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which was still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel. Here, a Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential candidate, speaks at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia, in May. A Russian court has convicted Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said on Monday. /AP hide caption