San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force, reversing course just days after their approval of the plan generated fierce pushback and warnings about the militarization and automation of policing. The Board of Supervisors voted …

Rising interest rates have considerably increased the rate advantage of online savings accounts over brick-and-mortar savings accounts. It’s now, more than ever before, well worth your time to open an online savings account. But before you do, there are a few important factors to consider. The rapid pace at which …

Jurors convicted a man Wednesday in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family after weighing his denials and other testimony against the word of witnesses including his brother and mother, who previously pleaded guilty for their roles. George Wagner IV, 31, was found guilty of all 22 counts …

The Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of interest-rate hikes, Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, giving markets hope that the aggressive cycle of rate increases will ease up. “The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting,” Powell said in …

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX infects other companies in the industry. BlockFi claimed more than 100,000 creditors with liabilities ranging from $1 billion to $10 billion in a bankruptcy filing submitted Monday in New Jersey, where the company is …

Georgia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Republican groups of a lower court decision allowing early voting this Saturday in the  U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. The Georgia Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Republican National Committee …

The mother of a toddler reported missing Oct. 5 in Georgia has been arrested in connection with the child’s disappearance and presumed death, authorities said Monday. The Chatham County Police Department in a post on Twitter said officers had arrested Leilani Simon, 22, on charges of malice murder, concealing the …

Her music may be the unofficial anthem of the holiday season, but officially, Mariah Carey is not the “Queen of Christmas” – or even the holiday’s “princess” – the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled on Tuesday.  Carey, whose 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas is You” has …

An off-duty police officer in western New York state shot a woman to death, wounded another woman and then killed herself during a domestic dispute, police and officials said. The shootings happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday at a home in Rochester, police said. Police Officer Tiffani Gatson of the …

Apple, the world’s most valuable company, has slowed some hiring, according to CEO Tim Cook, amid a wave of layoffs in Silicon Valley and an unpredictable economic future.  “What we’re doing as a consequence of being in this period is we’re being very deliberate on our hiring,” Cook told “CBS …