D-E-F-E-N-S-E, D-E-F-E-N-S-E. That sure was the chant at the outset of the NFL draft Thursday night, with the first five selections coming on that side of the ball, including edge rushers Travon Walker of national champion Georgia to Jacksonville and Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan to Detroit at Nos. 1 and …

One way to avoid the pain at the pump is to never have to go there. Katie Mitchell bought an electric car in January, and says she’s now saving hundreds of dollars a month by charging up instead of filling up.  When she watched gas prices skyrocket in recent months, …

Authorities have made an arrest in the death of Orsolya Gaal, a 51-year-old wife and mother who was stabbed to death in a horrific killing in New York City. David Bonola, 44, has been charged with murder, criminal tampering in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in …

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock during last month’s awards show. The Academy made the announcement Friday in a letter sent by president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson and obtained by CBS News. “The 94th Oscars were meant to be …

The U.S. labor market has a people problem: There simply aren’t enough workers available to take the jobs employers want to fill. That’s partly due to a trend hastened by the pandemic that is continuing apace even as the economy returns to normal: Americans are retiring in droves. Retiring workers …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday. People around the world are seeing rising prices on energy, food and other commodities.  During a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Yellen said the invasion has disrupted the …

The final results of the highly-contested union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, facility remain unclear as hundreds of challenged ballots head to the national labor board for investigation.  The initial count showed a majority voted against unionization, with about 52% of returned ballots voting against joining the Retail, Wholesale and …

Roughly one in five Americans lists soaring prices as the nation’s biggest economic problem. By contrast, major U.S. corporations seem to be riding out the fiercest inflation in 40 years just fine. While CEOs spent much of 2021 pointing to the impact of rising wages, pricier raw materials and other ballooning expenses …

Sioux Falls, South Dakota — A South Dakota House committee investigating whether the state’s attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash is set to finish its work this week, wrapping up a monthslong investigation that has splintered the state’s Republicans. By late Monday, the …

The man charged in the 1971 killing of a Massachusetts mother has a long criminal record and a general disdain for the justice system, the prosecutor said Wednesday in arguing that the suspect be detained without bail. Other than saying “not guilty,” Arthur Louis Massei, 76, did not speak at …