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Two black McDonald’s executives are suing the fast-food corporation, alleging racial discrimination and a hostile work environment under the company’s former chief executive, according to reports. Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal, senior executives at the company in Dallas, allege that McDonald’s carried “a ruthless purge” of high-ranking black executives after Steve Easterbrook and Chris Kempczinski took over […]

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Ride-hailing company Uber launched a new safety feature that uses randomized PIN numbers on Tuesday to help customers make sure they are getting into the right cars. Once a user a books a ride, they are sent a four-digit PIN number. When the driver arrives, the user has the driver enter it into their Uber app. If the numbers […]

Happy Friday and welcome back to On The Money on the first jobs day of the new decade. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you like your newsletter, […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly surpassed 29,000 on Friday for the first time, setting a new record. The index hit the record earlier in the session following a moderate December jobs report, which found 145,000 new jobs created in 2019 and the unemployment rate staying unchanged at 3.5 percent, the lowest level in nearly 50 […]

A New York woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for attempting a terrorist attack and planning to build a bomb, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).  Prosecutors said Asia Siddiqui was “inspired by radical Islam” when she planned to build a bomb and use it in a terrorist attack against law enforcement […]

Iranian anti-government protestors filled the streets of Tehran on Saturday after the Iranian government admitted that it allegedly mistakenly shot down a Kyiv-bound commercial airplane. Videos of the protests show people in large numbers shouting, “Khamenei is a murderer!” according to The New York Times.  Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down Wednesday shortly after […]

An expected proposal from the Trump administration will relieve agencies from having to consider climate change when they approve projects like pipelines, highways and other big infrastructure projects, according to reporting from The New York Times.  Changes to how agencies must conduct environmental impact statements are expected to be unveiled next week and could drastically […]

Iran said Saturday that it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jet over Tehran earlier this week that left all 176 onboard dead. The statement from Iran’s military came after Tehran had repeatedly maintained that it had nothing to do with the crash. The country’s military said that the incident was due to “human error,” according to a […]

U.S. troops at the al-Asad airbase in Iraq were aware that an attack by the Iranians was coming hours before missiles struck on Wednesday, allowing them to flee the site, according to a CNN report.  No fatalities were reported, which officers called a “miracle,” as missiles landed just a few meters from bunkers, and some essential […]