Five White Philadelphia police officers launched a proposed class action against the city Wednesday over allegations they were passed over for promotions because of the city’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

New restrictions on public-sector hiring of H-1B workers in Texas and Florida promise punishing effects on health-care employers and patients, Andrew Kreighbaum reports.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will hit the road to test their affordability message with voters in Texas and Wisconsin this week.

State attorneys general led by two Republicans are raising concerns about the proposed takeover of the Warner Bros. studios by Netflix Inc., saying it will harm consumers.

Waymo has begun laying the early groundwork for ride-hailing services in Chicago, Illinois and Charlotte, North Carolina, it says in a post on X.

Connecticut is taking an unusual step to confront a growing national problem: flood maps that lag reality. The state has launched a public climate-risk mapping tool where residents can see the estimated flood exposure of their property — along with wildfire, wind and other climate risks. The tool, which is accessible through the insurance department’s website, is powered by the same type of private risk-modeling firm that insurers turn to for setting rates.

The exclusion of Moderna Inc.'s comparable-license royalty opinion at an upcoming trial in Arbutus Biopharma Corp.'s Covid-19 vaccine patent suit raises the stakes for its noninfringement defense, outside observers said.

HHI Corp. failed to show that the US Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully included a project labor agreement requirement in an Air Force construction project worth $55 million, the GAO said in a decision released Wednesday.

During his time as Harvard University’s president, Larry Summers outlined a bold plan to create an epicenter for scientific research befitting of the school’s prestigious stature.

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp. can move forward with task orders to provide “lift and shift” cloud migrating services to the US Naval Sea Systems Command, the GAO said in separate decisions released Wednesday.

The Pentagon plans to spend an additional $12.6 billion to improve surveillance of China’s military maneuvers, submarines and satellites as the US tries to counter the “unprecedented Chinese military buildup” in Asia, according to a budget document sent to Congress.

President Donald Trump offered a strident defense of his administration and economic record, declaring the nation is “bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” in a State of the Union address that contained few new policy announcements.

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Douglas Ingram said he would retire by the end of the year to spend time with sick family members, even as the maker of drugs for a rare muscle disease works to address questions about its breakthrough medicines.

Cuban forces killed four people who had opened fire from a speedboat with Florida tags, an incident with the potential to escalate an already tense standoff with the US.

Florida Republicans are proposing legislation that would break from all the federal corporate tax breaks in President Donald Trump’s signature tax law enacted last year.

January’s winter storms froze half the country, but heated up sales at major home improvement and equipment companies as customers sought supplies to ride out the weather and repair their homes.

When asked by a reporter whether the Trump administration is considering a second reconciliation bill with new tax cuts, White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett says it is still being discussed.

American Airlines Group Inc. will invest $1 billion in a concourse expansion at Miami International Airport, a move to help bolster the carrier’s position at its top international gateway.