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Weeks after being released from prison, Meek Mill is leveraging his high-profile case and his popularity. The rapper, who is signed to music mogul Jay-Z‘s label Roc Nation, has taken to advocating for sweeping reform of America’s justice system. In a statement to CNBC, Jay-Z said Mill was “caught in […]

It’s cut like a diamond, it shines like a diamond and, essentially, it actually is a diamond. But it didn’t form underground. There’s now a cheaper, more ethically sourced option for diamond lovers – though not every diamond retailer is sold on the idea. Synthetic diamonds, which are grown in […]

Sen. John McCain aired his distaste for “evil” Vladimir Putin and expressed qualms about President Donald Trump‘s handling of the Russian leader, in an excerpt of his new memoir that was published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. McCain’s memoir, “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights […]

Hackers aren’t your only risk when it comes to identity theft and fraud. Data breaches and hacks like those at Equifax, the IRS and Yahoo! tend to dominate the conversation — and no wonder. Breaches hit a record high in 2017, with 1,579 reported incidents exposing nearly 179 million records, […]

Drivers have complained for decades about trucks on the road. They go too slow. They take up too much space. They’re scary to pass. But the most unsettling aspect of trucks goes beyond what drivers can see: their environmental impact. Although medium- and heavy-duty trucks account for just 5 percent […]

One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls sees blockchain playing a big role as an economic growth driver. It still may be considered an emerging technology, but Federated Investors portfolio manager Steve Chiavarone is folding the electronic system, which records cryptocurrency transactions, into his stock market forecast. “This is going to […]

For $1,200 a month, Patricia Torres and her family were renting a bedroom, a share of time in the bathroom, one vegetable drawer and one shelf in the fridge, and two cupboards over the stove. They rented not so much a home as a fraction of one. Karen Calderon had […]

The IRS is leaner, but not meaner. Several years of budget cuts have limited the reach of the tax man. The result is a smaller IRS, and one that is diminished in many ways. The agency audits less — large corporations have been especially spared — and its appetite for […]

Ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft make it easy to overspend. After all, since your payment information is already linked to the app, you never even see the money leaving your wallet. As one woman who spent $453 on Uber in a month puts it: “The half second it takes […]

North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23 and 25 depending on weather conditions in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, state media said on Saturday. The country’s central news agency said the dismantlement of the nuclear test ground […]