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Visa, Mastercard, and Discover have delayed the implementation of a new merchant category code aimed at tracking firearm sales due to legislative proposals and criticism.

As of the week ending February 25, about 1.72 million people were receiving jobless aid, an increase of 69,000 from the previous week.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized the Biden administration for turning down a recommendation for an offshore oil and gas lease sale that Interior Department staff concluded would improve energy security.

This comes after Visa, Mastercard, and other major credit cards agreed to flag gun and ammunition purchases via a new sales categorization.

The film “Jesus Revolution” more than doubled industry estimates, taking in over $15 million at the weekend box office and earning a third place finish overall.

Britain’s environment secretary suggested people struggling to pay for food during a historic cost-of-living crisis consider working more hours.

A recent legal brief by Fox News cites discovery information indicating that Dominion Voting Systems' employees acknowledged serious problems with the company's technology, including critical bugs leading to incorrect results, while Dominion sues Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation.

Lab-grown meat, touted as the “cruelty-free” food of the future by everyone from the World Economic Forum to Hollywood mega-celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio, may have a fatal problem, according to a new Bloomberg story.

Idaho lawmakers have approved a proposal to discuss adding several rural eastern Oregon counties to Idaho, with some seeing the move as an opportunity to access Oregon's resources while others express concerns about the financial and logistical implications of adding a large geographic area with few inhabitants.

The European Union has voted to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and vans by 2035, requiring all new cars in Europe to be electric in 12 years.