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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, brings the ball up the court against the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sept. 15, 2024. Justin Casterline | Getty Images Caitlin Clark has joined an ownership group looking to create a National Women’s Soccer League team in Cincinnati, Ohio. NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman…

WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, pushing it one step closer to becoming law. The Social Security bill on Tuesday won bipartisan support in the House, 327-75, in what is now the lame-duck period for Congress. The bill now heads to the Senate,…

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has unexpectedly resigned from the automaker amid increasingly “different views” between the executive and the board…

Disney is enlarging its bet on its cruise business with a $12 billion expansion that includes more than doubling its fleet and pushing into Asia. With the major investment, the Mouse House will grow its fleet from six to 13 ships by 2031, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Sunday. “Given…

The Biden administration’s Department of Labor is moving to phase out a controversial program that allows some employers to pay disabled employees less than the federal minimum wage, the department announced Tuesday. Enacted in 1938 during the late years of the Great Depression, the measure was intended to increase employment opportunities for workers with disabilities…

A major container shipping company has announced it will no longer use the Port of Felixstowe from next year. Maersk said its operations at the Suffolk-based port would cease from February following a review of its network. The firm said it had concluded that the London Gateway port on the Thames estuary in Essex was…