U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens to President Biden discuss the federal debt limit on Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Passengers check in at Southwest Airlines' self-serve kiosks at Chicago's Midway Airport as delays stemming from a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the U.S. on Wednesday. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
Tesla's Model Y is on display at a Tesla showroom in a shopping mall in Beijing on April 29, 2022. The electric car maker cut prices for its models in a bid to boost sales. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The time-tracking software TimeCamp is able to monitor what files are accessed, and for how long, and whether other non-work activities, such as streaming services, are used on a laptop. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
The 58-story Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan is headquarters for the Trump Organization, as well as containing Donald Trump's penthouse condominium residence. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Lottery jackpots are soaring past the billion-dollar mark more frequently, thanks to higher interest rates and several rules changes. Here, a ticket machine displays the projected jackpot for a Mega Millions drawing in Chicago, in early January. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
College students look for an apartment in Berkeley, Calif. Rental application fees are a barrier to many in a tight housing market. California is the latest in a string of states and cities passing laws to try and limit them. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Rental application fees add up fast in a tight market. But limiting them is tough
Warren "Butch" Marion and Rory McCarty. Rory McCarty hide caption
Robin Catalano, a freelance writer based on the border of the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley, urges other freelancers to carefully review employment contracts and negotiate any noncompete clauses they may contain. Cassandra Sohn hide caption
Many workers barely recall signing noncompetes, until they try to change jobs
Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt
Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke (right) speaks next to U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada, of the California central division, while announcing the redlining case against City National Bank during a news conference on Thursday at the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Stefanie Dazio/AP hide caption
The Emirati Minister of State and the CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 31, 2022. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
A Mega Millions customer purchases her tickets for the estimated jackpot of $1.1 Billion at the Fuel On Convenience Store in Pittsburgh, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Twenty-four consecutive drawings later with no grand prize winner named, the Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion, making it one of the largest jackpots in lottery history. The next drawing is Friday. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
A Target customer looks at a display of board games while shopping at Target store in San Francisco, Calif. Inflation continues to ease, even if many people many not feel that way in their daily lives. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport on Wednesday. The outage of a key safety system led to thousands of flight delays and cancellations in the U.S. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls speaks at a New York rally on Sept. 5. The company had fired Smalls from its Staten Island warehouse after he helped lead a pandemic-era walkout. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
