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Pizza Hut parent company Yum Brands said in an earnings call Wednesday that 250 of the chain's U.S. stores will close.

Actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt says he has a "certain kind of love for the internet," but his love does not extend to "amoral" social media companies that put profits over the well-being of their users.

Two Senate Democrats are questioning what they describe as the Trump administration's closed-door decisions on excluding certain sectors from the president's tariffs, allowing relief largely for those with political connections.

House and Senate Democrats plan to release a detailed list by Thursday of the immigration enforcement guardrails they want added to a full-year Department of Homeland Security spending bill.

Robotaxi pioneers Waymo and Tesla urged Congress Wednesday to set federal safety standards for self-driving cars, addressing the complication of differing state regulations and staying ahead of global competition.

The Washington Post laid off roughly one-third of its staff across newsroom and other departments on Wednesday in what leadership characterized as a strategic restructuring, prompting affected journalists to share their reactions publicly on social ...

China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year.

The embattled Washington Post began slashing newsroom staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports department and shrinking its local and international desks amid a sharp loss of subscribers under billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings said Wednesday its subsidiary has started arbitration proceedings against Panama, after that country's Supreme Court ruled a concession for the subsidiary to operate Panama Canal ports was unconstitutional.

U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wednesday, while gold's price stabilized further and climbed back above $5,000 per ounce.