Ryan Kailath

Last week's stock market madness that started with GameStop shares is subsiding. As people try to unpack what happened, many are wondering if a powerful hedge fund has answers.

As commercial real estate continues to lie vacant around the U.S., it may contribute to a vicious economic cycle that reshapes New York and other cities.

The days of business lunches and sealing deals over drinks are gone. In place of face-to-face schmoozing, companies woo clients with virtual cooking classes and Zoom calls with famous athletes.

The tech giant and the world's most valuable publicly traded company became first to reach the milestone market value. Amazon is also approaching $1 trillion in value, but Apple got there first.

Apple reported record sales in its most recent quarter on strong demand for iPhones and App Store purchases. But Apple could face trouble if the trade war with China escalates.

In shadow marketplaces, positive reviews for Amazon products are bought and sold. The company says it's cracking down and that it estimates that less than 1 percent of reviews are fake.

After Starbucks announced that everyone is welcome to use their bathrooms, critics said shops would be overrun by the homeless. Who decides who is welcome and who is not goes back to store employees.

Louisiana has announced a big policy shift. Rather than buying people out after a natural disaster, the state wants to move them out of harm's way ahead of one.

Following Donald Trump's victory, Democrats around the country have suddenly focused on Foster Campbell's campaign in an attempt to limit Republicans' incoming Senate majority to 51 seats.

Election 2016 isn't quite over yet. Louisiana voters will soon pick a new senator, and Republicans are trying hard to make sure they hold onto the seat.

The new maps mean flood insurance for these areas is optional. But with half the city at or below sea level and memories of post-Hurricane Katrina flooding, some worry they send the wrong message.

Louisiana residents displaced by the recent floods started registering for state and federal programs to provide a way to live in or near their flood damaged homes.

An armada of volunteers — known as the Cajun Navy — with their big pickups towing big boats — are helping neighbors near Baton Rouge, where record floods have displaced tens of thousands of people.

The Atlantic hurricane season begins on Wednesday, and it's an opportunity for city leaders to show residents that they are prepared. The Crescent City was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

From Robert Johnson selling his soul at the crossroads to Odysseus outwitting the sirens, the history of music is filled with myth and legend. Music loves a good story, and a certain recording from a Kenyan village definitely has one — one that's 65 years old.

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Organizers with the Black Lives Matter movement staged protests across the country on April 14, 2015. Publicized online with the hashtag #ShutDownA14 — as in, shut down your cities on April 14th — the protests called for students and employees to walk out of school and work, to bring attention ...

What makes one song sound like another? Sometimes it's coincidence; sometimes it's plagiarism. And sometimes, it's the byproduct of deliberate craftsmanship.