Several Democratic governors have criticized the Trump administration for apparently misleading public health officials for keeping a stash of Covid-19 vaccines in reserve. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that the government would begin releasing vaccine doses that are being held in “physical reserves” to ensure adequate supplies for second doses. Both…

Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Once again the Mega Millions jackpot has catapulted higher. The grand prize now stands at a staggering $ 850 million – the third largest in lottery history – after no ticket matched all of the numbers drawn on Friday night. Then there is Powerball: the jackpot is estimated…

Andrea Herrera, President of Amazing Edibles Gourmet Catering and founder of Boxperience Angela Garbot For Andrea Herrera, founder of Amazing Edibles Catering in Chicago, the pandemic tested her ability to adapt to falling revenues on the fly. Since last March, the company has switched from catering weddings and corporate events to first aid meals and…

Apple chief executive Tim Cook interacts with Year 2 pupils in a classroom, during a visit to Woodberry Down Community Primary School in Harringay, north London, to view how the school, which is part of the New Wave Federation group of schools, had incorporated Apple’s iPad and related software into lesson plans. Yui Mok |…

Porch Group, an online home services marketplace, hopes to make the relocation process a little less difficult for home buyers and tenants with new acquisitions looking to expand their offerings. The Seattle-based software maker, which began trading through a blank check shell company in late December, announced Thursday it had acquired four companies that it…

Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton warned CNBC’s The News with Shepard Smith that domestic terrorism has superseded the threat of international terrorism in the United States. “For the past 20 years our greatest concern has been international terrorism – ISIS, Al-Qaeda,” Bratton said in an interview on Friday evening. “Now it is here,…

Alex Azar, Secretary for Health and Human Services, at the White House in Washington, DC on August 23, 2020. Pete Marovich | Getty Images Minister of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will step down on January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. In his January 12 resignation letter, Azar shot a…

Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration, testifies at a Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on June 10, 2020 in Washington. Al Drago Pool / Getty Images) Second EIDL grants This can be confusing for business owners as Covid’s $ 900 billion aid package passed last month allows some businesses…

A TSA officer checks a man’s ID at a checkpoint at Orlando International Airport. Paul Hennessy | SOPA pictures | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration said Friday it is screening hundreds of people to see if they should be banned from flights as it will increase security ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on…

A normally busy main street in Livingston, Montana after Governor Steve Bullock ordered restaurants, bars and theaters to close on March 20, 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. William Campbell | Corbis via Getty Images As President-elect Joe Biden presents his comprehensive $ 1.9 trillion economic plan and response to the pandemic, small business…