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Senate negotiators finalize gun safety bill

Senate negotiators on Tuesday afternoon said they have finalized a bipartisan gun safety bill to take firearms away from dangerous people and provide billions of dollars in new mental health funding. Senators and staff worked through the weekend and said Tuesday afternoon they’re at the finish line, giving Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)…

Why pandemic-era tipping is ending

Story at a glance Traditional tipping etiquette dictates that customers give their servers an extra 15 to 20 percent at the end of their meal, while there is generally no obligation to tip for takeout. Many people propped up their local economies early in the pandemic by upping their gratuities at local coffee shops, corner…

Biden signs cyber bills into law

President Biden on Tuesday signed two bipartisan bills into law aimed at enhancing federal, state and local governments’ cybersecurity measures. The bills’ passage comes following an increased pace of cyber incidents in recent years against government entities, including the SolarWinds hack, which involved Russian agents compromising nine federal agencies and at least 100 private sector…

FAA approves drone delivery from Zipline

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday approved drone delivery company Zipline to operate as a small air carrier in the U.S. Zipline, which has contributed to thousands of medical supply drops globally, announced in a press release that it had received the certification, noting that it “is now authorized to complete the longest range…