-Stocks wrap up a volatile week ahead of the Christmas holiday  -The Federal Reserve delivers ho-hum holiday rate cut  -President-elect lands big whale of an investment for the U.S. -Crypto elite plow big bucks into Trump’s inauguration  -UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione extradited to New York City  -Teamsters target Amazon with strike in seven states 

The group behind the meme coin named after viral “Hawk Tuah Girl” Hailey Welch has been hit with a lawsuit from investors after the $HAWK coin crashed within hours of its launch. The complaint filed in New York on Thursday accuses Tuah The Moon Foundation; overHere Ltd and founder Clinton So; and influencer Alex Larson

Tesla has recalled more than 694,000 of its Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck electric vehicles. The recalled vehicles “installed a software release that was not compliant with the tire pressure monitoring system malfunction telltale requirement” issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), according to the Tuesday recall report submitted by the EV

Nearly all eggs sold in Michigan starting before the New Year must come from cage-free birds, even as egg prices continue to climb. Michigan lawmakers modified the Animal Industry Act in 2019, requiring shell eggs from chickens, ducks and other fowl, sold in the state to be from cage-free housing systems, starting Dec. 31, 2024.

House GOP leaders are scrambling to reach a deal to avert a partial government shutdown before Friday’s deadline, but experts say a shutdown would likely have little impact on the stock market – and might even help it, given the circumstances. The last-minute wrangling comes after the initial bipartisan deal received an avalanche of criticism

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) filed a civil complaint in federal court alleging CVS Pharmacy filled unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) and False Claims Act (FCA). The government’s complaint targets the country’s largest pharmaceutical company with over 9,000 stores nationwide, alleging it “knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked