The U.S. House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief plan, spanning $1,400 stimulus checks, enhanced jobless benefits and fresh funding for vaccines and testing. Also included: a minimum-wage measure with no prospects of passing in the Senate.

The Biden administration is reverting to an Obama-era method of calculating the cost of greenhouse gases—a move that industry is almost certain to challenge.

Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose Covid-19 vaccine offers the chance to reach vulnerable populations who might not have access to the other shots on the market.

A $650 million biometric privacy settlement with Facebook Inc. was approved by a San Francisco federal judge Friday, capping a yearslong case involving the social media giant’s use of facial technology.

The U.S. Supreme Court said a California county must let five churches hold indoor services, adding to a line of orders that have curbed the power of government officials as they battle the spread of the coronavirus.

California will hold its two-day bar exam remotely in late July, becoming the most recent state to change test-taking procedures as the coronavirus pandemic stretches on.

Owners want their brand everywhere, but Peloton Interactive Inc.'s bid to cancel “spinning” trademarks reminds companies they must manage threats of a certain kind of pervasiveness—a mark that ends up defining a product, not its producer.