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Picketers acknowledge a honking motorist outside an entrance to Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. Production workers at one of the Navy's largest shipbuilders overwhelmingly voted to strike, rejecting the company's three-year contract offer Sunday and threatening to further delay delivery of ships.

Shipyard Hiring Temporary Workers Amid Strike

With 4,000 workers out, Bath Iron Works is trying to avoid falling further behind on production.

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 29.

Court May End Labor Suit Against Nestle, Cargill

The lawsuit claims Nestle and Cargill facilitated the use of child slave labor on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast

Engineers watch the first driving test for the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance in a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 17, 2019.

Mars Rover Launch Delayed Again

If Perseverance isn't on its way by mid-August, it will have to wait another two years.

In this Feb. 2, 2010, file photo, a Yellow Freight/Roadway Express truck travels east on I-70, near Lecompton, Kan. The struggling trucking company once sued by the Department of Defense is getting a $700 million loan from the U.S. government because it is “critical to maintaining national security,” the Treasury Department said Wednesday, July 1, 2020. U.S. taxpayers will take a 29.6% stake in YRC Worldwide as a result of the deal, which was made as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Co. Sued for Overcharging Gov't Gets $700M Federal Loan

The Defense Department sued the trucking company in 2018, but it has now been deemed "critical to maintaining national security."

Amazon Forms Counterfeit Crimes Unit

The new task force is dedicated to bringing parties that list counterfeit products on its marketplace to justice.

Ingalls Shipbuilding moves destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to Pier Four on the east bank of the Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Miss., June 5 2020.

Huntington-Ingalls Gets $936M Contract for Destroyer

A Mississippi shipyard will build another destroyer equipped to launch guided missiles.

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How Risky is Flying During the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Flying can increase your risk of exposure to infection, but airlines are taking some precautions and you can too.

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Hacker Gets 9 Years for Cybercrime Clearinghouse

Prosecutors described his website as “the most exclusive criminal forum on the web."

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Man Convicted of Stealing High Tech Trade Secrets

The Chinese national stole smartphone technology from two U.S. companies.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, May 22, 2020.

Fed to Buy Bonds from Some 750 Companies

The list includes Apple, Walmart and ExxonMobil.

Ex-Employee Kills 2 in Walmart DC Shooting

Louis Wesley Lane was fired from the distribution center in February 2019.

A shopper walks past a Huawei store in Beijing, July 4, 2018.

US Could Finance Non-Huawei Equipment

Washington could provide funding to steer other nations away from gear made by the Chinese tech giant.