Hollywood Writers Begin Negotiations With Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
The Writer's Guild of America is set to begin negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Among items expected to be hammered out: watch per stream rates and the use of artificial intelligence in screen writing. Cheddar News senior reporter Michelle Castillo talked about what is expected to come out of day one of negotiations.
Investors weren't jolted by the downgrade because they already know the fractured state of U.S. politics, the size of the country's public debt, and the challenges it faces to pay for Social Security, Medicare and other expenses.
The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today's prices at the pump remain far lower than they were last year, when energy costs soared worldwide in the months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, experts say such a jump is unusual.
