SpaceX’s Elon Musk: 1st orbital Starship flight maybe March
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s Elon Musk says the first orbital flight of his towering Starship…
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EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims
By CANDICE CHOI and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — To stage the Winter Games in the Chinese capital, organizers embarked on a massive…
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El Paso bar forced to stay closed as city decides the safety of the De Soto Hotel
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been almost one week since the fire at the De Soto Hotel, and one bar is still waiting to get the thumbs from the city to…
Continue Reading Every song he made: Sting sells music catalog to Universal
By The Associated Press Sting is selling every song he wrote. The British singer-songwriter is selling his music catalog to Universal Music…
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Sarah Palin testifies about Times editorial that linked her PAC map to deadly shooting: ‘I was powerless’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Sarah Palin testified Thursday that she felt “mortified” and lost sleep after the New York Times published an…
Continue Reading New lawsuit targets alleged car warranty phone scams
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business If you’re tired of getting random calls from companies claiming to be from “dealer services”…
Continue Reading California sues Tesla citing ‘hundreds’ of racism complaints in factory
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business A California civil rights agency filed a lawsuit against Tesla Wednesday alleging racism and harassment at the…
Continue Reading California sues Tesla citing ‘hundreds’ of racism complaints in factory
CNN, CNN BUSINESS, WRAL By Matt McFarland, CNN Business A California civil rights agency filed a lawsuit against Tesla Wednesday alleging racism and…
Continue Reading Judge: Spaceport land deal must wait for March 8 election
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge has blocked a Georgia county from buying land for a commercial spaceport until the…
Continue Reading Officials: Avian flu strain at Indiana farm hasn’t spread
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say a strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds confirmed at a commercial turkey farm…
Continue Reading Xecutor video game piracy group member gets 3-year sentence
SEATTLE (AP) — A man who U.S. authorities said was involved in a sophisticated international video game piracy group called Team Xecutor has been…
Continue Reading Apple plans AirTag updates to curb unwanted tracking
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple said Thursday it plans to add more safeguards to AirTags to cut down on unwanted tracking following…
Continue Reading Minnesota editor returning to Louisiana’s largest newspaper
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The editor of Louisiana’s largest newspaper is retiring, and the new editor is a returning New Orleans native who comes to the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks slumped and bond yields moved sharply higher after a hot reading on inflation led to greater expectations that the…
Continue Reading US buys 600K doses of new COVID antibody awaiting clearance
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it has purchased enough doses of a yet-to-be approved…
Continue Reading Mattel, Walt Disney rise; Canada Goose, Lumen fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Mattel, Walt Disney rise; Canada Goose, Lumen…
Continue Reading Rocket startup’s Florida launch debut ends in ocean crash
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket startup’s big launch debut at Florida’s Cape Canaveral has…
Continue Reading Novavax says protein vaccine works for kids as young as 12
By The Associated Press Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine is proving safe and effective for kids as young as 12. The Maryland-based company makes a…
Continue Reading US auto factories disrupted by Canadian trucker rally
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business After a year of computer chip shortages, supply chain problems and temporary plant closings, this was about the last…
Continue Reading Crowd fundraising site says they will defy Canadian court order to stop disbursing funds to convoy protesters
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul P. Murphy and Paula Newton, CNN Online crowd fundraising site GiveSendGo said on Twitter it will not follow a Canadian court…
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White House warns trucker protests at US-Canada border crossings already causing ‘significant impacts’ to some industries
CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is “very closely” monitoring the protests by truckers at US-Canada border crossings in…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading To fight inflation, the Fed may resort to a tool it hasn’t used since 2000
By Matt Egan Red-hot inflation is raising pressure on the Federal Reserve to take drastic action to get control of prices. James Bullard, the…
Continue Reading Deadly US Northwest heat prompts legislation aimed at relief
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Northwest lawmakers are eyeing several emergency relief bills aimed…
Continue Reading Nevada, casinos rescind mask mandates effective immediately
By SCOTT SONNER and KEN RITTER Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada and its casinos have stopped requiring people to wear masks in…
Continue Reading Most US cities saw double-digit home price growth late last year
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices rose by double-digit percentages in two-thirds of the largest US cities at the end of last year, but that…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: A scarcity of chips feeds frustration, inflation
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Even coming off its fastest rate of annual growth in 37 years, the U.S. economy is…
Continue Reading Largest US public power company launches new nuclear program
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The largest public power company in the United States is launching a program to develop and fund new small…
Continue Reading Congress approves sex harassment bill in #MeToo milestone
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Congress has given final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience…
Continue Reading Consumers won’t accept high prices for long, Coke CEO warns
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The tide could be turning on consumers’ willingness to pay higher prices, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey…
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