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FILE - A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif. Three major freight railroads, including Union Pacific, responded Monday, April 24, 2023, to the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger with an agreement to work together on a competing service to carry shipments across North America. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

3 railroads join up to compete with CPKC to serve Mexico

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Three major freight railroads are responding to the recent Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. They are agreeing to work together on a competing service to carry shipments across North … more

By JOSH FUNK | 4/24/23

FILE - Tucker Carlson attends the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday, July 31, 2022. Fox News says it has agreed to part ways with Tucker Carlson, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said in a press release Monday that the popular and controversial prime-time host's last program aired on Friday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messages

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Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News didn't go to trial, but still revealed plenty of what Fox personalities, including Tucker Carlson, had been saying about false 2020 election claims. … more

By The Associated Press | 4/24/23

FILE - A television screen displaying financial news, including the stock price of First Republic Bank, is seen inside one of the bank's branches in New York's Financial District, on March 16, 2023. Customers of the bank pulled more than $100 billion in deposits out of the bank during the March crisis, as fears swirled that it could be the third bank to fail after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

First Republic clients pulled $100B in deposits during panic

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Depositors at First Republic Bank pulled more than $100 billion in deposits out of the bank during last month’s crisis. That came as fears swirled that it could be the third bank to fail after the … more

By KEN SWEET | 4/24/23

FILE - The Lavender pit mine, where a copper operation stopped in 1974, sits outside Bisbee, Ariz., on May 12, 2019. A Nevada Democrat and an Idaho Republican expect to introduce a Senate bill Tuesday, April 25, 2023, to ensure mining companies can use lands neighboring their federal claims to dump waste as they always had before a U.S. appeals court adopted a stricter interpretation last year of a 150-year-old law. (AP Photo/Anita Snow, File)

Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling

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A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator wants Congress to step in to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands. Federal agencies had allowed that … more

By SCOTT SONNER | 4/24/23

Appeals court upholds Apple's control of iPhone app store

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An appeals court has upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps. In its ruling Monday, the court rejected the latest attempt to force one of the world’s most powerful … more

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | 4/24/23

This photo provided by OpenAI shows Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI. Murati leads OpenAI's research, product and safety teams. (OpenAI via AP)

Insider Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on shepherding ChatGPT

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OpenAI was building a reputation in the artificial intelligence field but wasn’t a household name when Mira Murati joined the nonprofit research lab in 2018. Soon after, the San Francisco lab … more

By MATT O'BRIEN | 4/24/23

FILE - A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration on Monday, April 24, 2023, to fast-track federal funds for Brightline, a private company, to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Vegas-to-California high-speed train gets bipartisan backing

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A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and … more

By KEN RITTER | 4/24/23

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The Democratic president and Republican congressional leader have each tried to assure the public in recent weeks that they don't want the government of the world's largest economy to default. But President Joe Biden has resisted McCarthy's calls for negotiations, while McCarthy is pushing a plan that can't pass the Democratic-majority Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What's behind the looming 'x-date' on the US debt limit?

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In January, the U.S. government ran up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion, and the Treasury Department began implementing “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default. That … more

By JOSH BOAK | 4/24/23

From left: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo wave during the North Sea Summit in Ostend, Belgium, Monday, April 24, 2023. Leaders gather on Monday in the hopes of expanding a collective ambition to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea and make it the largest powerhouse of Europe by 2050. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

European leaders commit to more wind energy production

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A group of Western European nations led by Germany and France are committing to massively ramp up the production of clean energy from wind turbines in the North Sea. They want to both meet climate … more

By RAF CASERT | 4/24/23

FILE - Don Lemon attends the 15th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

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Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. CNN … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 4/24/23

FILE - The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter verification reappears, but some disavow Musk’s mark

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Celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why the blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy … more

4/24/23

FILE - Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, network confirms

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Fox News says it has agreed to part ways with Tucker Carlson, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said that the popular and … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 4/24/23

The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, April 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump

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The Supreme Court will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts. It's an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President … more

By JESSICA GRESKO | 4/24/23

Terrica Purvis, a student, in Chemistry 121 class at Everett Community College tests the pH balance of a buffer solution and water, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Purvis is in her first year of study for an associate degree in nursing at Everett Community College. The 27-year-old is also one of more than 6,000 Washington community and technical college students enrolled in the state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

To help students, some colleges provide double the teachers

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Teachers say students who need extra help in subjects such as algebra can struggle to learn if the content is taught in an abstract, isolated manner. That’s why a Washington state program features … more

By ELLEN DENNIS, The Seattle Times | 4/24/23

Bottles of Coca-Cola are on display at a grocery market in Uniontown, Pa, on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Coca-Cola reports earnings on Monday, April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Coke has strong 1st quarter on higher prices, China rebound

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Coca-Cola Co. reported higher-than-expected sales in the first quarter as it continued to hike prices and saw its business in China improve. Coke said its revenue rose 5% to $11 billion for the … more

By DEE-ANN DURBIN | 4/24/23

FILE - The sun sets behind the 'duisport logport' logistics center at the river Rhine in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. A key measure of German business optimism rose in April for the seventh month in a row amid lower natural gas prices and the reopening of the Chinese economy after COVID-19 restrictions. The Munich-based IFO institute’s confidence index has gone up to 93.6 from 93.2 in March. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

China boosts German business optimism, but challenges ahead

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A key measure of German business optimism rose in April for the seventh month in a row amid lower natural gas prices and the reopening of the Chinese economy after COVID-19 restrictions. The … more

4/24/23

FILE - Grey clouds cover the sky over a building of the Credit Suisse bank in Zurich, Switzerland, on Feb. 21, 2022. Ailing bank Credit Suisse on Monday reported over 61 billion Swiss francs ($68 billion) in outflows in the first quarter, when Switzerland’s government arranged for its takeover by rival UBS, and said clients are still withdrawing assets this month. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP, File)

Credit Suisse saw $69 billion in outflows at start of 2023

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Credit Suisse says it saw nearly $69 billion in outflows in the first three months of the year and that clients are still withdrawing assets. The Swiss bank on Monday cited “significant net asset … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 4/24/23

Interior view of an almost deserted terminal at BER Airport in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 24, 2023. Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports are staging walkouts in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for security staff, leading to flight cancellations in both German cities. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

Airport strikes lead to cancellations in Berlin, Hamburg

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Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports are staging walkouts in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for security staff, leading to flight cancellations in both German cities. German news … more

4/24/23

FILE - Ed Sheeran performs at Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball on Dec. 10, 2021, in New York. Jury selection and opening statements are expected to begin Monday, April 24, 2023, in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran's “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye's “Let's Get It On.” (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Ed Sheeran hit, Marvin Gaye classic soul of copyright trial

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Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Gaye's co-writer of … more

By ANDREW DALTON and LARRY NEUMEISTER | 4/24/23

A pedestrian is silhouetted against a high rise at 160 Water Street in Manhattan's financial district, as the building is undergoing a conversion to residential apartments, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing

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A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic. … more

By MAE ANDERSON, ASHRAF KHALIL and MICHAEL CASEY | 4/24/23