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Why electric vehicles can cause motion sickness

Home prices are soaring. Is this another bubble?

What's at stake in a auto union vote in Alabama

OpenAI announces new version of AI language model

Starbucks is struggling. Here's why it matters.

Major agricultural firm sues California over farmworker unionization law

Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — adding to tensions with Beijing

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed in muted trading after Wall Street barely budges

Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady

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Feds urge people not to put decals on steering wheels after a driver is hurt by flying metal pieces

Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash

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FILE - The 2014 Range Rover Sport is unveiled during the 2013 New York International Auto Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, March 27, 2013, in New York. Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama are voting to join the UAW. Here's what's at stake.

Vote comes a month after the UAW unionized its first auto plant in the South.

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United Auto Workers union supporters attended a May 4, 2024 rally in Birmingham, Ala.

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Here are the locations that Red Lobster is closing in the US

Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento

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Red Lobster closes dozens of locations months after 'endless shrimp' losses

Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the U.S. are now on the chopping block

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A sign is posted on the exterior of a Red Lobster restaurant on April 17, 2024 in Rohnert Park, California.

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As Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation, many hope she’ll double down on gender equity

Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States

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FILE - Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates smiles as she leaves the Elysee Palace, June 23, 2023, in Paris. Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit shone of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world that she helped her ex-husband Bill Gates found more than 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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Meme stocks resurge as ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns to social media.

Shares of GameStop surged more than 70% for the second day in a row.

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VIDEO: Meme stocks resurge as ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns to social media.

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Sony Group, The Container Store rise; Alibaba, Smart Sand fall, Tuesday, 5/14/2024

Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday: Sony Group, The Container Store rise; Alibaba, Smart Sand fall

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Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment

The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster

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FILE - Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before burn in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2023. The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly in eastern Ohio until four days after last year's disastrous derailment. A whistleblower told The Associated Press that the plane could have provided crucial data about the chemicals spewing into the air and water around East Palestine. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Fed's Powell downplays potential for a rate hike despite higher price pressures

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again

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FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell appears before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, March 6, 2024, in Washington. Powell said Tuesday, May 14, that the central bank is unlikely to hike its key interest rate in response signs of stubborn inflation, and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

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Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison

An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison

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FILE - Anti-abortion activists Lauren Handy, front, with Terrisa Bukovinac, from left, Jonathan Darnell, and Randall Terry, speak during a news conference in Washington, April 5, 2022. An anti-abortion activist has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for leading others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital. Lauren Handy declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced her on Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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8 dead, at least 40 injured as farmworkers' bus overturns in central Florida

The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing eight people and injuring another 40 passengers

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Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly crash on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 near Dunnellon, Fla. The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing several people and injuring other passengers. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)

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Police: 8 dead, at least 40 injured when farmworkers' bus overturns in central Florida

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Ten federal agencies receive 'A+' in annual scorecard measuring small business contracting goals

Federal grants can be a huge boost for small businesses

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New Builders initiative looks to fight polarization by encouraging collaboration and alliances

A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber, journalist Katie Couric, and director of the Muhammad Ali Center Lonnie Ali announced Tuesday that it would launch Builders, a nonprofit global initiative ...

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This image provided by Michael Weintrob shows the TN11, a group of citizens brought together by Citizen Solutions to discuss potential gun rights changes, stands outside the state capital in Nashville on Jan. 9, 2024. (Michael Weintrob via AP)

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Boeing orders tumble as troubled aircraft maker struggles to overcome its latest crisis

Boeing is losing more aircraft orders than it is taking in

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Ohio police fatally shoot Amazon warehouse guard who tried to kill supervisor, authorities say

Authorities say a security guard trainee at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio was fatally shot by police after he tried to shoot his supervisor and later shot an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest

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Anglo American plans to break up its sprawling business as it tries to fend off takeover

Mining giant Anglo American plc plans to break up its sprawling worldwide business — including the DeBeers diamond operation — as it seeks to fend off a takeover and focus on minerals that are expected to boom amid the global shift to green energy

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May 14

There's bird flu in US dairy cows. Raw milk drinkers aren't deterred

Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows

May 14

A bottle of raw milk is displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows. Federal officials warn about the health risks of drinking raw milk at any time, but especially during this novel outbreak. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia)

May 14

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

As AI moves into medicine, perhaps no one has more to gain or lose than radiologists, the doctors who review medical scans for signs of cancer and other diseases

May 14

The Koios DS Smart Ultrasound software, used to get a second opinion on mammography images, is seen on a computer screen, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. In the near term, experts say AI will work like autopilot systems on planes — performing important navigation functions, but always under the supervision of a human pilot. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

May 14

Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends

The media industry is crumbling, and late-night comedy on television has less than half of the audience than it had a decade ago

May 14

This combination of images shows, from left, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert. LateNighter, a website and newsletter that follows late-night television comedy, began in February. (AP Photo)

May 14

Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

U.S. wholesale prices rose sharply last month, a sign that stubbornly high inflation may persist after three elevated readings in consumer prices to start the year

May 14

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

More than 300 Syrians refugees are heading back home from northeastern Lebanon to an uncertain future in Syria as anti-refugee sentiment is surging in crisis-hit Lebanon

May 14

Syrian refugees sit outside their tents near the gathering point where other refugees prepare to back home to Syria as a part of a voluntary return, in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Hundreds of Syrians refugees left a remote northeastern Lebanese town back to Syria in a convoy, amid a surge in anti-refugee sentiment in the small, crisis-hit country. Lebanese officials for years has urged the international community to resettle the refugees in other countries or help them return to Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

May 14

Europe's Stellantis and China's Leapmotor will sell electric cars in Europe from September

European carmaker Stellantis says it will begin selling electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor in nine European countries later this year

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Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, left and Zhu Jiangming, founder and CEO of Leapmotor attend a press conference at a hotel in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. European carmaker Stellantis on Tuesday said it had formed a joint venture with the Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor that will begin selling EVs in nine European countries later this year. (AP Photo/Caroline Chen)

May 14

New industry readies for launch as researchers hone offshore wind turbines that float

Researchers around the world are racing to create large wind turbines and floating platforms as upcoming lease auctions bring offshore wind closer to reality

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A computer graphic shows stability tests on a 13-foot-tall wind turbine in a wave pool, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the University of Maine, in Orono, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

May 14

Home Depot's sales continue to soften in 2024 as inflation, delayed start to spring weigh on sales

Home Depot’s sales continued to soften in the first quarter as the nation’s largest home improvement retailer not only was constrained by high mortgage rates and customers dealing with inflation concerns, but it also had to deal with a delayed start to...

May 14

FILE - A view of the exterior of the Home Depot improvement store, in Niles, Ill., on Feb. 19, 2022. Home Depot reports earnings on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Home Depot's sales continued to soften in the first quarter as the nation's largest home improvement retailer not only was constrained by high mortgage rates and customers dealing with inflation concerns, but it also had to deal with a delayed start to spring. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

May 14

Waymo is latest company under investigation for autonomous or partially automated technology

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles

May 14

FILE - A Waymo minivan moves along a city street as an empty driver's seat and a moving steering wheel drive passengers during an autonomous vehicle ride, on April 7, 2021, in Chandler, Ariz. The U.S. government's highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted documents detailing the probe on its website early Tuesday after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

May 14

Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — adding to tensions with Beijing

The Chinese foreign ministry is lashing out at the Biden administration's plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment

May 14

FILE - A worker assembles an SUV at a car plant of Li Auto, a major Chinese EV maker, in Changzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 27, 2024. The Biden administration is announcing plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment. (Chinatopix Via AP, File)

May 14

Why electric vehicles are causing motion sickness in drivers, passengers

Strong regenerative braking can cause passengers to feel queasy.

May 14

The lack of sound in electric vehicles as well as strong regenerative braking can cause motion sickness in some drivers and passengers, experts say.

May 14

Japan's Sony reports surge in profit on strong sales of movies, games and music

Sony has reported that its profit surged 34% in the last quarter from a year earlier on strong sales of its video games, music and movies

May 14

FILE - The Sony Pictures Plaza building is seen, Dec. 19, 2014, in Culver City, Calif. Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with the details. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

May 14

Protesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir end rallies that killed 4 after authorities revoke price hikes

Protesters in the Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir have called off dayslong rallies over price hikes that left four people dead

May 14

This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)

May 14

Cave-in leaves 3 miners missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland

Mine authorities in southern Poland say that two miners are dead and one is missing while 12 others were hurt following a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine

May 14

Czech power company CEZ reports net profit of $592 million in Q1, up by a quarter year-on-year

The Czech power company CEZ says its net profit in the first quarter of the year reached 13.6 billion Czech crowns or $592 million

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Stock market today: Stocks drift on Wall Street, hovering just below record high

Stocks drifted on Wall Street, leaving the market hovering just below the record high it set in late March

May 14

The front of the New York Stock Exchange is adorned with signs for the tool maker DeWalt in honor of the 100th year anniversary of the company on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Markets on Wall Street inched slightly higher ahead of the release of more inflation data from the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

May 14

Australian judge says it is unreasonable to require X to hide video of church stabbing for all users

An Australian judge says it would be unreasonable for the country’s internet safety watchdog to require social platform X to hide video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church from all of its users around the world

May 14

Xi's visit to Hungary and Serbia brings new Chinese investment and deeper ties to Europe's doorstep

Most countries in the European Union are making efforts to “de-risk” their economies from perceived threats posed by China

May 14

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, reviews an honor guard with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic during a welcome ceremony at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Most countries in the European Union are making efforts to “de-risk” their economies from perceived threats posed by China. But Hungary and Serbia have gone in the other direction. They are courting major Chinese investments in the belief that the world’s second-largest economy is essential for Europe’s future. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

May 14

Day care prices aren't getting better. So states are stepping in

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers

May 14

Marisshia Sigala secures her son Mateo in his car seat after picking him up after work from the Koala Children's Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Like most other New Mexico families, Sigala and her husband qualify for subsidized child care in New Mexico, providing them more flexibility to see more clients as they build their careers. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

May 13

K-pop fans around globe rally for climate and environment goals

Fans of Korean pop bands around the world are increasingly channeling their millions-strong online community into climate and environmental activism

May 13

In this image provided by Kpop4Planet, members demonstrate as part of a Hyundai, Drop Coal protest outside Hyundai Motorstudio Senayan Park in Jakarta, May 2023. The demonstration was in protest of Hyundai’s agreement to buy aluminum from an industrial park at least partially powered by newly built coal plants. Fans of Korean pop bands around the world are increasingly channeling their millions-strong online community into climate and environmental activism. (Kpop4Planet via AP)

May 13

Bumble's billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung

The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online

May 13

FILE - A phone with an App Store selection of the dating app Bumble is pictured Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Oklahoma City. The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online. The company backtracked Monday, May 13, 2024, apologizing for billboards that bore the message “You know full well a vow of celibacy is not the answer,” juxtaposed with an introduction to “the new Bumble.” (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

May 13

California moves closer to requiring new pollutant-warning labels for gas stoves

The California Assembly has approved legislation that would require new gas stoves to carry a label warning users about pollutants that have been linked to respiratory illnesses

May 13

FILE - A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove, March 26, 2024, in Los Angeles. California could soon ban the sale of new gas stoves unless they carry a label warning about pollutants they can release that have been linked to respiratory illnesses. The state Assembly approved the proposal Monday, May 13, 2024, that would require a warning label on gas stoves made or sold online after 2024, or sold in a store after 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

May 13

GOP attorneys general sue Biden administration and California over rules on gas-powered trucks

Dozens of Republican attorneys general are suing the Biden Administration and California over new limits on truck emissions

May 13

FILE - Motor vehicle traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia, March 31, 2021. Dozens of Republican attorneys general on Monday, May 13, 2024, took legal action against the Biden Administration and California over new emissions limits for trucks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

May 13

Major agricultural firm sues California over farmworker unionization law

One of California's most influential agricultural companies has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop a contentious law that was meant to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize

May 13

FILE - Farmworker Xochilt Nunez holds a copy of the bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize, in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022. One of California's most influential agricultural companies announced Monday, May 13, 2024, that it is suing the state to stop the contentious law to help farmworkers unionize. The legal action by the Wonderful Co. comes as it battles United Farm Workers over a newly formed union at one of its businesses. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

May 13

No criminal charges in rare liquor probe at Oregon alcohol agency, state report says

Oregon's justice department has concluded that criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor investigation that shook the state's alcohol agency last year

May 13

FILE - A bottle of Old Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, a 10-year-old, is shown behind glass doors at a whiskey bar, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

May 13

Owner of Raptors and Maple Leafs in talks to seal buying French soccer club Saint-Étienne

Storied French soccer club Saint-Étienne is in exclusive talks for a sale to the owner of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs

May 13

May 13

Arthur Irving, who grew his family's oil business and was one of Canada's richest men, dies at 93

Canadian billionaire Arthur L

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Arthur Irving, chairman of Irving Oil takes to the podium during the grand opening of the Halifax Harbour Terminal in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Oct. 20, 2016. Irving, one of Canada's richest people and the son of Canadian industrialist K.C. Irving, has died Monday, May 13, 2024, at the age of 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded, in an announcement by Irving Oil. (The Canadian Press via AP)

May 13

Third person pleads guilty in probe related to bribery charges against US Rep. Cuellar of Texas

Federal investigators have secured a third guilty plea in connection with an investigation into U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, who is accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico

May 13

FILE - Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. In a statement released Friday, May 3, Cuellar denied any wrongdoing amid reports of pending indictments related to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

May 13

OpenAI launches GPTo, improving ChatGPT's text, visual and audio capabilities

OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model

May 13

Ohio adult-use marijuana sales approved as part of 2023 ballot measure could begin by mid-June

Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June

May 13

FILE - Nikko Griffin, left, and Tyra Patterson, call out to arriving voters for several issues, including Issue 2, legalizing recreational marijuana, at a parking lot during early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

May 13

Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base

President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a “national security risk.”

May 13