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Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds

Elon Musk’s attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman
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FILE - President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP, File)
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Stock market today: Asian stocks are mostly higher ahead of Federal Reserve's meeting

Asian stocks are mostly higher ahead of the Fed’s last rate decision this year
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Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Federal Reserve is set to cut key rate but consumers might not feel much benefit anytime soon

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday will likely signal a slower pace of interest rate cuts next year compared with the past few months, which would mean that Americans might enjoy only slight relief from still-high borrowing costs for mortgages, aut...
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FILE - Comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appear on a bank of screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Nissan, Honda confirm talks on closer collaboration but say there's been no decision on a merger

Japanese automakers Nissan Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have confirmed that they are discussing closer collaboration but denied reports they have decided on a merger
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FILE - Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda President Toshihiro Mibe attend a joint news conference in Tokyo, Friday, March 15, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
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Nissan Motor's shares jump 22% as the companies confirm it's in talks on a merger with Honda

Nissan Motor's shares jump 22% as the companies confirm it's in talks on a merger with Honda
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December 17

Grubhub to pay $25M in deceptive practices settlement with Illinois attorney general and the FTC

Grubhub Inc. will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission
December 17
FILE - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul pauses during an interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
December 17

Lawmakers unveil bill to fund government through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in disaster aid

Lawmakers unveil bill to fund government through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in disaster aid
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December 17

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 12/17/2024

U.S. stock indexes closed lower and gave back some of their stellar gains for the year
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December 17

Amazon investing another $10 billion in Ohio-based data centers

Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio
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FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed, Sept. 6, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
December 17

Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO as an act of terrorism

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is charged with murder as an act of terrorism
December 17
Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Janet Klingbeil via AP)
December 17

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after pre-election poll

President-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register newspaper and its pollster of “brazen election interference” for publishing a poll the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris was leading by three percentage point...
December 17
FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
December 17

Energy chief Granholm warns against 'unfettered exports' of liquefied natural gas

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the incoming Trump administration should proceed cautiously as it considers proposals for new natural gas export terminals
December 17
FILE - A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
December 17

Canada imposes economic sanctions on 5 Venezuelan officials, including the high court president

Canada has imposed economic sanctions on five Venezuelan officials, including the head of the country’s high court, accusing them of engaging in electoral fraud during the disputed July presidential election
December 17
FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waits to receive attendees at the start of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas, File)
December 17

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January
December 17
ARCHIVO – El CEO de OpenAI, Sam Altman, asiste a un evento de Apple para anunciar nuevos productos, en Cupertino, California, el 10 de junio de 2024. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, Archivo)
December 17

Stellantis pledges invest $2.1M in Italian production in 2025 during government talks

The Stellantis automaker has pledged to invest 2 billion euros or $2.1 billion in Italian production next year and spend another 6 billion euros or $6.3 billion in the supply chain
December 17
Executives from Stellantis and economic, labor and economic development ministers sit during a meeting held at the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
December 17

Small winter catch set for New England's long-closed shrimp industry, a climate casualty

New England shrimp will come back to seafood counters in small amounts next year under a research fishing program
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012, file photo, northern shrimp lie in a pile aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
December 17

California's Pacific Gas & Electric could receive $15B in federal loans to modernize its power grid

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas & Electric vehicles are parked at the PG&E Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
December 17

Woman who stowed away on flight to Paris arrested again in Buffalo

A Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo
December 17
FILE - A vehicle stops at Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
December 17

PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner

The PGA Tour is hiring a CEO for the first time
December 17
FILE - Commissioner of the PGA Tour, Jay Monahan IV speaks during a news conference ahead of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Aug. 28, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, file)
December 17

Global demand spurring Indonesia's mining boom comes at a cost for many communities

Indonesia's mining industry is rapidly expanding on demand for the minerals needed to help power the global energy transition, like nickel, cobalt and bauxite
December 17
Ilyas, 70, who has been complaining of itchy skin rashes, sits for a photograph at his house on Kabaena Island near nickel mining activities in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
December 17

Event promoters, hotels and lodging sites soon will have to disclose extra fees up front

The Federal Trade Commission says it will soon require hotels, vacation rental platforms and live event promoters to disclose any fees up front when they list prices
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FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington on Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
December 17

Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading

President Joe Biden has endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week
December 17
President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
December 17

Billion-dollar donation from Netflix's Reed Hastings leads 2024's list of biggest gifts

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg made the largest contributions in 2024, and financial aid, especially for medical students, got most of the money
December 17
FILE - Michael Bloomberg prepares to speak at an Earthshot Prize Innovation Camp in London, on June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)
December 17

Business owners should not forget anti-money laundering rule currently in legal limbo

Small business owners should not forget about a rule that requires them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1
December 17
FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
December 17

Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead
December 17
Dr. Silke Niederhaus exams patient Eric Lyons at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md., on May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
December 17

'Bluey' is bound for the big screen with a feature film coming in 2027

“Bluey” is heading to the big screen
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Handlers guide the Bluey balloon down Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 17

Company recalls over 541K winter tires because they don't have enough snow traction

A company that sells replacement winter tires is recalling more than 541,000 of them in the U.S. because they don’t have enough snow traction to meet North American standards
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Retail sales rose at healthy pace last month in latest sign of US economy's health

Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season
December 17
Shoppers pass by electric bicycles on display in a Cabela's sporting goods store Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
December 17

Retail sales rose at healthy pace last month in latest sign of the US economy's health

Retail sales rose at healthy pace last month in latest sign of the US economy's health
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December 17

An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant

An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time in eight years
December 17
Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney stands with transplant surgeons Dr. Jayme Locke, left, now of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration and Dr. Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Health, center, on Dec. 10, 2024, at NYU Langone Health, in New York City. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
December 17

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis
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December 17

Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach

European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts
December 17
FILE - Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco on March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
December 17

Boston plans to renovate a crumbling stadium for its new women's soccer team. Not everyone is happy

Boston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods for its new professional women's soccer team
December 17
Carla-Lisa Caliga, of Boston, front left, joins with others displaying placards during a rally held to save White Stadium, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
December 17

Takeaways from the AP's reporting on nuclear bunkers

Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending has surged to $91.4 billion last year
December 17
The owner, who asked not to be identified because of concerns about his privacy, walks up the steps of his underground shelter in an undisclosed Southern California city, on Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
December 17

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite expert warnings they aren’t going to provide protection

Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending surged to $91.4 billion last year
December 17
Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters, talks about the bunker his company is building for a client during a tour of his operations in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2024, (AP Photo/LM Otero)
December 17

EU investigates TikTok over Romanian presidential election safeguards

European Union regulators are investigating whether TikTok breached the bloc’s digital rulebook by failing to deal with risks to Romania’s presidential election
December 17
A TikTok sign is displayed on top of their building in Culver City, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
December 17

Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US?

Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son has joined President-elect Donald Trump in announcing plans by technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States
December 17
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son smiles as he listens to President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 17

Grassroots funding for Ukraine's military declines as groups look for creative ways to raise money

Advertisements pasted along the sidewalk in Kyiv ask for donations to help fill financial gaps across Ukraine's military
December 17
Iryna Panchuk, solo singer of indie rock band Renie Cares sings during the presentation of the music album Epoch, a collaboration between Ukrainian artists and the 3rd Assault Brigade, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
December 16

Stock market today: Wall Street trims its stellar gains as Nvidia's star dims again

U.S. stock indexes trimmed some of their stellar gains for the year
December 16
A scooter passes the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
December 16

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 12/16/2024

U.S. stock indexes drifted through mixed trading ahead of a meeting by the Federal Reserve later this week that could set Wall Street’s direction into next year
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December 16

The US Census Bureau is adding refugees to its immigrant count

The U.S. Census Bureau is changing how it counts international migration in its annual population estimates
December 16
FILE - A pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., June 10, 2021, to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)
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Mexico's regulators impose 10-year special restrictions on Walmart's subsidiary

Mexico’s anti-monopoly regulators have imposed special conditions for a period of 10 years on Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary for allegedly pressuring suppliers
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FILE - A Walmart store stands in Mexico City, Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
December 16

New Jersey weighs making underage gambling no longer a crime, but subject to a fine

Should underage gambling no longer be a crime
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December 16

Another month, another record smashed for New Jersey internet gambling

New Jersey’s red-hot internet gambling market continued to smash records in November, even as revenue inside physical casinos continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels at six of Atlantic City’s nine casinos
December 16
Gamblers play roulette at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J. on Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media

Former talk show host Carlos Watson has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in the federal financial conspiracy case surrounding his once-buzzy Ozy Media
December 16
FILE - Carlos Watson leaves Brooklyn federal court after testifying in his own defense in New York, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)
December 16

TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold

TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agrees to sell it
December 16
A TikTok sign is displayed on top of their building in Culver City, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
December 16

TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold

TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold
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December 16

Insider Q&A: High hopes for Australia social media ban and channeling parental 'fury' over tech

Julie Scelfo started MAMA — Mothers Against Media Addiction — earlier this year to help parents fight back against the harms of social media on children
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(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)
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US to require passenger vehicles to sound alarms if rear passengers don't fasten their seat belts

Starting in September of 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don’t buckle up
December 16
FILE - A seat belt warning sign for the right front passenger seat is displayed in a vehicle on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file)
December 16

Overdose deaths fell by 17% from 2023 to 2024, CDC says

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that overdose deaths fell by 17%. Dr. Darien Sutton explains why.
December 16
VIDEO: Overdose deaths fell by 17%, CDC says