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Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX over alleged trespassing in Texas

The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas
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FILE - Elon Musk arrives before a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
September 21

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along Mississippi's coast from harm by a spillway used for flood control
September 21
FILE - Workers open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert rising water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, upriver from New Orleans, in Norco, La., May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
September 21

Madonna makes veiled entrance to Dolce&Gabbana for show celebrating her 1990s heyday

Madonna has attempted a semi-stealth entrance to the Dolce & Gabbana runway show draped in a black veil for a runway show referencing her 1990s heyday and celebrating the cone bra
September 21
A model wears a creation as part of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
September 21

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges
September 21
FILE - Britain's outgoing Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks down as he makes a short speech outside 10 Downing Street before going to see King Charles III to tender his resignation in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
September 21

Motel 6 sold to Indian hotel operator for $525 million

The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India
September 21
FILE - This Jan. 3, 2018 file photo shows a Motel 6 in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
September 21

FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge

The FBI has confirmed that federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse
September 21
FILE - The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
September 21

Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as cargo ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge, FBI says

Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as cargo ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge, FBI says
September 21
September 21

New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change

The annual New York City Climate Week and United Nations General Assembly that's just about to start are emphasizing how to generate trillions of dollars that will be needed to help poorer countries move away from gas, oil and coal, fuels that release ...
September 21
Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a Youth Climate Strike march to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
September 21

Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he's pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests
September 21
FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet poses for photo, along with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, not in photo, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, Dec.11, 2023. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)
September 21

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and, in some parts of the country, especially vibrant foliage
September 21
FILE - Fall foliage reflects on the Androscoggin River as Kathy Thorson rows a single scull, Oct. 12, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
September 21

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

Generative artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the presidential campaign, even if the greatest fears about how it could threaten the U.S. presidential election haven’t materialized yet
September 21
This combination of photos shows Vice President Kamala Harris, left, on Aug. 7, 2024 and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
September 20

Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after years of turmoil

Vote counting is underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as it seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis and political upheaval
September 20
Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
September 20

Sri Lanka begins voting in a presidential election that will decide direction of recovery from its worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka begins voting in a presidential election that will decide direction of recovery from its worst economic crisis
September 20
September 20

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need
September 20
FILE - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre participates in a question and answer session at a fundraiser for Willowood Developmental Center, a facility that provides training and assistance for special needs students, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
September 20

The head of Boeing's defense and space business is out as company tries to fix troubled contracts

Boeing is replacing the head of its defense and space business
September 20
FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
September 20

An appeals court has revived a challenge to President Biden's Medicare drug price reduction program

A constitutional challenge to the Biden administration program enabling Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs has been revived by a federal appeals court
September 20
FILE - Pharmaceuticals are arranged for a photograph in North Andover, Mass., June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
September 20

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government
September 20
Lawyers and legal assistants leave the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a lunch break in the Department of Justice's antitrust trial against tech giant Google, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 20

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 9/20/2024

A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note
September 20
September 20

American Airlines negotiates a contract extension with labor unions that it sued 5 years ago

American Airlines has agreed on a contract extension for ground workers including mechanics and baggage handlers
September 20
September 20

High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers

The federal government is suing some pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price of insulin soar for patients
September 20
FILE - A sign stands outside the Federal Trade Commission building, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 20

Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators' case to proceed

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court
September 20
FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile device in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
September 20

A strike by Boeing factory workers shows no signs of ending after its first week

Boeing has started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees as a week-old labor strike by 33,000 union machinists shows no signs of ending
September 20
A strike sign is waved at union machinist picket line near Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
September 20

Were warning signs ignored? Things to know about this week's testimony on the Titan sub disaster

Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean
September 20
This June 2023 United States Coast Guard still frame from video provided by Pelagic Research Services, shows remains of the Titan submersible, center, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard Video courtesy Pelagic Research Services via AP)
September 20

Fed's rate cut sends stocks to record highs. Where are markets headed from here?

The S&P 500 and the Dow vaulted to record highs one day after the rate cut.
September 20
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Sept. 19, 2024, in New York.
September 20

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales

The Republican-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want
September 20
The 2025 model Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric SUV is seen Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, after being unveiled at an auto dealership in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
September 20

Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares

Shares of Trump Media have slumped to new lows on the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform
September 20
September 20

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers

The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers
September 20
FILE - Shown are the unit 2 cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
September 20

Passenger on a previous Titan submersible dive testified his mission was aborted underwater due to apparent malfunction

Passenger on a previous Titan submersible dive testified his mission was aborted underwater due to apparent malfunction
September 20
September 20

GM recalling more than 449,000 SUVs, pickups due to issue with low brake fluid warning light

General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place
September 20
FILE - A General Motors logo is displayed outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Jan. 27, 2020, in Hamtramck, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
September 20

Will the Fed cut interest rates again this year? Experts weigh in.

The Fed delivered a large interest rate cut this week.
September 20
The Federal Reserve Headquarters are pictured, March 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
September 20

Seeking to counter China, US awards $3 billion for EV battery production in 14 states

The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production
September 20
FILE - A 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E charges, Friday, March 8, 2024, at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
September 20

EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

The European Union is ready to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations
September 20
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, left, holds a bouquet of flowers to place at a wall commemorating the fallen Ukrainian soldiers in the war with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)
September 20

Turkey wants to regulate Germany's beloved döner kebab street food

The döner kebab is beloved in Berlin
September 20
People are seen through the window of a doner kebab restaurant in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 20

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades
September 20
Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins inspects his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
September 20

Stock market today: Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed as FedEx slumps and Nike jumps

U.S. stocks drifted around their all-time highs, as a record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note
September 20
A bus passes the Wall St. subway station on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
September 20

Protests ousted Sri Lanka's last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country
September 20
FILE - Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
September 20

Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction

A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure
September 20
Attorney Jane Schvets asks a question during the Titan marine board of investigation hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. (Corey Connor via AP, Pool)
September 19

A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say

A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say
September 19
September 19

Nike names Elliott Hill as CEO, replacing John Donahoe

Nike Inc. has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO effective, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month
September 19
File - The Nike logo is shown on a store in Miami Beach, Fla. on Aug. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
September 19

Civil rights groups call on major corporations to stick with DEI programs

A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
September 19
FILE - Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, speaks during a presentation on Sept. 28, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
September 19

US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

Federal land managers have completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine they say would help supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower
September 19
FILE - Botanist Florencia Peredo Ovalle holds a sample of Tiehm's buckwheat in her greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, file)
September 19

No decision made by appeals court in elections betting case

Betting on elections remains on hold after a federal appeals court did not issue a decision Thursday in a case involving whether such bets should be allowed
September 19
September 19

23andMe directors resign as the CEO of the genetic-testing company seeks to take it private

All of 23andMe’s independent directors have resigned from its board in a rare move that marks the latest challenge for the genetic-testing company
September 19
FILE - 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki speaks at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on UCSF's Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, Feb. 20 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
September 19

This fund has launched some of the biggest names in fashion. It's marking 20 years

Before they were household names, many top U.S. designers got their start at The Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund
September 19
Fashion from Singapore designer and CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist Grace Ling is pictured on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in New York. Ling showcased her second collection titled "Neanderthal" during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 6. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
September 19

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 9/19/2024

Wall Street leapt to record highs as delayed jubilation swept across markets worldwide following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates
September 19
September 19

Wall Street jumps to record highs as global markets cheer Fed rate cut

Wall Street jumps to record highs as global markets cheer Fed rate cut
September 19
September 19

Apple begins testing AI software designed to bring a smarter Siri to the iPhone 16

Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday
September 19
Attendees take a closer look at the Apple iPhone 16 during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
September 19

Biden says Fed made 'declaration of progress' with interest rate cut

President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased
September 19
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Economic Club of Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
September 19

At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say different

The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand
September 19
Lawyers and legal assistants leave the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a lunch break in the Department of Justice's antitrust trial against tech giant Google, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 19

Titan submersible's scientific director testifies that the sub malfunctioned just prior to the fatal Titanic dive

Titan submersible's scientific director testifies that the sub malfunctioned just prior to the fatal Titanic dive
September 19