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8 Mar 2024
A bill that could lead to a nation-wide TikTok ban is gaining momentum. Here's what to know apnews.com/article/tiktok-ba…

A bill that could ban TikTok advances to the Senate. What’s next?

The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue.

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BREAKING: OpenAI reinstates CEO Sam Altman to its board, says it has "full confidence" in him after an internal investigation. apnews.com/article/openai-sa…

OpenAI has 'full confidence' in CEO Sam Altman after investigation, reinstates him to board

OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil.

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9 Mar 2024
BREAKING: Congress passes the first group of spending bills before the shutdown deadline. The measure will go to President Biden to be signed into law. apnews.com/article/governmen…

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

The Senate has approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies.

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Friday is the last day US consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government apnews.com/article/covid-fre…

Friday is the last day US consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government

The U.S. government is suspending mail orders for free COVID-19 tests — at least for now. Friday is the last day residential households can request for free virus tests shipped through the United...

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8 Mar 2024
A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco.
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7 Mar 2024
Gird your loins! Jockstraps are still holding up after 150 years apnews.com/article/jockstrap…

Gird your loins! Jockstraps are still holding up after 150 years

Happy 150th birthday, dear jockstrap. How far you’ve come from your modest but mighty days protecting the precious parts of bicycle messengers as they navigated the bumpy cobblestones of Boston.

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7 Mar 2024
Gum makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again. apnews.com/article/gum-chewi…

Candy companies pitch gum as a stress reliever and concentration aid to revive stale US sales

Gum makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again. Generational habits, health concerns and the coronavirus pandemic have gnawed away at gum sales.

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6 Mar 2024
Boeing hasn't turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a jetliner, US official says apnews.com/article/ntsb-chai…

Boeing hasn't turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a jetliner, US official says

Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner in January, according to the head of the agency that's conducting the investigation.

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6 Mar 2024
BREAKING: An ex-Google engineer was charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology while secretly working with two companies based in China. apnews.com/article/china-goo…

Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies

The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in...

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6 Mar 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has weakened a proposed climate disclosure rule after strong pushback from companies and others. It will no longer require companies to report some greenhouse gas emissions. apnews.com/article/climate-c…

SEC approves rule requiring some companies to report greenhouse gas emissions. Legal challenges loom

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after...

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6 Mar 2024
A new IRS program is helping its first users file their income taxes electronically. And it's free apnews.com/article/irs-incom…

A new IRS program is helping its first users file their income taxes electronically. And it's free

The government's new free electronic filing system for income tax returns is getting its first users this filing season.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has weakened a proposed climate disclosure rule after strong pushback from companies and others. It will no longer require companies to report some greenhouse gas emissions apnews.com/article/climate-c…

SEC approves rule requiring some companies to report greenhouse gas emissions. Legal challenges loom

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after...

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6 Mar 2024
OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company apnews.com/article/openai-el…

OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company

OpenAI has attacked a lawsuit from Elon Musk, saying he supported making the ChatGPT maker a for-profit company.

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6 Mar 2024
Britain's governing Conservative Party hopes tax cuts can lift ailing election fortunes apnews.com/article/britain-t…

Britain's Conservative government announces tax cuts it hopes can lift its ailing election fortunes

British Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt is seeking to bolster spirits within his Conservative Party with a series of tax cuts that he hopes can turn the political tide ahead of a general election this...

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6 Mar 2024
Delta Airlines is hiking checked-baggage fees 17% following similar moves by United and American apnews.com/article/delta-che…

Delta Airlines is hiking checked-baggage fees 17% following similar moves by United and American

In case you needed yet another incentive to cram all your travel items into a carry-on, Delta Airlines has just boosted the cost of your first checked bag by 17%.

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5 Mar 2024
Cookie Monster is not the only one dealing with shrinkflation — and consumers are fighting back. apnews.com/article/inflation…

Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases — and winning

Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were...

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Target launches new paid membership program in a bid to drive sales at a time of cautious spending apnews.com/article/target-fo…

Target launches new paid membership program in a bid to drive sales at a time of cautious spending

Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game.

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5 Mar 2024
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads down in widespread outage apnews.com/article/meta-outa…

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads logins restored after widespread outage

A technical issue had caused widespread login issues for more than an hour across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday. Andy Stone, Meta’s head communications,...

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Regulator would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of Biden's campaign against junk fees apnews.com/article/credit-ca…

Biden administration would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of campaign against junk fees

President Joe Biden is highlighting a proposal to cap all credit card late fees. It’s the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will...

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BREAKING: Bitcoin bounces to an all-time high after FTX scandal plagued crypto apnews.com/article/bitcoin-r…

Bitcoin briefly hits an all-time high, less than two years after FTX scandal clobbered crypto

Bitcoin has hit an all-time high less than two years after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX severely damaged faith in digital currencies and sent prices plunging.

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