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Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles …

5/10/2024
Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow light was added more than a century ago. Researchers at North Carolina State …

The United Auto Workers faces a key test in the South …

5/10/2024
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union. The company has …

America's debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to …

5/10/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It's well past time, the newly elected House speaker said in October, to establish a bipartisan commission to tackle the …

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower …

5/10/2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week. The …

Kansas' governor has killed proposed limits on foreign …

5/10/2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Proposed restrictions in Kansas on the foreign ownership of land died Friday when the state's Democratic governor vetoed a bill that top Republican lawmakers argued would …

James Simons, mathematician, philanthropist and hedge …

5/10/2024
James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then became one of the nation’s biggest philanthropists, has died at age 86. The …

US plans to impose major new tariffs on EVs, other …

5/10/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China, according to a U.S. …

California governor would slash 10,000 vacant state …

5/10/2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s budget deficit is $27.6 billion. The figure Newsom announced Friday is smaller than the deficit he anticipated in January. That’s because it …

700 union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin …

5/10/2024
About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new …

Film academy launches $500M fundraising campaign ahead …

5/10/2024
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for its Oscar prizes, museum, educational programming and …

Mock coffins fill a square in Milan in a protest over …

5/10/2024
MILAN (AP) — Mock coffins filled one of Milan’s most famous squares Friday in a protest organized by Italy's second-largest union to raise awareness over workplace deaths. Protesters lined up …

Target to reduce number of stores carrying …

5/10/2024
Target confirmed that it won’t be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment. Target, which …