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Afghans work in the garden of the renovated Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

From spring offensive to charm offensive: The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

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A Taliban-run tourism and hotel management institute has opened its doors to students. What they lack in hospitality experience, they make up for in their enthusiasm to promote a positive side of … more

By RIAZAT BUTT | 4/30/24

A man walks by Samsung Electronics' shop in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a 10-fold increase in operating profit for the last quarter as the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies drives a rebound in the markets for computer memory chips.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Samsung reports a 10-fold increase in profit as AI drives rebound in memory chip markets

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Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a 10-fold increase in operating profit for the last quarter as the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies drives a rebound in the markets for … more

4/29/24

Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito films a wildfire burn risk demonstration at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2024. Some property insurance companies in Hawaii and other states have stopped providing coverage to residents because of increasing wildfire risk and climbing construction costs. The Idaho Department of Insurance hosted the burn demonstration as part of a forum for western Insurance commissioners on the impact wildfires are having on the nation’s insurance market. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)

Growing wildfire risk leaves states grappling with how to keep property insurers from fleeing

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Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes and killed 101 people in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won’t be renewed because … more

By REBECCA BOONE | 4/29/24

FILE - 2024 Accord sedans are displayed at a Honda dealership April 14, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday, April 29, 2024, is expected to unveil a requirement that automatic emergency braking become standard equipment on nearly all new passenger vehicles. The 2024 Accord has automatic emergency braking. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years and set performance standards

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Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years. It's a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands … more

By TOM KRISHER | 4/29/24

FILE - Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird brings the ball up against the Washington Mystics during the second half of Game 1 of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff series Aug. 18, 2022, in Seattle. The Storm's owners, Force 10 Hoops, said Wednesday, April 24, 2024, that Bird has joined the ownership group. Bird said in a team statement her involvement with the Storm will continue to grow the game. “Investing in women's sports isn't just about passion,” she said. “It's smart business.” (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Sue Bird says joining ownership group of the Seattle Storm felt inevitable

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Sue Bird says becoming a part-owner of the only WNBA franchise she ever played for felt like an inevitability. It’s one more thing Bird is adding to an already busy agenda in retirement. The … more

By TIM BOOTH | 4/29/24

FILE - Paramount CEO Bob Bakish speaks as he attends an interview during the Barron's Roundtable at the Fox Business Network, Aug. 5, 2022, in New York. Paramount Global on Monday, April 29, 2024, announced that Bakish is stepping down as CEO of the film, television and multimedia company. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Paramount Global replaces CEO Bob Bakish with a troika of executives

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Paramount Global has announced that Bob Bakish is stepping down as CEO of the film, television and multimedia company. Bakish will be replaced by a troika of executives who will form a new “Office … more

4/29/24

FILE - Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., June 17, 2023. The activist investors trying to take control of Norfolk Southern's board are picking up key support, but the railroad's CEO promised Monday, April 29, 2024, to continue fighting until the May 9 vote because he believes his strategy is the best in the long run for investors, customers and workers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Investors trying to take control of Norfolk Southern railroad pick up key support

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The activist investors trying to take control of Norfolk Southern are picking up key support. But the railroad's CEO promised Monday to fight the takeover attempt because he believes his strategy is … more

By JOSH FUNK | 4/29/24

FILE - The sun flares in the camera lens as it rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, June 25, 2017. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, Calif., CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana.(AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

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The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, California, CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being … more

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST | 4/29/24

FILE - A Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla store in Littleton, Colo., June 18, 2023. Shares of Tesla stock rallied Monday, April 29, 2024, after the electric vehicle maker's CEO, Elon Musk, paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla's stock leaps on reports of Chinese approval for the company's driving software

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Shares of Tesla stock have rallied after the electric vehicle maker's CEO, Elon Musk, paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software. … more

4/29/24

FILE - The Philips Center is seen, Jan. 27, 2015, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines. The announcement Monday, April 29, 2024 is another step toward resolving one of the biggest medical device recalls in history, which has dragged on for nearly three years. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Philips will pay $1.1 billion to resolve US lawsuits over breathing machines that expel debris

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Medical device maker Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines. The announcement Monday is another step toward resolving one … more

By MATTHEW PERRONE | 4/29/24

A monitor shows U.S. dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate in Tokyo Monday, April 29, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's currency falls to its weakest since 1990 against the dollar as the yen keeps yelping

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The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for a moment on Monday it took 160 yen to equal $1. That took it back to where it was in 1990, just after Japan’s famous “bubble … more

4/29/24

FILE - Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power announced on Monday, April 29, 2024 that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)

A second new nuclear reactor is completed Georgia. The carbon-free power comes at a high price

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The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation. Georgia Power said Monday that Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 is complete. The project has cost billions more and took years … more

By JEFF AMY | 4/29/24

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. Makers of thousands of medical tests that have long escaped oversight will have to show that they deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. The regulation finalized Monday, April 29, 2024 brings tests developed by laboratories under control of the FDA, which has warned that the multibillion-dollar industry poses growing risks to patients. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety

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The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight. The rule was announced Monday. It is designed to improve the accuracy and reliability … more

By MATTHEW PERRONE | 4/29/24

FILE - Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee published a staff report on Wednesday, April 18, disclosing dozens of decisions by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, ordering X to suspend or remove around 150 user profiles from its platform in recent years. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP file)

Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over tweets that must be approved by Tesla

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The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric … more

4/29/24

This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)

Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' hits No. 1, experiences largest streaming week ever

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Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The 31-track album has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying Swift … more

By MARIA SHERMAN | 4/29/24

FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2023. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Newsom announced California is partnering with New Jersey-based Amneal Pharmaceuticals to purchase a generic version of Narcan. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

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California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid … more

By ADAM BEAM | 4/29/24

US opens investigation into Ford crashes involving Blue Cruise partially automated driving system

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Two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system have drawn the attention of U.S. auto safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has … more

4/29/24

Insider Q&A: Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy describes the challenges of starting a new carrier

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There aren't many newcomers in the airline business. It takes a lot of money to line up planes and hire pilots, flight attendants and all the other workers needed to airliners flying. And in the … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 4/29/24

A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

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Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. Within three or four years, Aurora and its … more

By TOM KRISHER | 4/29/24

Affluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts

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Older Americans are fueling a sustained boost to the U.S. economy. Benefiting from outsize gains in the stock and housing markets over the past several years, they are accounting for a larger share … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 4/29/24