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FILE - In this April 19, 2013, file photo, Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J and owner of the Cleveland Browns, speaks during a news conference at the company headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least 15 executives at the Pilot truck stop chain with millions of dollars to inflate the company’s profits this year because that would force Berkshire to pay more for the Haslams’ remaining 20% stake in the company. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Haslam family refutes allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs

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An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren Buffett’s company a “wild invention." But a judge didn’t decide immediately whether those … more

By JOSH FUNK | 11/30/23

FILE - Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on July 28, 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, said it was advising people to stop eating precut cantaloupe if they don't know where it came from due to a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning that continues to grow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Don't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

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U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source. That comes as the number of illnesses and recalls tied to a deadly salmonella outbreak grows. At … more

By JONEL ALECCIA | 11/30/23

A gambler smokes while playing a slot machine at the Ocean Casino Resort on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, Nov. 30, a bill to ban smoking in Atlantic City's nine casinos was not acted upon following a hearing that was widely expected to start the measure on its way to approval after nearly three years of inaction. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

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A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos continues to go nowhere. The measure had been planned for a preliminary vote Thursday in a state Senate committee. But the head of that … more

By WAYNE PARRY | 11/30/23

Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case

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The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it … more

11/30/23

FILE - American Airlines pilot captain Pete Gamble, left, and first officer John Konstanzer conduct a pre-flight check in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, they will propose requiring that new planes be capable of recording 25 hours of sounds in the cockpit, up from the current two hours, to prevent valuable information from being lost after close calls. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Cockpit voice recordings get erased after some close calls. The FAA will try to fix that

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Federal officials say they will give investigators a better tool for understanding accidents and close calls between planes. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it will propose that new … more

11/30/23

FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A new study released Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government. The study said that 23% considered themselves “very prepared” to emigrate. (Adalberto Roque, Pool Photo via AP, file)

A new study says about half of Nicaragua's population wants to emigrate

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A new study says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government. … more

By GABRIELA SELSER | 11/30/23

File - Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio on Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. The windows were broken during a demonstration intended to show the strength of the glass. Musk is expected to give an update on manufacturing problems with the long-awaited Cybertruck at an event Thursday marking the first deliveries of the futuristic, angular pickup truck. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Tesla delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck pickups as it tries to fix production woes

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With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla has delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers. The deliveries Thursday came two years behind the … more

By TOM KRISHER | 11/30/23

FILE - Mercedes-Benz stadium is seen, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Atlanta. Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta will host the opening game and South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium gets the final when Copa América returns to the United States in 2024. A joint announcement was made Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, the governing bodies of South American and North American soccer, respectively. Other sites and scheduling for the 16-team tournament will be revealed later.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

SEC extends agreement to keep football championship in Atlanta at least through 2031

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The Southeastern Conference championship game will remain at Mercedes-Benz Stadium through at least 2031. The SEC has joined stadium operator AMB Sports and Entertainment and the Georgia World … more

11/30/23

FILE - Todd Kohlhepp appears in court, Friday, May 26, 2017 in Spartanburg, S.C. Kohlhepp, who is serving a life sentence, illegally obtained guns from Academy Sports Outdoors, according to a lawsuit. The sporting goods chain is paying the families of three people shot to death by Kohlhepp $2.5 million after the store sold guns to a straw buyer for the killer, who was a felon and couldn’t legally buy the weapons. (John Byrum/Spartanburg Herald-Journal via AP, File)

Academy Sports is paying $2.5 million to families of a serial killer's victims for illegal gun sales

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A sporting goods chain is paying the families of three people shot to death by a South Carolina serial killer $2.5 million after the store sold guns to a straw buyer for the killer. The lawsuit says … more

By JEFFREY COLLINS | 11/30/23

FILE - Barbie-themed merchandise is displayed in a special section at Bloomingdale's, in New York, Thursday, July 20, 2023. The "Barbie" movie, parent company Mattel, created a product marketing blitz with more than 100 brands plastering pink everywhere. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Extreme weather, guilt tipping and, yes, Barbie: We're over you, 2023

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There's much that happened in 2023 best left behind come the new year. Barbie mania was fun, but let's move on. Extreme weather took over in wicked, deadly, painful ways. The A-list hit the streets … more

By LEANNE ITALIE | 11/30/23

FILE - Miriam Adelson, wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson, listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Miriam Adelson, the controlling shareholder of casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp., plans to sell $2 billion in company stock and buy an unspecified professional sports franchise, the company announced Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the Adelson family, a person with knowledge of the talks said late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Adelson adding NBA team to resume of casino mogul, GOP power broker, US and Israel newspaper owner

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The prospective new owner of the Dallas Mavericks is one of the richest women in the world, a Las Vegas casino mogul, and a U.S. and Israel power broker and newspaper publisher. A federal regulatory … more

By KEN RITTER | 11/30/23

FILE - This Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, shows the exterior of AbbVie, in Lake Bluff, Ill. AbbVie is buying ImmunoGen in a deal valued at about $10.1 billion with the goal of speeding the pharmaceutical's entry into the market for ovarian cancer treatments. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Pharmaceutical company AbbVie buying ImmunoGen in $10.1 billion deal

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Pharmaceutical company AbbVie is buying ImmunoGen in a deal valued at about $10.1 billion that will speed up its entry into the commercial market for ovarian cancer. ImmunoGen Inc. has the ovarian … more

11/30/23

FILE - British Chancellor, Alistair Darling speaks to the media about economy in a press conference in London, Monday, April 19, 2010. Darling, a central figure in the U.K.’s response to the 2008 financial crisis who later helped organize the campaign against Scottish independence, has died it was reported on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 70 and had been treated for cancer, his family said in statement. Darling served as Britain’s treasury chief under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who praised him as a “popular and effective’’ government minister. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Former UK Treasury chief Alistair Darling, who steered nation through a credit crunch, has died

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British ex-Treasury chief Alistair Darling has died at age 70. Darling was a central figure in the U.K.’s response to the 2008 financial crisis who later helped organize the campaign against … more

11/30/23

An Amazon Prime delivery person struggles with packages while making a stop at a high-rise apartment building on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures continuing to cool

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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure cooled last month, the latest sign that price pressures are waning in the face of high interest rates and moderating economic growth. Prices were … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 11/30/23

A hiring sign is displayed at a school in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Applications for US jobless benefits rise modestly, but continuing claims are most in 2 years

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Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in two years. The Labor Department … more

By MATT OTT | 11/30/23

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024

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Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election. The … more

By DAVID KLEPPER | 11/30/23

FILE - United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, Ford said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

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Ford Motor Co. says a six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year. Additional labor costs from the … more

11/30/23

FILE - Fruits are pictured in a discounter in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Europeans again saw some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November, the lowest in more than two years, as plummeting energy costs have eased a cost-of-living crisis but higher interest rates squeeze the economy's ability to grow.(AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Inflation in Europe falls to 2.4%. It shows interest rates are packing a punch

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Europeans are again seeing some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November, the lowest in more than two years. Plummeting energy costs have eased a cost-of-living crisis but higher interest … more

By COURTNEY BONNELL | 11/30/23

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

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Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of the release of U.S. consumer inflation data. Benchmarks rose in most major markets. U.S. futures rose and oil prices also advanced as the OPEC+ members were … more

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | 11/30/23

OPEC+ suppliers struggle to agree on cuts to oil production even as prices tumble

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The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and allied producers including Russia are trying to agree on cuts to the amount of crude they send to the world. Prices have tumbled recently despite their … more

By COURTNEY BONNELL and JOSH BOAK | 11/30/23