Record Store Day celebrates independent retail music sellers who have endured long after megastores like Tower Records closed. The holiday invented at a gathering of independent record store owners …
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By ANITA SNOW
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4/20/24
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The public portion of a Panamanian trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth has come to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion. A …
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By JUAN ZAMORANO
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4/19/24
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Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show. The concert used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion Las Vegas arena to give even the fans that have seen Phish …
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By JOSH CORNFIELD
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4/19/24
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Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are exploring the possibility of selling a non-controlling, minority interest in the franchise, the team announced. A person with knowledge of the decision …
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By JOHN WAWROW
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4/19/24
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The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing the sale of gasoline containing a higher blend of ethanol for the third summer in a row. The emergency waiver issued Friday will exempt gasoline …
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By JOSH FUNK
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4/19/24
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Salvage crews at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore are turning their focus to the thousands of tons of debris sitting atop the massive cargo ship that veered off course …
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By LEA SKENE
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4/19/24
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The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its right to seize cannabis shipments amid complaints by licensed cannabis suppliers that shipments worth more than $300,000 have been confiscated in recent months …
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By MORGAN LEE
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4/19/24
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The man who will run this year’s United Nations climate talks in November views the upcoming negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb worsening global warming — if they can be …
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BY SETH BORENSTEIN
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4/19/24
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The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, …
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By TOM KRISHER
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4/19/24
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Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China on Beijing’s orders. Apple said that the apps were removed from the store on …
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By ZEN SOO
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4/19/24
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The Biden administration is imposing sanctions on two entities accused of fundraising for extremist Israeli-occupied West Bank settlers who have harassed and attacked Palestinians. Also sanctioned …
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN
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4/19/24
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The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two forever chemicals used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances. Friday's action is intended to ensure quicker …
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By MATTHEW DALY
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4/19/24
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Olympic organizers have unveiled their plans to use artificial intelligence in sports, joining the global rush to capitalize on the rapidly advancing technology. The International Olympic Committee …
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4/19/24
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Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production of the world’s …
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
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4/19/24
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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
The Biden administration has finalized rules that would restrict new oil and gas leasing and development in portions of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska that are considered particularly …
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By BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY
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4/19/24
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An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying it violates citizens’ right to speech and …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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4/19/24
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A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they say are results showing unpoliced derogatory and often false comments. The …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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4/19/24
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BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town. …
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By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON
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4/19/24
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Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their …
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By JUAN ZAMORANO
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4/19/24
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A bill in California wants to make more rental housing available to tenants with pets. Assembly Bill 2216 would ban blanket no-pets policies and prohibit landlords from charging extra for security …
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By TERRY CHEA and JANIE HAR
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4/19/24
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