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Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month. Raising asking rents by …
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By JANIE HAR
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1/18/25
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President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban. Trump said in an NBC …
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By The Associated Press
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1/18/25
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A settlement has been reached by North Carolina's Insurance Department and the industry that sells homeowner policies. The agreement announced Friday would raise base rates for premiums on average by …
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1/18/25
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TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago. The possibility the U.S. would outlaw the video-sharing app has kept influencers and users in anxious limbo for more than four of the years since …
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By HALELUYA HADERO
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1/18/25
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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for …
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1/17/25
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A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that store power from renewable energy sources. The batteries have become a …
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By ISABELLA O'MALLEY and NADIA LATHAN
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1/17/25
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Starbucks said Friday it plans an unspecified number of layoffs as it restructures its corporate staff. In a letter to employees, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said the Seattle coffee giant …
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN
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1/17/25
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In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting …
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN
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1/17/25
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A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a …
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By FU TING and DAVID COHEN
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1/17/25
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The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how the financial system could help combat climate change. The Fed’s membership has …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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1/17/25
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The Sealy Mattress company is being sued for wrongful death after a man was found dead inside a locked trailer at a company facility in Georgia. Relatives of 27-year-old Joshua Armour say he was …
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By JEFF MARTIN
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1/17/25
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If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer …
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By DAVID HAMILTON
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1/17/25
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A medical procedural that is mixed with tales of Sherlock Holmes in CBS’ “Watson” and Zoë Kravitz’s stylish directorial debut “Blink Twice” are some of this week’s new streaming …
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By The Associated Press
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1/17/25
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German Lufthansa Group has finalized its acquisition of Italian airline ITA Airways, closing a long period of uncertainty for Italy’s former flagship carrier. Under the 325-million-euro ($350 …
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1/17/25
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A lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleges that food and beverage maker PepsiCo engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to one big-box retailer. The …
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN
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1/17/25
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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel says he intends to step down from his position on President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. Werfel told IRS employees on Friday that after “significant …
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN
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1/17/25
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A jury in Panama City, Florida on Friday found CNN guilty of defaming a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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1/17/25
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Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners. The decision was disclosed Thursday as part of a test version for the …
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1/17/25
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Canada’s foreign minister is warning Americans they will be paying a “Trump tariff tax” if President-elect Donald Trump follows through with a threat of imposing a 25% tariff on all Canadian …
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By ROB GILLIES
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1/17/25
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The price of bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when he’s sworn in as president next week. Trump has vowed on the …
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By ALAN SUDERMAN
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1/17/25
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