NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has cut a “modest” amount of positions, according to a statement from the agency. Musk has accused NHTSA of holding […]
PARIS — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in —- and now they’re among France’s most famous fugitives. The man whose card was stolen, identified in police documents as Jean-David E., is offering to split the cash with the lucky
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SOFIA, Bulgaria — Police in Bulgaria’s capital clashed with nationalist protesters Saturday who demanded that the government scrap plans to bring the country into the eurozone. About 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Sofia office of the European Commission, which is the European Union’s executive branch, and began throwing red paint and firecrackers at
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine President Javier Milei is facing a corruption probe into his promotion of a meme coin, which is a highly speculative form of cryptocurrency that’s surged in popularity after President Donald Trump and his wife launched tokens of their own. The budding scandal in Argentina has been dubbed locally as “cryptogate”
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An engineering company has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that accused it of some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago DETROIT — An engineering company said Friday it has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that alleged some blame for lead-contaminated water
Ford is recalling about 240,000 Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs due to a problem with seat belt anchors that were improperly secured. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a loose seat belt or seat belt buckle may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury. Ford said it
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LONDON — Apple said Friday it will stop offering an advanced data security option for British users after the government reportedly demanded that the company provide backdoor access for any data those users have stored in the cloud. The iPhone maker said its Advanced Data Protection encryption feature is no longer available for new users
Winter with little kids is no joke. Between freezing temps, endless energy, and back-to-back illnesses, keeping them entertained indoors is a struggle. My family tried everything—board games, crafts, sensory bins—but by the third snowstorm (and back-to-back bouts of Norovirus and the flu), we were all climbing the walls. That’s when I discovered the Nex Playground—a
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LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in January as rising mortgage rates and prices put off many would-be homebuyers despite a wider selection of properties on the market. Sales fell 4.9% last month from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.08 million units, the National Association of Realtors said
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Grief is never easy, but grieving as a parent—while your child grieves beside you—adds another layer of heartbreak. In a now-viral TikTok video with 1.5 million views, mom Nickie Hendryx (@nickiehendryx) captured a moment between her sons that left the internet in tears. As her older son, Mason, sobbed, mourning the loss of a loved
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