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3M’s ‘forever chemicals’ are an eternal public drinking water contaminant. Price tag: $10.5 billion to $12.5 billion

[ad_1] Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination

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Oregon just officially changed its mind on decriminalizing drugs

[ad_1] Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation

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California’s Highway 1 near Big Sur collapses into the ocean, shrinking traffic to one lane

[ad_1] Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 on Monday after a giant chunk of it collapsed into

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Billionaire known for high-interest loans to car buyers with poor credit chairs the insurance group that underwrote Trump’s $175 million bond

[ad_1]  Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he

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Google will get rid of billions of files as part of settlement in case involving allegations about Chrome’s incognito mode

[ad_1] Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet

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Trump’s social media platform says it’s above ‘traditional key performance indicators.’ Its auditor has substantial doubt it can continue as a going concern

[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump’s social media company is not relying on traditional performance metrics—and doesn’t plan to anytime soon, according to a regulatory filing

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6 months after recalling 3.4 million vehicles that suddenly catch fire, Hyundai and Kia haven’t fixed most of them

[ad_1] In September, Hyundai and Kia issued a recall of 3.4 million of its vehicles in the United States with an ominous warning: The vehicles

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Microsoft stops bundling Teams with Office after a complaint from Slack triggered antitrust scrutiny

[ad_1] Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday that

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Warren Buffett-backed EV maker BYD surprises with stellar first quarter sales as Tesla continues to slide

[ad_1] Chinese carmaker BYD is gaining momentum in the increasingly competitive global EV race, while the dominance of longtime leader Tesla wanes. The Warren-Buffett backed

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California fast-food workers got a raise thanks to Gavin Newsom’s minimum-wage law

[ad_1] Over half a million fast-food workers in California are getting a hefty pay raise thanks to the state’s minimum-wage law that went into effect