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Brazil pushes COP30 delegates to agree on solutions to global warming

Brazil pushes COP30 delegates to agree on solutions to global warming

With a direct letter sent to nations, host country Brazil is shifting the U.N. climate conference into a higher gear. The letter sent late Monday comes during the final week of what has been bill...

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Asian shares skid after Nvidia and other tech superstars pull Wall Street lower

Asian shares skid after Nvidia and other tech superstars pull Wall Street lower

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul sinking more than 3%, after Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence -related shares pulled U.S. stocks lower. U...

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Judge to explain why he’s approving Purdue Pharma settlement plan

Judge to explain why he’s approving Purdue Pharma settlement plan

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is set to give his reasoning Tuesday for approving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids. The deal calls for m...

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Maryland more than doubles estimate on rebuilding Baltimore bridge

Maryland more than doubles estimate on rebuilding Baltimore bridge

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials have more than doubled the estimated cost to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers last year af...

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With Big Ten $2.4B deal looming, lawmaker asks questions about tax-exempt status of college sports

With Big Ten $2.4B deal looming, lawmaker asks questions about tax-exempt status of college sports

A lawmaker skeptical of the Big Ten’s proposed $2.4 billion deal with a private investor has requested a Congressional analysis of the tax consequences for the NCAA, its schools and conferences in...

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Alabama governor urges state board to delay PBS decision

Alabama governor urges state board to delay PBS decision

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday urged the board that oversees Alabama Public Television to delay any decision on severing ties with PBS until it has studied Alabamians’ opi...

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