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Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage

SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines said it grounded its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to “significant disruptions” from…

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When House members travel the globe on private dime, families often go too

They are the U.S. House’s frequent fliers — representatives who have traveled the country and the world on official business…

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Death toll after explosion at Iran coal mine rises to at least 38

TEHRAN, Iran -- Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine…

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Death toll after explosion at eastern Iran coal mine rises to at least 38 with 14 still missing

TEHRAN, Iran -- Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine…

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More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely…

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High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers

The federal government is suing some big pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has…

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Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group slumped to their lowest level ever Friday, the first trading day that its…

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AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

WASHINGTON -- With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence, experts feared the…

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A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees’ languages more accessible. Will AI help?

NEW YORK -- They may be Tigrinya speakers fleeing the authoritarian Eritrean government's indefinite military service policy. Or Rohingya people…

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Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut

Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut

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A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

NEW YORK -- Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've been…

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Sri Lanka begins voting in a presidential election that will decide direction of recovery from its worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka begins voting in a presidential election that will decide direction of recovery from its worst economic crisis

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Voters split on whether Harris or Trump would do a better job on the economy: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON -- Going into November's election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on…

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EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

KYIV, Ukraine -- The European Union pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) as…

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Tony Godsick, John McEnroe outlines business of tennis ahead of Laver Cup

2024-09-21 21:05:03 Getty Images Laver Cup Chair and Team8 CEO Tony Godsick and John McEnroe joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to…

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Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced…

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Aroostook town will soon have a drive-through boba tea business

2024-09-21 14:40:03 HODGDON, Maine — When Randi Farrar closed her downtown Houlton tea and herb shop earlier this year a…

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A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say

A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials…

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Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Two years ago, food cart worker Fathima Shiyama had to wait in line, sometimes for days,…

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Bank of England widely expected to hold interest rates despite big US Fed cut

LONDON -- The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5% Thursday despite a big cut from…

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