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Health insurance giants are fighting efforts to break them up
After years of rampant expansion into nearly every corner of the healthcare system, the biggest insurance conglomerates are confronting new efforts to break up their businesses.
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Oil prices rise, and stocks drop worldwide after Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’
Oil prices rose, and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran.
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Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty in federal fraud case
The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for monitoring hate groups, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some of the money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations.
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Semiconductor worker shortfall endangers US chip factory revival
A growing nationwide shortage of high-skilled workers threatens to delay construction of billions of dollars in new semiconductor plants across the US and constrain future chip production unless the industry pools resources and the government keeps up funding, according to a new report.
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Former Hamilton County deputy mayor tapped for Chattanooga Airport board
A former deputy Hamilton County mayor will be among the state's appointees to the new Chattanooga Airport board — a panel that is at the center of a lawsuit challenging the Tennessee law that created it.
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Insect activity, soiled cardboard: Chattanooga area restaurant inspection reports for week ending July 7, 2026
The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect food service establishments twice a year, grading them on a 100-point scale.
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Report: Tennesseans living near data centers see bigger jumps in electricity costs
Residents in areas with data centers foot more of the bill for increased electricity costs, according to a new report by nonpartisan think tank Think Tennessee.
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U.S. trade deficit widens in May on record goods imports
The United States trade deficit in goods and services widened to $77.6 billion in May as the U.S. imported more goods than it sold abroad.
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The moment tensions erupted between UAW’s Fain, federal monitor
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and the federal watchdog overseeing the union got into an extraordinary exchange two years ago in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war — a meeting that Fain now claims led to the monitor launching an investigation into him.
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AI stocks sink and drag markets lower worldwide
The roller-coaster ride for AI stocks snapped back down on Tuesday and dragged Wall Street lower.
