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Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs hurt jobs and lead to price hikes
Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs start to hurt the job market and lead to price increases.
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Tesla under investigation after parents say faulty door handles trapped their kids in the back
Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break windows to get them out.
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US and China reach a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok
A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks in Spain.
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China’s snub of U.S. soybeans is a crisis for American farmers
On a windy September morning, Josh and Jordan Gackle huddled to discuss the looming crisis facing their North Dakota soybean farm.
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South Korean workers return home after days in detention following US immigration raid
More than 300 South Korean workers detained during an immigration raid in the United States returned home on a charter plane on Friday to be reunited with their loved ones.
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Wealth, jobs sparked local anger in Georgia before Hyundai raid
Before the immigration raid on the battery plant in Georgia that's upended relations between the U.S. and South Korea, there was growing resentment from locals who felt left out of the jobs, economic opportunities and wealth created by the factory, part of a massive $7.6 billion manufacturing complex anchored by Hyundai Motor Co.
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Trump weighs crackdown on medicines from China
The Trump administration has been discussing severe restrictions on medicines from China that, if enacted, could upend the American pharmaceutical industry and availability of everything from generic drugs to cutting-edge treatments.
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South Korea says detained Korean workers released from Georgia facility before flight home
South Korea’s president says Korean companies will likely hesitate to make further investments in the United States unless Washington improves its visa system for their employees, as U.S. authorities released hundreds of workers who were detained from a Georgia factory site last week.
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Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers
Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Opella moves dozens of Chattanooga jobs to Colombia after Sanofi sale
Firm spun out of French pharmaceutical holding company
