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Mideast oil producers step up plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
Before the war in Iran, roughly 15 million barrels of Persian Gulf oil were shipped each day through the Strait of Hormuz. Within a…
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FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities,…
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The US is pulling back on energy efficiency just as prices are rising
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising…
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Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
HETAUDA, Nepal (AP) — She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light from the trucks roaring past to…
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Brent oil tops $100 per barrel, as tumbles for Tesla and Alphabet yank Wall Street lower
NEW YORK (AP) — Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East on Thursday threatened to…
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June 1 trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in his US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will go on trial on drug trafficking charges next June, a judge…
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Union Pacific picks up Canadian National’s support for its plan to acquire Norfolk Southern railroad
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific struck a deal with Canadian National to secure that rival's support for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of…
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Prosecutors zoom in on blood stains to show singer D4vd should be tried in killing of 14-year-old
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors dug into the details of blood stains and other forensic evidence Wednesday in hopes of persuading a judge that…
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Google is building an AI fence around the internet it once championed
SAN FRANCISCO — When Google prepared to go public in 2004, Larry Page, a co-founder of the company, wrote a letter to shareholders describing…
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US filings for unemployment aid fall to 187,000 last week, fewest since 1969
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for jobless benefits tumbled to the lowest level in more than five decades last week as layoffs remain historically…
