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Union Pacific undermined regulators' efforts to assess safety, US agency says

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Federal regulators say Union Pacific managers undermined their efforts to assess safety at the railroad by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined

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May 1, 2024 11:31 AM ET

New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power

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The United States has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program, as well as more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties

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May 1, 2024 10:40 AM ET

George W. Bush's portraits of veterans are heading to Disney World

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Walt Disney World will host dozens of portraits of service members and veterans from the nation’s Painter-in-Chief

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May 1, 2024 8:01 AM ET

Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.6 billion after hitting price benchmarks

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Former President Donald Trump has secured another $1.6 billion worth of shares in Trump Media

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May 1, 2024 5:50 AM ET

Japan's Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will stress the need for a rules-based international order when he attends a meeting of the Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris

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May 1, 2024 4:12 AM ET

Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation

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May 1, 2024 3:16 AM ET

Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled

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May 1, 2024 12:34 AM ET

Pro-Palestinian banners. Blazing Olympic rings. Workers' May Day rallies confront turbulent times

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April 30, 2024 4:21 PM ET

What marijuana reclassification means for the United States

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April 30, 2024 4:19 PM ET

Biden administration details how producers of sustainable aviation fuel will get tax credits

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April 30, 2024 4:00 PM ET

Trial begins for financial executive in insider trading case tied to taking Trump media firm public

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April 30, 2024 3:32 PM ET

Delaware judge refuses to fast-track certain claims in post-merger lawsuit against Trump Media

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April 30, 2024 2:37 PM ET

Climate change could virtually disappear in Florida — at least according to state law

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April 30, 2024 1:03 PM ET

Lawmakers and advocates make last-ditch push to extend affordable internet subsidy

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April 30, 2024 12:13 PM ET

Campaign to build new California city submits signatures to get on November ballot

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April 30, 2024 11:04 AM ET

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance

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April 30, 2024 10:54 AM ET

New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back

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April 30, 2024 10:09 AM ET

Iran commutes a tycoon's death sentence to 20 years in prison

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April 30, 2024 9:38 AM ET

G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility

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April 30, 2024 7:43 AM ET

5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution

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April 30, 2024 5:13 AM ET

Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation

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April 30, 2024 4:37 AM ET

Abu Dhabi-backed fund pulls out of deal to take over UK's Telegraph newspaper group

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April 30, 2024 3:37 AM ET

Poland is still not ready to adopt the euro, its finance minister says

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April 30, 2024 12:35 AM ET

Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals

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April 30, 2024 12:29 AM ET

AP WAS THERE: Mexico's 1938 seizure of the oil sector from US companies

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April 29, 2024 10:25 PM ET

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for allowing money laundering

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April 29, 2024 10:15 PM ET

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

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April 29, 2024 2:22 PM ET

New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin

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April 29, 2024 1:09 PM ET

Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

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