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California legislators break with Gov. Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵom over loan to keep state's last nuclear plant running

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Legislature signaled its intent on Thursday to cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer lifespan for the state’s last nuclear power plant, exposing a rift with Gov.
Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers

Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers

CHICAGO (AP) — Across this week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, more than 200 online influencers, streamers and other social media personalities have been capturing and livestreaming their impressions of what’s going on.

NASA will decide Saturday if Boeing's new capsule is safe enough to fly 2 astronauts back from space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Thursday it will decide this weekend whether Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, where they’ve been waiting since June.
Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service

Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service

Cruise's trouble-ridden robotaxis are joining Uber's ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers.

Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government decided Thursday to lift the ban it imposed on the video-sharing app TikTok last November for disrupting “social harmony.
What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Not many have done the job.
Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion

Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion

VANCOUVER — More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Second World War.
Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.
Wall Street's next big test is looming with Nvidia's profit report

Wall Street's next big test is looming with Nvidia's profit report

NEW YORK (AP) — How much hype is left in Nvidia's stock ? Anyone with an S&P 500 index fund is hoping to get an answer to that weighty question next week.
A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan's damaged nuclear reactor is suspended

A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan's damaged nuclear reactor is suspended

TOKYO (AP) — An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended Thursday due to a technical issue.
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