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  • Biden to announce $2.8 billion in grants for US battery supply chains

    Biden to announce $2.8 billion in grants for US battery supply chains

     

    President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are set to announce two key actions Wednesday aimed at lowering costs amid inflation by targeting domestic battery supply chains — new efforts the administration is rolling out 20 days before the midterm elections.

    ​President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are set to announce two key actions Wednesday aimed at lowering costs amid inflation by targeting domestic battery supply chains — new efforts the administration is rolling out 20 days before the midterm elections. 

  • Kristin Smart’s family hopes guilty verdict in her 1996 murder brings them some closure

    Kristin Smart’s family hopes guilty verdict in her 1996 murder brings them some closure

     

    The family of Kristin Smart, who was murdered in California in 1996, is hoping the guilty verdict a jury returned Tuesday against her killer will bring them some closure as her body has never been found.

    ​The family of Kristin Smart, who was murdered in California in 1996, is hoping the guilty verdict a jury returned Tuesday against her killer will bring them some closure as her body has never been found. 

  • It’s been 35 years since the epic Black Monday crash. What have investors learned?

    It’s been 35 years since the epic Black Monday crash. What have investors learned?

     

    October 19, 1987. A brief but violent stock market crash. Can it happen again?

    ​October 19, 1987. A brief but violent stock market crash. Can it happen again? 

  • Record turnout. long lines mark first day of early voting in Georgia

    Record turnout. long lines mark first day of early voting in Georgia

     

    Georgia midterm voters turned out in record numbers on the first day of early in-person voting, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Tuesday.

    ​Georgia midterm voters turned out in record numbers on the first day of early in-person voting, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Tuesday. 

  • Some McDonald’s will now sell Krispy Kreme donuts

    Some McDonald’s will now sell Krispy Kreme donuts

     

    McDonald’s is adding a new menu item from an unusual source: One of its rivals.

    ​McDonald’s is adding a new menu item from an unusual source: One of its rivals. 

  • America’s emergency oil stockpile is at a 38-year low, but it’s still got firepower left

    America’s emergency oil stockpile is at a 38-year low, but it’s still got firepower left

     

    Presidents don’t have magic wands to make inflation disappear. But they do have a powerful tool that can help ease the pain of high gas prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

    ​Presidents don’t have magic wands to make inflation disappear. But they do have a powerful tool that can help ease the pain of high gas prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

  • Investigators say they’re chasing new leads every day to uncover what led to the killings of 4 men found in an Oklahoma river

    Investigators say they’re chasing new leads every day to uncover what led to the killings of 4 men found in an Oklahoma river

     

    Investigators are following leads every day to find out how dismembered bodies of four men ended up in an Oklahoma river, but whenever water is involved, it makes it much more difficult to identify evidence, the police chief said.

    ​Investigators are following leads every day to find out how dismembered bodies of four men ended up in an Oklahoma river, but whenever water is involved, it makes it much more difficult to identify evidence, the police chief said. 

  • White House will announce additional oil reserve sales in wake of OPEC+ cut

    White House will announce additional oil reserve sales in wake of OPEC+ cut

     

    President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December, a senior administration official said, as his administration seeks to counter market pressures created by the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production targets just three weeks from the midterm elections.

    ​President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December, a senior administration official said, as his administration seeks to counter market pressures created by the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production targets just three weeks from the midterm elections. 

  • How a celebrity hacker upended one of the most influential social networks

    How a celebrity hacker upended one of the most influential social networks

     

    When Peiter Zatko joined Twitter as head of security in late 2020 at the urging of founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey, he was surprised by what he discovered. Twitter, a social network with hundreds of millions of users, “was over a decade behind industry security standards,” he later testified.

    ​When Peiter Zatko joined Twitter as head of security in late 2020 at the urging of founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey, he was surprised by what he discovered. Twitter, a social network with hundreds of millions of users, “was over a decade behind industry security standards,” he later testified. 

  • Supreme Court declines to take up effort to secure birthright citizenship for American Samoans

    Supreme Court declines to take up effort to secure birthright citizenship for American Samoans

     

    The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.

    ​The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.