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Mass shooting shutters Arkansas town's only grocery store — for now
FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — A steady rain was falling outside Fordyce High School, but that didn't deter an army of volunteers who raced to hand out jugs of milk and bags of groceries to a line of cars snaked around the parking lot. In the days since a shooter killed four people and...
The legal odyssey for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners is complex. Here's what to know
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have been cast as prime villains in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a deal for the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids through bankruptcy court. The deal...
Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese automaker VinFast, for a short time the third-most valuable car company in the world, has a big problem: It just can’t sell enough cars. Idle factories bleed money and the company’s financial health is at stake. After finding the U.S. market a...
Apple becomes first target of EU's new digital competition rules aimed at big tech
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Monday leveled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store. The European Commission said that according to...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. June 17, 2024. Editorial: Biofuel Emissions Study Raises More Questions A recent study by a nonprofit environmental group raises more questions about the climate benefits and impact of ethanol. According to a South Dakota...
In Burundi, shortages and power cuts slow a return from international isolation
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi seems to be running short of everything but patience. A deadly nationwide political crackdown in the East African nation is now in the past. But the return to international favor, and benefits like development assistance that come with it, has been...
Stellantis CEO cites failures in US operations, ready to compete head-on with Chinese EVs
MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares expressed dissatisfaction at the operation of some U.S. plants on Thursday, and took responsibility for not reacting quickly enough to address that issue, the problem of inventory backup, and tackling a “suboptimal” marketing strategy. ...
As the need for copper rises, cable manufacturers recycle more
MONTREAL (AP) — In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry — a metals plant — until they drop into a lava-hot furnace. Next come pieces of discarded copper wire. Out of the furnace comes...
Tech news site Gizmodo sold for third time in 8 years as European publisher Keleops looks to expand
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime technology news and review site Gizmodo has been sold for the third time in the past eight years, this time to a European publisher looking to expand its coverage of the digital scene. Switzerland-based Keleops didn't disclose how much it paid for Gizmodo...
US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35...
