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WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation. Never have so many people enrolled in health-care coverage through the government marketplace, a point of pride for many Democrats but a red flag to some Republicans. President Joe [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators have opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said that Tesla did [...]
HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL, to a list of companies it says have ties to China’s military, prompting some to protest and say they will seek to have the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government to allow the entry of humanitarian aid after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad last month. The U.S. Treasury issued a general license, lasting six months, that authorizes certain transactions with the Syrian government, including some energy sales and incidental [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week set maximum levels for lead in baby foods such as jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal. The move is part of an effort to cut young kids’ exposure to the toxic metal that causes developmental and neurological problems. The agency issued final guidance that [...]
Unpaid medical bills no longer will appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final rule announced by the Biden administration. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule will remove $49 billion in medical debt from the credit reports of more than 15 million [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan debuted Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the busiest part of the Big Apple during peak hours. The toll, known as congestion pricing, is meant to reduce traffic gridlock in the densely packed city while also raising [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, alleges that it was a political decision and [...]
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other devices. The proposed settlement filed in an Oakland, Calif., federal court would resolve a five-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple, for more than a decade, [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel sided with a New Albany doctor’s argument that she was not required to plead an exception to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s assertion that it was immune from her medical-negligence claim. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel reversed the Ohio Court of Claims decision in favor of the [...]