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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is imposing new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities. A final rule announced late last week by the Environmental Protection Agency sets limits on lead dust on floors and window sills in pre-1978 residences and child-care facilities to levels so low they cannot [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by national security and spy agencies aim to balance the technology’s immense promise with the need to protect against its risks. The rules are designed to ensure that national security agencies can access the latest and most powerful AI [...]
The mostly unregulated carbon dioxide removal industry is calling on the federal government to implement standards and regulations to boost transparency and confidence in the sector that’s been flooded with billions of dollars in federal funding and private investment. A report released earlier this week by the Carbon Removal Alliance, a non-profit organization representing the [...]
DALLAS (AP) — The federal government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period. The Transportation Department earlier this week said that “in some cases,” wheelchair users were injured, but it did not give a number. American said it [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Taxpayers will again see higher standard deductions for 2025, allowing them to shield more of their money from taxation on future returns. The Internal Revenue Service detailed the increases in its annual inflation adjustments. For single taxpayers and married individuals filing separately in tax year 2025, the standard deduction is rising [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7 percent in September to a more than four-year low, authorities said this week. It was likely the last monthly gauge during a presidential campaign in which Republican nominee Donald Trump has made immigration a signature issue. The Border Patrol made 53,858 [...]
Federal regulators gave a strong push to electric air taxis this week by issuing a final rule for operating the aircraft and how pilots will be trained to fly them. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, said the rule recognizes air taxis as an entirely new type of aircraft that will soon [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal rule banning fake online reviews is now in effect. The Federal Trade Commission issued the rule in August banning the sale or purchase of online reviews. The rule, which went into effect Monday, allows the agency to seek civil penalties against those who knowingly violate it. “Fake reviews not only [...]
Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through November 2026. Letter carriers have been working without a new contract since [...]
Boeing’s biggest supplier of aircraft components last week said that it will temporarily furlough 700 workers later this month, warning that it would have to resort to layoffs if a strike by Boeing machinists lasts beyond November. Spirit AeroSystems officials said that starting Oct. 28, employees who build parts for Boeing 767s and 777s will [...]