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A self-driving tractor trailer is displayed at a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck, outfitted with 25 laser, radar and camera sensors, is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Shoppers shop electric rice cookers imported from Japan and Korea at the H Mart in Niles, Ill., April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Trump to put 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, new import taxes on 12 other nations.

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries.
 
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Pressure from Trump for trade deals before Wednesday deadline, but hints of more time for talks

 
Officials ride a boat as they arrive to assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods

 
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Deals made by Trump since pausing his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs remain sparse

 
Bottles of spirits are labeled with a star in Bilka in Randers, Denmark, making it easier for customers to buy European goods, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

US tariffs on European goods threaten to shake up the world’s largest trade relationship

 

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, India, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Kenny Holston /The New York Times via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Vance calls for greater ties with India as he meets with Modi to discuss trade deal

 

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Personal Finance

FILE - The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS said Friday, April 26, 2024, more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program. It says the program's users claimed more than $90 million in refunds, saving roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have spent with commercial tax preparation companies. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee during a hearing on the Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fed Chair Powell says interest rates on hold with economic uncertainty widespread

 

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Rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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The Supreme Court is siding with e-cigarette companies in a ruling that’ll make it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.
 
The sun sets on the lily pads and floating vegetation in the Chesser Prairie inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on March 30, 2022, in Folkston, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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A conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent years battling environmentalists over its plans to extract minerals there.
 
This June 19, 2017 file photo shows a person working on a laptop in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving cybercriminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day.
 
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A navy soldier stands next to an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Bayraktar TB3 on board the Turkish amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu L400, anchored in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to step up the production of medium- and long-range missiles in a sign that the Israel-Iran war could trigger a new arms race in the region.
 
The Orano logo at La Defense business district, outside Paris, on Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

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Niger’s government says it will nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano over allegations that it took a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site.
 
A man walks in the damaged headquarters of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iranian state television, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court complex escorted by prison officers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Malaysian court drops money laundering charges against jailed ex-leader Najib Razak

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Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, right, talks with manager Don Mattingly prior to their baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sept. 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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This undated photo provided by Deezer shows the music streaming service logo. (Deezer via AP)

Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud

Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters.
 
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to their bilateral meeting in Beijing, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China’s Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
 
The "Fearless Girl" statue stands in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

US stocks drift to a mixed finish as Wall Street closes another week of modest losses

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish in a quiet return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Friday to close a second straight week of modest losses.
 
A Sig Sauer P320 handgun is held by a Maine gun shop owner, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Sig Sauer, faced with lawsuits over a popular pistol, gets protection in New Hampshire

Faced with mounting lawsuits over a popular pistol, New Hampshire-based gunmaker Sig Sauer has gotten protection in the form of a new state law that makes it harder to take the manufacturer to court.
 
Juan Bay, president of the Waorani people of Ecuador, from left, Jhajayra Machoa Mendúa and Nadino Calapucha, a spokesperson for the Kichwa Pakkiru people, pose for a photograph as a Chevron refinery is visible in the background Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories.
 
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference while President of the King's Privy Council for Canada Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Industry Melanie Joly, and Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne listen, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian tariffs on US steel and aluminum could rise depending on trade talks, Carney says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will impose new tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports on July 21 depending the progress of trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
 
The Shearon Harris nuclear plant is seen in Holly Springs, N.C., on June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

North Carolina lawmakers finalize bill that would scrap 2030 carbon reduction goal

North Carolina legislators have finalized a bill that would eliminate an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate set in a landmark 2021 law.
 
Tourists carry their luggage in downtown Madrid, Spain, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spanish court rejects Airbnb appeal and keeps order to block nearly 66,000 listings

A Spanish court has rejected an appeal by Airbnb and left in place an order to block almost 66,000 rental listings that the government says violated local rules.
 
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