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  • Stafslien holds soybeans harvested this fall. The quality of his crop is worse than last season, he said, because of an early frost that hit North Dakota. The unideal conditions and the downturn in the soybean export market cut into his profits this year, Ryder, North Dakota, Nov. 14, 2025. (Gabrielle Nelson/Buffalo's Fire)

    Soybean export market still meager for US farmers

    by CASSANDRA STEPHENSON TENNESSEE LOOKOUTGABBY NELSON BUFFALO’S FIREAND MONICA CORDERO INVESTIGATE MIDWEST Today at 2:10 a.m.

    RYDER, N.D. -- Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who's worked his family's land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are typically dedicated to soyb…

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    App stores still host sanctioned companies

    by Joseph Menn The Washington Post Today at 2:09 a.m.

    Dozens of apps for companies put under sanctions by the U.S. government have remained available in app stores maintained by Apple and Google, a violation of the law according to legal experts.

  • FILE -Participants wear wind turbine headgear to raise peoples awareness on renewable energy, fix their costumes during the Global Day of Action Against Climate Change ,Dec. 8, 2007 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque, File)

    Wind power takes flight in Asia

    by ANTON L. DELGADO and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL The Associated Press Today at 2:08 a.m.

    HANOI, Vietnam -- Southeast Asia is a bright spot for the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from President Donald Trump's push against renewable energy.

  • Unsold 2026 Cooper convertibles sit in a row at a Mini dealership Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

    Late car payments hit 18-year high

    by Summer Ballentine The Detroit News (TNS) Today at 2:08 a.m.

    The rise in late auto loan payments is a symptom of an increasingly unaffordable vehicle market, experts say. Households with the lowest incomes are suffering the most.

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    Christmas AI ad on YouTube is pulled

    by Nilesh Christopher The Los Angeles Times (TNS) Today at 2:06 a.m.

    McDonald's was forced to pull down an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after some consumers said the tongue-in-cheek take on the holidays was distasteful.

  • FILE - Skydance Media CEO David Ellison attends the premiere of "Fountain of Youth" at the American Museum of Natural History, May 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    Takeover bid expected to put CNN in limbo

    by DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press Today at 2:05 a.m.

    Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo.

  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and Derek Barrs, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, listen to a reporter's question during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

    Duffy: Revoke ‘flawed’ licenses

    by JOSH FUNK The Associated Press December 13, 2025

    New York routinely issues commercial driver's licenses to immigrants that may be valid long after they are legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Frida…

  • A man records a humanoid robot inside the exhibition room at the Humanoids Summit, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

    Firms showcase humanoid robots

    by MATT O’BRIEN The Associated Press December 13, 2025

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors -- too complicated, capital-intensive and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.

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    Helpful tips on finding the best e-book reader for you

    by JOY SCHWABACH December 13, 2025

    "I can't read e-books because I don't have a Kindle," people tell me. But they can use the free Kindle app on their phones and tablets.

  • FILE - An Amtrak worker walks up the train ramp at Union Station in Los Angeles, July 19, 2024.

    Amtrak workers to receive bonuses

    by SAFIYAH RIDDLE The Associated Press December 13, 2025

    More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday evening.

  • Trader William Lawrence works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    AI stocks tumble as market sees worst day in weeks

    by STAN CHOE The Associated Press December 13, 2025

    NEW YORK -- More drops for superstar artificial intelligence stocks knocked Wall Street off its record heights on Friday.

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    US set to enlist firms for cyberattacks

    by Jamie Tarabay Bloomberg (WPNS) December 13, 2025

    President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to turn to private businesses to help mount offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries, according to people familiar with the matter, pote…

  • FILE - Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

    Disney OKs OpenAI character use in deal

    by KELVIN CHAN The Associated Press December 12, 2025

    Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two…

  • Trader William Lawrence works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Wall Street sets records despite AI bubble worries

    by STAN CHOE The Associated Press December 12, 2025

    NEW YORK -- Wall Street set records on Thursday, even as a sell-off for Oracle and worries about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology weighed on the market.

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    Middle Eastern funds set to back Warner Bros. bid

    by Adveith Nair Bloomberg (WPNS) December 12, 2025

    A trio of Middle Eastern funds have agreed to stump up $24 billion to help bankroll Paramount Skydance Corp.'s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. The region's exposure to the deal is likely larger, …

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