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Apple Kills Its Electric Car Project
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has canceled its plans to release an electric car with self-driving abilities, a secretive product that had been in the works for nearly a decade. The company told employees in an internal meeting Tuesday that it had scrapped the project and that members of the group would be shifted to different roles, including in Apple’s artificial intelligence division, according to a person briefed on the discussion, who requested anonymity because the announcement was not public.
A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries
It looked like a scene from the TV crime show “CSI.” Dr. Jane C. Burns was peering into a multiheaded microscope at the San Diego County medical examiner’s office, scrutinizing autopsy samples from an array of mysterious deaths.
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Sailed Through Gaps in Food-Safety System
WASHINGTON — Cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches sold in grocery and dollar stores last year poisoned hundreds of American children with extremely high doses of lead, leaving anxious parents to watch for signs of brain damage, developmental delays and seizures.
Housing Costs Are Running Hot, but Is the Data Missing a Cooling Trend?
The Federal Reserve may have a housing problem. At the very least, it has a housing riddle. Overall inflation has eased substantially over the past year. But housing has proved a tenacious — and surprising — exception. The cost of shelter was up 6% in January from a year earlier and rose faster on a monthly basis than in December, according to the Labor Department. That acceleration was a big reason for the pickup in overall consumer prices last month.
Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out
Odysseus, the American robotic spacecraft that landed on the moon last week, is likely to die in the next day or so. Communications with the toppled lander remain limited and will end when sunlight is no longer shining on the solar panels, Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that built and operates Odysseus, said Monday morning.
As the Election Comes Into Focus, Pressure Builds in the West Wing
WASHINGTON — A former adviser to President Joe Biden has compared life in the White House to dog years: Every day feels like a week, every year like seven. And then there are times like these when it can feel as if an entire term plays out every few days.
What to Know About the Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws
Social media companies are bracing for Supreme Court arguments Monday that could fundamentally alter the way they police their sites. After Facebook, Twitter and YouTube banned President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol, Florida made it illegal for technology companies to ban from their sites a candidate for office in the state. Texas later passed its own law prohibiting platforms from taking down political content.
In South Carolina, Haley and Trump Changed Their Tune
CHARLESTON, S.C. — As Nikki Haley stepped to the podium Saturday night, the bravado she had embodied after losing in New Hampshire a month earlier was gone. Her expression was somber and, for a moment, she appeared to be edging toward withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination.
As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive
TYLER, Texas — Appointment cancellations and financial distress have become a constant at Bethesda Pediatrics, a nonprofit medical clinic in East Texas that is heavily dependent on Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.
Should We Fear the Woke AI?
Imagine a short story from the golden age of science fiction, something that would appear in a pulp magazine in 1956. Our title is “The Truth Engine,” and the story envisions a future where computers, those hulking, floor-to-ceiling things, become potent enough to guide humans to answers to any question they might ask, from the capital of Bolivia to the best way to marinade a steak.
Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead
NEW YORK — Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and subsequent life on the loose in Manhattan captured the public’s attention, died Friday night after apparently striking a building on the Upper West Side, officials said.
What to Watch as South Carolina’s Republicans Cast Their Primary Ballots
CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina voters head to the polls Saturday to cast ballots in a Republican presidential primary that could well determine the political fate of the state’s former governor, Nikki Haley, in her long-shot bid to derail former President Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination.
Biden to End an Unpopular Fuel Ban in Eight Farm States
The Biden administration will permanently lift a ban on summertime sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends in eight states starting in 2025, in response to a request from Midwestern governors who want year-round sales of the corn-based fuel.
Has Starbucks Surpassed Amazon as the Villain of Big Labor?
NEW YORK — For more than a year, Felix Santiago has worked as a barista at a Starbucks near Times Square, and for about half that time, he loved it. It was easy to swap shifts, easy to pick up new ones, easy to get along with supervisors who were largely accommodating. “The first six months were absolutely great,” Santiago said recently.
A New ‘Holy Grail’ in the Housing Crisis: Statewide Rent Caps
OLYMPIA, Wash. — For the past 10 years, Dominique Horn has worked for a community health organization in the fast-growing city of Vancouver in Washington state, helping people squeezed by soaring rents to try to avoid homelessness.
Google Stops AI From Creating Human Images After Inaccuracies
SAN FRANCISCO — Images showing people of color in German military uniforms from World War II that were created with Google’s Gemini chatbot have amplified concerns that artificial intelligence could add to the internet’s already vast pools of misinformation as the technology struggles with issues around race.
For Women Undergoing IVF In Alabama, What Now?
Natalie Brumfield, 41, cried as she read about the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos in test tubes should be considered children. A mother of seven, including two babies conceived through in vitro fertilization, Brumfield felt that one of her cherished beliefs as a Christian had been affirmed: Life, she said, begins when embryos form.
As Gaza Death Toll Mounts, Israel’s Isolation Grows
LONDON — When David Ben-Gurion, one of Israel’s founding fathers, was warned in 1955 that his plan to seize the Gaza Strip from Egypt would provoke a backlash in the United Nations, he famously derided the U.N., playing off its Hebrew acronym, as “Um-Shmum.”
Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Debt for 150,000 Borrowers
LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden announced the cancellation of an additional $1.2 billion in student loan debt for about 153,000 borrowers Wednesday, his latest effort at student debt relief after the Supreme Court blocked a more sprawling plan last year.
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