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Back to SearchUS transportation secretary seeking $30 billion for air traffic control modernization
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to spend another $30 billion to upgrade the nation’s aging air traffic control system and…
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KFC opens a Texas restaurant to test ideas for reclaiming its fried chicken crown
KFC has been taking a licking from fried chicken rivals like Raising Cane's, but the global fast-food chain has a plan to return to the top of the U.…
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A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it’s a museum exhibit
For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood a…
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Oxford English Dictionary adds several words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda
More than a dozen words long used in Bermuda and across the Caribbean got an official nod from the Oxford English Dictionary. First in line is "bimp…
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Walmart says it’s not using personal information to set prices as it expands digital shelf labels
Walmart is aiming to assuage customers' fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement po…
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OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount. The decision to halt deve…
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Africa’s biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership, sparking excitement among retail investors
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership, seeking to raise $1.6 billion from retail investors across Africa in th…
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Young cinephiles take over the Venice Film Festival
As the Venice Film Festival approached its final weekend, the event's director Alberto Barbera, spoke about an increase in the number of younger cine…
1 week ago
Beijing bans drone possession in the city after earlier moves to tighten rules
Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already i…
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Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years
About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen …
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