By JEFFREY COLLINS COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Japanese company has halted construction on a $1.6 billion factory in South Carolina to help make batteries for electric BMWs, citing “policy and market uncertainty.” While Automotive Energy Supply Corp. didn’t specify what those problems are, South Carolina’s Republican governor said the company is dealing with the…
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An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Dallas made an emergency landing early Friday shortly after takeoff. The plane was en route to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas when an emergency was declared, prompting it to return to LAX around 2 a.m. Friday. Flight 1445 landed safely, and video shows Aircraft…
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general on Friday will seek to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers. The top law enforcement officials from 19 states filed a federal lawsuit after…
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By CHRISSIE THOMPSON and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University. Trump’s proclamation was the latest attempt by his Republican administration to prevent the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college from enrolling a…
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By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical, health and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health. Yet as Dr.…
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By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the Department of Labor said Friday. The job gains last month were above the 130,000 that economists…
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Q: Dear Honk: I have been driving the 5 Freeway through Orange County and down into northern San Diego County since my college days (class of ’68). At one point, on the northbound side approaching the San Onofre truck scales and the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, an extra, adjacent lane was constructed to the far…
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As a communications major at Cal State Fullerton, Class of 2025 graduate Ariana Hartman made the most of her time by stepping out of her comfort zone and fully embracing all that the university had to offer. Growing up in Fullerton and graduating from nearby Troy High School in 2021, the idea of attending CSUF…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer Midea is voluntarily recalling about 1.7 million of its popular U and U+ Smart air conditioners because pooled water in the units may not drain fast enough, leading to mold growth. The news comes as temperatures are rising across the U.S. and the official start of summer rapidly…
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The mounds of kelp washed ashore Orange County beaches by recent storms is a visual not so common in recent years. The brown leafy algae had been under attack from a non-native species known as sargassum, trying to take it the coastline, said Nancy Caruso, a marine biologist who has been surveying and studying the…
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