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By NewsPress Now Biden admin to provide $750 million to Wolfspeed WASHINGTON | The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in

By The Associated Press Protesters arrested outside New York Stock Exchange NEW YORK | About 200 demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza were arrested in a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, police said. The protesters chanted “Let Gaza live!” and “Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!” in front of

By Associated Press Oct. 18 In 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. In 1898, the American flag was first raised in Puerto Rico, shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the U.S. In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison died at his home in West Orange, New Jersey,

By NewsPress Now TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement WASHINGTON | TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money

By The Associated Press Supreme Court seems likely to give Oklahoma death row inmate a new day in court WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to give Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip at least another day in court in his long quest to throw out his murder conviction and death sentence. The

By NewsPress Now Rays say it may take ‘weeks’ to fully assess damage at Tropicana Field The Tampa Bay Rays said it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across

By The Associated Press Honda recalls nearly 1.7 million vehicles Honda Motor Co. is recalling close to 1.7 million vehicles due to a manufacturing issue that could make it difficult to steer the vehicles and lead to crashes. Honda reported the recall last week to government regulators, who issued the recall order on Tuesday. The

By NewsPress Now Musk’s X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with demands SAO PAULO | The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X´s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document that was made public. Elon

By The Associated Press American Water victim of cyberattack The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S. says it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers. New Jersey-based American Water provides services to more than 14 million people in 14 states and on 18 military

By Associated Press Oct. 11 In 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education ordered all the city’s Asian students segregated into their own school. (The order was later rescinded at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in exchange promised to curb future Japanese immigration to the United States.) In 1968, Apollo 7, the first

By NewsPress Now Google’s search engine’s latest AI injection will answer voiced questions SAN FRANCISCO | Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. The latest changes announced

By NewsPress Now Wilson ramps it up in Steelers practice but still no timetable on return PITTSBURGH | Russell Wilson is back to practicing at full speed. When the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback will get back to actually playing is another matter. And the eventual answer might have little do to with his health. While Wilson

By The Associated Press NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine KYIV, Ukraine | New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has visited Ukraine in his first official trip since taking office and pledging continued support for Kyiv. Rutte met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday as air raid sirens twice went off in the

By The Associated Press ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6B in funding OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots. Led by venture capital firm Thrive Capital, the funding round is backed by tech giants Microsoft, Nvidia and

By NewsPress Now Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel A former financial manager for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction. Amit Patel, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in South