United States Stories

California Is Grappling With a Growing Problem: Too Much Solar 98
Biden Marks Earth Day by Announcing $7 Billion in Solar Power Grants 96
Ex-White House Cyber Policy Director: Microsoft is a National Security Risk 110
Insufficient Redundancy? Light-Pole Installation Cut Fiber Line, Triggered Three-State 911 Outage 87
US Passes Bill Reauthorizing 'FISA' Surveillance for Two More Years 45
Sell or Be Banned: Anti-TikTok Bill Passed by US Representatives 96
Data Centers Are Turning to an Old Source of Power: Coal 57
Two Major ISPs Threaten They'll Stop Complying With US FISA Orders 34
EPA Will Make Polluters Pay To Clean Up Two 'Forever Chemicals' 34
FBI Says Chinese Hackers Preparing To Attack US Infrastructure 116
Northrop Grumman Working With SpaceX On US Spy Satellite System 10
Cops Can Force Suspect To Unlock Phone With Thumbprint, US Court Rules 144
Feds Hit Coding Boot Camp With Big Fine For Allegedly Conning Students 38
Crypto Trader Eisenberg Convicted of Fraud in $110 Million Mango Markets Scheme 9
Odds of US TikTok Ban Increase After House Fast-Tracks Revised Bill, Picking Up Key Senate Support 60
US Air Force Confirms First Successful AI Dogfight 69
Sweden Becomes 38th Country To Sign NASA's Artemis Accords For Moon Exploration 14
House Passes Bill Requiring Warrant To Purchase Data From Third Parties 54
Feds Appoint 'AI Doomer' To Run US AI Safety Institute 36
US Senate To Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call 'Stasi-Like' 55
Justice Department To File Antitrust Suit Against Ticketmaster-Parent Live Nation 48
California Exceeds 100% of Energy Demand With Renewables Over a Record 30 Days 214
Senator Warren Claims TurboTax 'Relentlessly' Upsells Customers in Letter To FTC 93
Will the US-China Competition to Field Military Drone Swarms Spark a Global Arms Race? 27
Data Collected by the US Justice Department Exposed in Consultant's Breach 9
Will America's Next Soldiers Be Machines? 131
US Government Says Recent Microsoft Breach Exposed Federal Agencies to Hacking 15
Should the US Ban Chinese EVs? 282
Japanese Astronauts To Land On Moon As Part of New NASA Partnership 17
House Votes To Extend -- and Expand -- a Major US Spy Program 85
96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers 21
America's Chip Renaissance Needs Workers 117
Biden Considering Request To Drop Assange Charges 146
New Bill Would Force AI Companies To Reveal Use of Copyrighted Art 57
SEC Moves To Sue Uniswap in Bid To Hobble Fast-Growing DeFi Sector 16
The US is Right To Target TikTok, Says Vinod Khosla 90
EPA Announces First-Ever National Regulations For 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water 49
Consumers Will Finally See FCC-Mandated 'Nutrition Labels' For Most Broadband Plans 56
A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress 27
EPA Limits Pollution From Chemical Plants 67
US To Award Samsung Up To $6.6 Billion Chip Subsidy For Texas Expansion 48
FCC Chair Rejects Call To Impose Universal Service Fees on Broadband 21
TSMC Wins $6.6 Billion US Subsidy for Arizona Chip Production 85
NIST Blames 'Growing Backlog of Vulnerabilities' Requiring Analysis on Lack of Support 22
US Energy Department Announces 'Blueprint' for Slashing Emissions From Buildings and Reducing Energy Use 76
Wait, Does America Suddenly Have a Record Number of Bees? 77
Four Baseball Teams Now Let Ticket-Holders Enter Using AI-Powered 'Facial Authentication' 42
US Invests $20 Billion More to Finance Clean-Energy Projects 86
Is The US About To Pass a Landmark Online Privacy Bill? 35
Biden Takes Aim At SpaceX's Tax-Free Ride In American Airspace 222
FCC Won't Block California Net Neutrality Law, Says States Can 'Experiment' 25
Cable Lobby Vows 'Years of Litigation' To Avoid Bans on Blocking and Throttling 91
Tennessee Passes 'Chemtrail' Bill Banning Airborne Chemicals 202
Scathing Federal Report Rips Microsoft For Shoddy Security 81
Missouri County Declares State of Emergency Amid Suspected Ransomware Attack 41
UK and US Sign Landmark Agreement On AI Safety 6
'Russia Might Have Caused Havana Syndrome' 188
California Introduces 'Right To Disconnect' Bill That Would Allow Employees To Possibly Relax 91
White House Makes Last-ditch Push for Internet Subsidy Program 82
Arizona's Governor Signs Bill Making Pluto the Official State Planet 118
America's FDA Forced to Settle 'Groundless' Lawsuit Over Its Ivermectin Warnings 350
WSJ: 'America Made a Huge Bet On Sports Gambling. The Backlash Is Here' 75
Can Apps Turn Us Into Unpaid Lobbyists? 73
More AI Safeguards Coming, Including Right to Refuse Face-Recognition Scans at US Airports 23
America's DHS Is Expected to Stop Buying Access to Your Phone Movements 49
Bill Gates Says Texas Shows America's Clean-Energy Future 120
Are State Governments Slowing the Build-Out of America's EV Charging Stations? 120
Congress Bans Staff Use of Microsoft's AI Copilot 32
Algorithms Can Aid Price Collusion, Even If No Humans Actually Talk To Each Other, US Enforcers Say 67
Hillary Clinton, Election Officials Warn AI Could Threaten Elections 255
Chronic Student Absenteeism Soars Across US 119
Michigan Nuclear Plant Aims To Be First Ever To Reopen In US 109
New York City Welcomes Robotaxis - But Only With Safety Drivers 34
Why the US Could Be On the Cusp of a Productivity Boom 129
US Offers $10 Million Bounty For Info on 'Blackcat' Hackers Who Hit UnitedHealth 15
Heat and Drought Are Sucking US Hydropower Dry 70
US Sanctions Spree Continues With 15 More For Russian Entities 129
US, UK Announce Sanctions Over China-Linked Election Hacks 29
Truck-To-Truck Worm Could Infect Entire US Fleet 50
DOT Wants To Know How Big Airlines Use Passenger Data 11
US Cyber Investors Pledge Spyware is Off Limits - With a Catch 7
Epic, Spotify, Others Back DOJ Lawsuit Against Apple 68
US Sues Apple, Alleges Tech Giant Exploits Illegal Monopoly 125
EPA Sets Strict New Limits On Tailpipe Emissions That Could Boost EV Sector 282
Intel Prepares For $100 Billion Spending Spree Across Four US States 18
US Broadband Providers To Begin Providing New Comparison Labels 19
Intel Awarded Up To $8.5 Billion in CHIPS Act Grants, With Billions More in Loans Available 29
'Disabling Cyberattacks' Are Hitting Critical US Water Systems, White House Warns 77
EPA Bans Chrysotile Asbestos 98
US Supreme Court Seems Wary of Curbing US Government Contacts With Social Media Platforms 113
32-Hour Workweek for America Proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders 390
Why Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Failed 194
Pornhub Disables Website In Texas After Age-Verification Lawsuit 187
Amazon Violated Rights of Workers Trying to Unionize, Labor Regulators Find 24
First Large Offshore US Wind Farm Delivers Power To Local Grid 99
FTC Goes Undercover Against Fake Antivirus Companies 5
Southern Oregon Now Boasts World's Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary 20
CIA Used Chinese Social Media In Covert Influence Operation Against Xi Jinping's Government 114
US Investigators Say Video Footage Overwritten of Work On Boeing Jet's Door Plug 114
Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers In the Race To Get Hired 67
America's Last Top Models 17
US House Passes Bill To Force ByteDance To Divest TikTok or Face Ban 233
Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim To Ban Lab-Grown Meat 428
FAA Audit of Boeing's 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues 85
How China Came To Dominate the World in Solar Energy 101
The IRS Launches Direct File, a Pilot Program For Free Online Tax Filing Available in 12 States 56
U. of Texas at Austin Will Return To Standardized Test Requirement 93
US Will 'Do Whatever It Takes' To Curb China Tech, Raimondo Says 106
US Must Move 'Decisively' To Avert 'Extinction-Level' Threat From AI, Gov't-Commissioned Report Says 139
Lead From Gasoline Blunted the IQ of About Half the U.S. Population, Study Says 243
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' To Officially Be Removed from Food Packaging, FDA Says 39
US Cybersecurity Agency Forced to Take Two Systems Offline Last Month After Ivanti Compromise 4
How $138B in US Student Loans Were Cancelled - Roughly One-Third of Planned Amount 162
Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up 106
President Biden Calls for Ban on AI Voice Impersonations 145
China Readies $27 Billion Chip Fund To Counter Growing US Curbs 13
Mexico Argues Glyphosate In GM Corn Is Unsafe For Human Consumption 106
Is America Running Out of Electrical Power? 267
US Lost Record $12.5 Billion To Online Crime In 2023, Says FBI 33
SEC Approves Rule Requiring Some Companies To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions 27
Rising Temperatures and Heat Shocks Prompt Job Relocations, Study Finds 55
How Much Energy Will New Semiconductor Factories Burn Through in the US? 41
Man Charged With Smuggling Greenhouse Gases Into US 94
Oregon OKs Right-To-Repair Bill That Bans the Blocking of Aftermarket Parts 75
US Sanctions Founder of Spyware Maker Intellexa for Targeting Americans 30
New Proposal Could Ban Landlords From Charging for Cable and Internet in Bulk 64
Discord Leaker Jack Teixeira Pleads Guilty, Seeks Light 11-Year Sentence 50
JetBlue and Spirit Call Off Their Merger 38
Did Remote Working Doom a San Francisco Macy's? 215
TurboTax and H&R Block Want 'Permission to Blab Your Money Secrets' 29
Ransomware Attack Hampers Prescription Drug Sales at 90% of US Pharmacies 81
Helium Discovery In Northern Minnesota May Be Biggest Ever In North America 34
Government Watchdog Hacked US Federal Agency To Stress-Test Its Cloud Security 21
The FBI Is Using Push Notifications To Catch Sexual Predators 34
US Will Investigate National Security Risks Posed By Chinese-made 'Smart Cars' 68
Wildfires Threaten Nuclear Weapons Plant In Texas 68
AI, Drones, Security Cameras: San Francisco Mayor's Arsenal To Fight Crime 65
White House Looks To Curb Foreign Powers' Ability To Buy Americans' Sensitive Personal Data With Executive Order 117
US Judge Halts Government Effort To Monitor Crypto Mining Energy Use 90
Apple Sues To Win Trademarks For Augmented-Reality Software 28
US Leading Global Alliance To Counter Foreign Government Disinformation 122
Supreme Court Hears Landmark Cases That Could Upend What We See on Social Media 282
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School 85
Are Corporate Interests Holding Back US Electrical Grid Expansion? 133
Texas Just Got a New 1.1-Million-Panel Solar Farm 93
License Plate-Scanning Company Violates Privacy of Millions of California Drivers, Argues Class Action 49
US Court Stalls Energy Dept Demand For Cryptocurrency Mining Data 103
US Man Accused of Making $1.8 Million From Listening In On Wife's Remote Work Calls 107
Google Is Sunsetting the Google Pay App 14
UnitedHealth Says Change Healthcare Hacked by Nation State, as US Pharmacy Outages Drag On 15
AT&T Restores Service After Massive, Nationwide Outage 55
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Rule on Power Plant Pollution 98
FTC To Ban Avast From Selling Browsing Data For Advertising Purposes 28
China's Rush To Dominate AI Comes With a Twist: It Depends on US Technology 32
US Offers Up To $15 Million For Information on LockBit Leaders 22
Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare 70
YouTube Dominates TV Streaming In US, Per Nielsen's Latest Report 22
Cox Communications Wins Order Overturning $1 Billion US Copyright Verdict 42
Wikileaks Founder in Last-Ditch Bid To Avoid US Extradition 215
Biden Administration Is Said To Slow Early Stage of Shift To Electric Cars 343
Tech Leaders Fled San Francisco During the Pandemic. Now, They're Coming Back. 122
FBI Warns Chinese Malware Could Threaten Critical US Infrastructure 78
US Cities Try Changing Their Zoning Rules to Allow More Housing 191
NY Governor Wants To Criminalize Deceptive AI 39
No 'GPT' Trademark For OpenAI 22
DOJ Quietly Removed Russian Malware From Routers in US Homes and Businesses 71
Amazon Joins Companies Arguing US Labor Board is Unconstitutional 122
RFK Jr. Wins Deferred Injunction In Vax Social Media Suit 323
Nvidia Becomes Third Most Valuable US Company 75
NYC Sues Social Media Companies Over Youth Mental Health Crisis 63
US Military Notifies 20,000 of Data Breach After Cloud Email Leak 11
California Banned Single-Use Plastic Bags. Now It's Tossing More Plastic. 192
The US Military is Embedded in the Gaming World. Its Target: Teen Recruits 109
FTC Chair Khan: Stop Monopolies Before They Happen 40
NYC Fails Controversial Remote Learning Snow Day 'Test,' Public Schools Chancellor Says 60
FCC Commissioner Wants To Investigate Apple Over Beeper Mini Shutdown 63
Climate Change Reversing Gains In Air Quality Across the US, Study Finds 121
The US Government Makes a $42 Million Bet On Open Cell Networks 26
Morgan Stanley Says Firms Are Focused on Costs Like Never Before 40
Oversight of Boeing 'is Not Delivering Safe Aircraft', Says America's Top Aviation Regulator 99
In Big Tech's Backyard, a California State Lawmaker Unveils a Landmark AI Bill 50
California Bill Would Ban All Plastic Shopping Bags At Grocery Stores 276
Nine US States Are Teaming Up To Accelerate the Adoption of Heat Pumps 209
With Miami Move, Jeff Bezos Proves Zip Codes Do Matter 170
Amazon Steers Consumers To Higher-Priced Items, Lawsuit Claims 50
US To Launch $5 Billion Research Hub To Stay Ahead in Chip Race 45
Feds Say Activision Layoffs Violate Promises Microsoft Made in Merger Deal 43
US Says Leading AI Companies Join Safety Consortium To Address Risks 6
EPA Tightens Rules On Some Air Pollution For the First Time In Over a Decade 59
Chinese Hackers Embedded in US Networks For at Least Five Years 15
US To Restrict Visas For Those Who Misuse Commercial Spyware 23
Dartmouth College Reinstates the SAT 197
Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes On 737 In Latest Setback 78
Will Silicon Valley's Next House Member Rewrite a Key Internet Law? 133
Across America, Clean Energy Plants Are Being Banned Faster Than They're Being Built 200
Over 2 Percent of the US's Electricity Generation Now Goes To Bitcoin 106
IEA Lowers Renewables Forecast For Clean Hydrogen 34
EPA Proposes 'Forever Chemicals' Be Considered Hazardous Substances 51
YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police To a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree 60
Ex-CIA Software Engineer Sentenced To 40 Years For Giving Secrets To WikiLeaks 147
Biden To Offer $1.5 Billion Loan To Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant 275
Investors Threw 50% Less Money At Quantum Last Year 32
FBI Director Warns Chinese Hackers Aim To 'Wreak Havoc' On US Critical Infrastructure 98
California And Big Oil Are Splitting After Century-Long Affair 140
Starbucks is Launching Its Olive Oil-Infused Beverages Nationwide 82
FEMA Will Pay States To Install Solar Panels and Heat Pumps 106
NY AG Sues Citibank For Failing To Protect Customers From Hackers And Scammers 50
US Disabled Chinese Hacking Network Targeting Critical Infrastructure 24
Amid Recall Crisis, Philips Agrees To Stop Selling Sleep Apnea Machines In the United States 61
Alaska Airlines Plane Appears To Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical Bolts 89
Open-Source Intelligence Challenges CIA, NSA, Spy Agencies 10
America's Car Industry Seeks to Crush AM Radio. Will Congress Rescue It? 262
Could America's Rooftop Solar Industry Be On the Verge of Collapse? 158
California Lawmakers Push for Watermarks on AI-Made Photo, Video 116
Aviation Sector Sees No Fast Tech Solution To GPS Interference Problem 108
US Energy Secretary Says Anti-EV Sentiment is 'Political Nonsense' 382
NSA Buys Americans' Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says 96
Boeing, Not Spirit, Mis-installed Piece That Blew Off Alaska MAX 9 Jet 98
Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 Lost Nose Wheel Before Takeoff, FAA Says 253
Alaska Air CEO Says Loose Bolts Found in 'Many' Boeing Jets 191
Biden Aims To Stop Countries From Exploiting Americans' Data for Blackmail, Espionage 119
FTC Bans TurboTax From Advertising 'Free' Services, Calls It Deceptive 84
EFF Adds Street Surveillance Hub So Americans Can Check Who's Checking On Them 56
FAA Calls for Door-Plug Checks on Second Boeing Jet 49
Walmart's Financial Services 'Became a Fraud Magnet', Says ProPublica 83
S&P 500 Index Sets Record High, Thanks to 'AI-Driven Frenzy' and Tech Stocks 46
US Government Opens 22 Million Acres of Federal Lands To Solar 106
US To Ban Pentagon From Buying Batteries From China's CATL, BYD 17
Airbus Is Pulling Ahead as Boeing's Troubles Mount 104
Boeing Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Miami After 'Engine Malfunction' 29
Remote Work Doesn't Seem To Affect Productivity, Fed Study Finds 105
US Must Beat China Back To the Moon, Congress Tells NASA 114
OpenAI Is Working With US Military on Cybersecurity Tools 11
Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement 35
No Joke: Feds Are Banning Humorous Electronic Messages On Highways 85
America Cracks Down on Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Facilities 36
US Tech Innovation Dreams Soured By Changed R&D Tax Laws 35
FAA Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed To Approved Design 84
Microsoft Dethrones Apple as the Largest US Company 52
FCC Commissioner Carr Says 'Huge Miss' If US Doesn't Ban or Divest TikTok in 2024 136
Englishman Who Posed As HyperVerse CEO Says Sorry To Investors Who Lost Millions 23
Microsoft Debates What To Do With AI Lab In China 43
The Next Front in the US-China Battle Over Chips 87
SEC Claims Account Was 'Compromised' After Announcing False Bitcoin ETF Approval 48
FTC Bans X-Mode From Selling Phone Location Data 10
'Only 700 New IT Jobs' Were Created In US Last Year 95
US News Makes Money From Some of Its Biggest Critics: Colleges 29
IRS To Begin Trial of Its Own Free Tax-Filing System 96
Hundreds of US Car Dealerships Abandon Buicks. Are EVs to Blame? 210
America's First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project Finally Begins Generating Electricity 43

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