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Brazil’s lower house approves an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people

Brazil’s lower house approves an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved exempting up to 5,000 reais ($940) a month from income taxes, which would more than double the current exemption and meet a key priority of ...

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Parents sue Tesla over burning death of daughter in alleged design flaw trapping her inside in crash

Parents sue Tesla over burning death of daughter in alleged design flaw trapping her inside in crash

The parents of a college student in a Tesla crash say she was killed by flames and smoke as she tried but failed to escape the burning car because of a design flaw making it difficult to open the ...

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Trump administration approves another generic abortion pill

Trump administration approves another generic abortion pill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and po...

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$1M in gold coins found from Spanish shipwreck off Florida

$1M in gold coins found from Spanish shipwreck off Florida

Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company have uncovered exactly that — a load of long-lost Span...

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DoorDash closes on 2nd major deal, a $3.9 billion buyout of UK’s Deliveroo

DoorDash closes on 2nd major deal, a $3.9 billion buyout of UK’s Deliveroo

WASHINGTON (AP) — DoorDash has finalized its acquisition of the U.K. food delivery company Deliveroo, saying Thursday that the boards of both companies approved the nearly $4 billion deal announce...

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OpenAI now possibly the world’s most valuable startup

OpenAI now possibly the world’s most valuable startup

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT m...

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