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States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried
States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affo…
Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge
TULUM, Mexico (AP) — The friends from Jackson, Mississippi, relaxed on lounge chairs dug into a white sand beach and romped in the turquoise Caribbean waters, grateful for a break from the pandemic winter in the Un…
GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear
DETROIT (AP) — The market for battery-powered delivery vehicles and equipment has so much potential that General Motors is forming a new business unit to serve it, a move that lifted the automaker’s stock to a mult…
Turkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with Europe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship with the European Union “back on track" and called on the 27-nation bloc to display the …
France investigates delivery driver accused of anti-Semitism
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating complaints by Jewish groups in the eastern city of Strasbourg that one or more delivery drivers refused to take orders of kosher food.
The Latest: Tokyo residents question holding Olympics
TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has tried to reassure the public that the postponed games will open in six months.
Las Vegas Sands founder and CEO Adelson dies
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sheldon Adelson, founder, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, has passed away at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma , the casino company announced Tue…
Enbridge rejects Michigan's demand to shut down oil pipeline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge said Tuesday it would defy Michigan's demand to shut down an oil pipeline that runs through a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, contending that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's dec…
Divers recover crashed Indonesian plane's data recorder
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board.
German investigators shut down big darknet marketplace
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have taken down what they believe was the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet and arrested its suspected operator.
Ex-Nissan exec says automaker sought to hide Ghosn's pay
TOKYO (AP) — A former Nissan chief operating officer outlined in a Japanese court Tuesday the pains company officials took to hide star executive Carlos Ghosn’s pay, and how they had worried about his quitting for …
Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot
LONDON (AP) — Twitter says it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far right QAnon conspiracy theory following last week's U.S. Capitol riot.
Volkswagen triples E-car sales ahead of new climate rules
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Volkswagen tripled sales of battery-only cars in 2020 despite the pandemic as its new electric compact ID.3 came on the market ahead of tough new European Union limits on auto em…
Volkswagen triples electric car sales ahead of climate rules
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's push into electric cars is gathering speed — despite the pandemic.
Emergency imposed in Malaysia over virus is reprieve for PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has declared a coronavirus emergency that will suspend Parliament at least until August and halt any bids to seek a general election, but critics charged it was a political mo…
SAS CEO leaves airline after 10 years at the helm
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The CEO of Scandinavian Airlines, Rickard Gustafson, said Monday he is leaving the company after 10 years at the helm to take up a job with one of Sweden’s largest industrial groups.