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Month: May 2023

Tesla shouldn’t call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says

By TOM KRISHER and HILARY POWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla shouldn’t be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves, the top U.S. transportation official says. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he’s concerned about Tesla’s marketing of the system, which is under investigation by his department in connection

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IRS takes steps to protect identity of workers in effort to deter personal threats

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is taking steps to protect the identity of its workers in an effort to deter personal threats aimed at the tax agency’s employees. The IRS says it’ll start limiting workers’ personal identifying information on communications with taxpayers. The change begins next month. The Treasury Department’s

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‘Like a scene out of ‘The Fast and the Furious’’: Vehicle flips outside PA home

By Tori Yorgey Click here for updates on this story     COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Update 5/10/23: Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has obtained a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday charging Frank Cooper III, 30, of Pittsburgh, with multiple charges, including fleeing police and driving under the influence of alcohol. As of Wednesday morning, Cooper had

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California Senate passes a bill to ban caste discrimination. It could become the first state to enact such a law

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include protections against discrimination based on a person’s perceived caste. The measure, the first such effort by a US state legislature, would

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Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over ‘stealing from poor’ remark

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending his lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case. Favre and McAfee both announced the settlement Thursday.

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Oakland teachers start week 2 of strike over community issues like homelessness, mental health

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland teachers started their second week on strike Thursday as they push for their contract to include “common good” provisions such as using district property to help homeless students, addressing reparations for Black students, and improving school safety. There is no end in sight for

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Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and drop bat’s protections

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species. Senators narrowly called for reinstating a rule adopted under former President Donald Trump that limited which lands and waters could be designated as places for imperiled animals and plants to receive federal protection.

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