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Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the new Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Wednesday as

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The GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. The vote Tuesday night marked the culmination of months of examination by House Republicans as they’ve aimed to make immigration and border security a key election

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Punishing storm finally easing off in Southern California but mudslide threat remains

By STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was expected to move out of the region after one final drenching Wednesday, but authorities warned of the continued threat of collapsing hillsides. One of

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GM’s troubled robotaxi service faces another round of public ridicule in regulatoryhearing

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer General Motors’ troubled robotaxi service Cruise on Tuesday endured a public lashing from a California judge who compared the company to the devious TV character Eddie Haskell for its behavior following a ghastly collision that wrecked its ambitious expansion plans. The withering comparison to the two-faced Haskell from the

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