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Heavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights

Heavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide Tuesday because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly o
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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting t
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Nissan and Honda to attempt a merger that would create the world's No. 3 automaker

Nissan and Honda to attempt a merger that would create the world's No. 3 automaker

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.
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What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the automakers and the industry

What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the automakers and the industry

BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.
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Nissan, Honda expected to announce plans to merge, creating world's No. 3 automaker

Nissan, Honda expected to announce plans to merge, creating world's No. 3 automaker

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda were expected to announce Monday that they are in talks on a merger that would catapult them to No.
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'Eclectic, strange or weird?': Meet the collectors who treasure hunt across Ontario

'Eclectic, strange or weird?': Meet the collectors who treasure hunt across Ontario

Tristan Sacrey says he reached rock bottom five years ago. He went through a breakup, lost his job and had to move back in with his mom, and he was still trying to process the death of his father two years earlier.
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Music maker, 88, creates unique horn section, with moose antler bass guitar and cello

Music maker, 88, creates unique horn section, with moose antler bass guitar and cello

Eighty-eight-year-old Lorne Collie has been making musical instruments for more than three decades, creations that dazzle for their unique materials as much as their sound.
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US proposes voluntary guidelines for self-driving vehicles in waning days of Biden administration

US proposes voluntary guidelines for self-driving vehicles in waning days of Biden administration

DETROIT (AP) — In the waning days of President Joe Biden's administration, the government's highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.
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US proposes voluntary guidelines for self-driving vehicles in waning days of Biden administration

DETROIT (AP) — In the waning days of President Joe Biden's administration, the government's highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.
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Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ahead of the holidays.
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