The Air Force needs some new bombers. The B-1B Lancer and B-2A Spirit are in the twilight of their careers, and the B-21 Raider, a new stealth bomber produced by Northrop Grumman aims to...
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U.S. safety regulators investigating GM’s Cruise self-driving car system
A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. automotive safety officials have opened a formal probe into the autonomous driving system...
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Accenture, Winnebago, Maxar Technologies and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Accenture (ACN) – The consulting firm’s shares fell 1.5% in the premarket despite beating estimates on the top and bottom lines for its latest quarter....
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BP invests millions in company that supplies ‘rapidly deployable’ solar tech
The BP logo displayed outside a gas station in England on August 15, 2022. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP said it is investing 20 million Australian dollars ($13.53 million)...
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U.S. hospitals report rise in severe strep A infections in kids after 15 deaths in U.K.
Several children’s hospitals in the U.S. have detected increases in invasive group A strep infections, a severe and sometimes life-threatening illness that occurs when bacteria spread to areas of the body that are normally...
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Asia’s year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2022
Police officers step into the vandalized gateway to Sri Lanka’s presidential palace in July. The country has been hit hard by an economic crisis. Abhishek Chinnappa | Getty Images News | Getty Images Curtis...
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GM, Stellantis rank as worst automakers for fuel efficiency, even amid EV push, EPA says
GMC vehicles sit on display at the Sterling McCall Buick GMC dealership on February 02, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors may be transitioning to an all-electric...
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Europe’s power crisis has ‘very little to do with Putin,’ portfolio manager says
This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do...
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Electric school buses are giving kids a cleaner, but costlier, ride to class
BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar to...
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