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Spain's lower house of Parliament is to debate and vote on an hugely divisive amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of hundreds of people who were involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agreed to the law in exchange for the parliamentary support of two small Catalan separatist parties, which enabled him to form a new minority leftist government late last year. But the bill has roused the ire of the conservative and far-right... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — PulteGroup Inc. (PHM) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $711 million.

American and Chinese officials met Tuesday to discuss joint efforts to stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., a sign of cooperation as the two global powers try to manage their contentious ties. The two-day meeting was the first for a new counternarcotics working group. One focus of the talks was fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that is ravaging America, and in particular ingredients for the drug that are made in China. The U.S. wants China to do more to curb the export of chemicals that it says are processed into fentanyl. Читать дальше...

General Motors’ net income rose 12% last year despite losing more than $1 billion when many of its plants were shut down by a six-week autoworkers’ strike. The company predicts a small improvement this year even as it plans for lower vehicle selling prices due to increased discounts. The Detroit automaker says it made just over $10 billion last year, up from $8.9 billion in 2022. Excluding one-time items the company made $7.68 per share. That beat analysts' estimates of $7.57 per share, according to FactSet. Читать дальше...

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online. Searches for the singer’s name on the site Tuesday turned up a list of tweets as normal. A day earlier, the same search resulted in an error message and a prompt for users to retry their search, which added, “Don’t fret — it’s not your fault.” Users, however, had been able to get around the block by putting quote marks around her name. Читать дальше...

In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation’s roads than Ann Carlson. For much of that time she has served as acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she started as chief counsel in 2021. But she's leaving the agency on Wednesday to resume teaching at the UCLA School of Law. During her tenure, the agency made autonomous vehicle companies and automakers report crashes involving automated systems, creating a large database. Читать дальше...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — CorVel Corp. (CRVL) on Tuesday reported earnings of $17.1 million in its fiscal third quarter.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day state visit in Stockholm during which he will meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, as well as the Scandinavian country’s monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf. He was welcomed on Tuesday with pomp and ceremony at the royal palace. Macron is set to discuss the future of European security at a military academy in Stockholm together with Kristersson and the king. The French president and his wife, Brigitte, initially were to travel to Sweden in late October... Читать дальше...

MEDINA, Minn. (AP) — MEDINA, Minn. (AP) — Polaris Inc. (PII) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $103.4 million.

WASHINGTON (AP) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Danaher Corp. (DHR) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.08 billion.

The Philippines and Vietnam have signed agreements to avoid incidents in the South China Sea and broaden cooperation between their coast guards. The growing alliance will likely be frowned upon by China, which claims virtually the entire waters. The agreements, along with discussions on enhancing information-sharing and training exchanges between the Vietnamese and Philippine militaries, were forged Tuesday during a visit to Hanoi by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Both sides agreed to... Читать дальше...

House Republicans are moving swiftly toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, including over what they call his “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws. But Democrats call the proceedings a sham ordered up by Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner. Democrats argue that Republicans should instead be working with the Biden administration... Читать дальше...

The Illinois election board is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot after a recommendation that he be removed over the Constitution’s insurrection provision. The meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections comes a little more than a week before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a similar case from Colorado, where the state’s highest court found the 14th amendment barred Trump from the ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden is heading to Florida to raise money for his reelection campaign. He'll be on the home turf of his likely Republican opponent, Donald Trump, who is close to locking down his party's nomination. Biden is eager to stockpile campaign cash to promote his record, especially after a wave of recent positive economic news. He's also increasingly targeting Trump in hopes of turning the election into a referendum on his divisive predecessor. Biden's fundraisers Tuesday will be held in Jupiter and Miami.

The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors in Las Vegas this week, but top party officials will no longer consider a resolution proposed to declare former President Donald Trump the presumptive Republican nominee. The proposal was initially introduced by Maryland Committeeman David Bossie, Trump’s 2016 deputy campaign manager and former adviser. The reversal comes as the Republican campaign has quickly winnowed down to two major candidates. Trump is the heavy favorite and former... Читать дальше...

“We are confident that this appears to be a dispute over marijuana.”

A moisture-laden atmospheric river is poised to drench California mid-week.

Fremont, California, is the unlikely setting of Sundance award-winner "Didi."

A traveler and 5 flight attendants were taken to a Maui hospital.

This vertical, mountainside build offers panoramic vistas and was just completed this month. The place is listed for $1,475,000.

This Seattle bakery is famous for its stuffed, savory piroshki.

What is an ARkStorm and why is everyone talking about it on social media right now?

Will you get free Trader Joe's flowers on your birthday? 

Chicago architect Michael Damore built this contemporary, three-bedroom getaway in 2001 as a vacation home for himself.

This week, we found five delightful A-frames with some unexpected amenities. Bonus: All are priced below $400,000.