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The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas

Nayib Bukele met in the United States on Friday with tech billionaire Elon Musk to discuss artificial intelligence and other topics, after which the pair piled on mutual praise. «It was a pleasure to spend several hours talking with one of the great minds of our time @elonmusk,» Bukele said on X, the social network owned by Musk. The Salvadoran president posted a short video showing Musk receiving him at his gigafactory plant in Austin, Texas, where batteries for Tesla electric cars are manufactured.

American Airlines has agreed on a contract extension for ground workers including mechanics and baggage handlers

A constitutional challenge to the Biden administration program enabling Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs has been revived by a federal appeals court

Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, could be visible across several northern and Midwestern US states this Friday night. As the sun nears the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, increased solar activity has created ideal conditions for this breathtaking natural phenomenon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast a Kp index of three for the upcoming event, which suggests heightened aurora activity and brighter displays in favorable weather conditions.

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's space venture, to buy two brick ranch houses she owns near the mouth of the Rio Grande. The properties are nestled amid the South Texas scrubland where SpaceX established an ever-expanding facility for the production and launch of its rockets. For decades, they've served as a home for the former social worker and a source of retirement income from beachgoers who once rented one of the houses, a short walk from the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX's breakneck development, and fast-changing local regulations that facilitated it, disrupted her quiet retirement and halted much of the beach traffic. It also raised her property taxes, inflated by soaring values all around her as neighbors sold land to SpaceX.

The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production

Members of a Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Texas-based Steward Health Care have adopted two resolutions designed to hold CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt for not testifying before the panel

Officials say human remains have been found inside an SUV that authorities say hit an aboveground valve on a pipeline in suburban Houston, causing a fire that has burned for four days

A pipeline fire that forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the Houston suburbs is burning for a third day, with officials saying they don’t expect it to be extinguished until sometime Thursday evening

Matthew McConaughey, who starred in Mud and Magic Mike, are shocked by his recent public appearances and say his appearance has changed. The fans took to social media to criticize the 54-year-old actor, saying he appeared different when he and his 41-year-old wife Camila Alves attended a gala dinner last week. Some people conjectured that his eyes have changed color and that his nose is a different shape. Some have even gone so far as to claim that it is a double and does not resemble him. However, a plastic surgeon claims that the actor, who was born in Texas, is just thin because of weight loss. A TikTok video from the gala dinner was shared by social media user @Scuba_duba_, who claimed that he appeared different. Commentators pointed to his eyes, implying that they had been blue before and were now brown. Commenters on another TikTok video by @1mothastucka noted that he appeared to have lost weight or taken the Ozempic slimming jab. Others said that his nose looked different. On the social media platform X, it was mentioned on social media by @MerrittKelly1, who said that he looked very thin and rather angry. As if he lost a lot of weight for a role in a movie. Aesthetic doctors, however, have a more sensible explanation for his altered appearance than the actor being a double.

Latinas are making substantial contributions to the U.S. economy.

A flame that towered over a southeast Houston suburb has subsided but continues to burn following a massive pipeline explosion after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve

Officials say a massive pipeline fire that has burned for hours near Houston began after vehicle struck an above-ground valve after driving through a fence

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The year 1979 was a pivotal one in Sino-American relations. On a historic visit to the US, Deng Xiaoping, China’s paramount leader, met with US President Jimmy Carter at the White House and attended the Round-Up Rodeo in Simonton, Texas, where he donned a ten-gallon hat and charmed the crowd.

Walgreens agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged it submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed

Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals

Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals. The alliance expands upon a partnership the two companies forged in Phoenix last year, signaling they were ready to set aside their differences and work together following a bruising legal battle revolving around allegations that Uber had stolen Waymo's trade secrets. Uber's increasing reliance on Waymo's robotaxis to supplement the fleet of cars driven by people responding to requests sent on a mobile app comes just a few weeks after it announced plans to deploy driverless cars from General Motors' beleaguered Cruise subsidiary.

Some Canadian energy companies are better placed to weather the precipitous drop in the price of oil, according to an analysis by Scotiabank Global Equity Research.

Flight attendants at American Airlines have approved a new contract after years of negotiations

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk secretly channelled hundreds of thousands of dollars into a local race in Travis County, Texas, in an unsuccessful effort to unseat a prosecutor who had won the office with the backing of the investor and Democratic donor George Soros. A group primarily funded by the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive, which called itself Saving Austin, sent out fliers and texts and spent more than $650,000 on television ads attacking District Attorney José Garza in the Democratic primary race earlier this year, according to people familiar with Musk’s involvement, as well as Federal Communications Commission filings and corporate documents.