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A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that store power from renewable energy sources

Elon Musk hosted a delegation of leading Indian business figures at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas. The exclusive gathering provided an opportunity for Indian entrepreneurs to engage directly with Musk and tour the company's cutting-edge space exploration facilities. The visit on Friday included a tour of Starbase and a chance to witness the successful launch and booster catch of SpaceX's Starship Flight 7.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central United States this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.

The Supreme Court may soon significantly alter pornography's future. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court justices asked whether Texas' age verification law, which was designed to keep minors from accessing explicit content, hindered adults by comparing contemporary online pornographic content to brick-and-mortar pornographic stories and racy magazines.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OPEC’s overall forecast remains significantly more optimistic than others in the industry. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries stuck to its oil demand forecast for this year after a series of cuts and projected broadly stable growth into 2026.

The tax deadline for some small businesses affected by severe weather in 2024 is drawing near, the IRS is reminding owners

Oil prices eased on Tuesday but remained near four-month highs as the impact of fresh U.S. sanctions on Russian oil remained the market's main focus, ahead of U.S. inflation data this week. Brent futures slipped 53 cents, or 0.7%, to $80.48 a barrel by 0746 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 44 cents, or 0.6% to $78.38 a barrel.

Canadians should be prepared to face U.S. tariffs once Donald Trump assumes the presidency next week, with no exemptions for oil, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith warned after meeting the president-elect in Florida.

Omaha Steaks president and CEO, Nate Rempe, joins Mornings with Maria to discuss the companys success and the increase in meat prices. 

Brent crude futures climbed $1.35, or 1.69%, to $81.11 a barrel by 2339 GMT after hitting an intraday high of $81.44, the highest since Aug. 27.

Walmart says customers should throw out a chicken broth product that was sold at stores in mostly Southern states late last year

Meta offices. According to The New York Times, facilities managers across Meta’s offices in Silicon Valley, Texas, and New York were instructed to remove the menstrual products, which had previously been provided for non-binary and transgender employees. As per the reports, this move was part of Meta’s broader strategy to align its internal policies with the anticipated values of the incoming political leadership. The company implemented a range of changes, such as eliminating transgender and nonbinary customisation options from its Messenger app and revising its «Hateful Conduct» guidelines. In a major policy shift, Meta ended its US fact-checking program and introduced a community-based notes system, inspired by the model used on X. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the move, stating that traditional fact-checking had been perceived as politically biased and had undermined public trust.

Arkansas and North Carolina mobilized their National Guards for tasks such as helping stranded motorists, as governors in multiple states declared states of emergency. School was canceled for millions of children from Texas to Georgia and as far east as South Carolina. The storm piled up more than a year's worth of snowfall on some Southern cities. As much as a foot (about 31 centimeters) fell in parts of Arkansas. There were reports of nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) in Little Rock, a city that averages 3.8 inches (9.7 centimeters) a year.

Constellation is buying power natural gas and geothermal power provider Calpine in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $16.4 billion, joining together two of the country’s biggest power companies

Brent crude futures gained $3.50, or 4.6%, to $80.42 a barrel by 1422 GMT, reaching $80 a barrel for the first time since Oct.7. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures advanced $3.57, or 4.8%, to $77.49.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Think 15% vacancy rates are only a problem for owners of office towers? America has a serious housing shortage, but not for the type of apartments that real-estate investors have been building in record numbers. The national vacancy rate for multifamily apartments reached 8% in the last quarter of 2024—higher than it was before the pandemic.

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