Tesla shares soar 14% as Trump win is seen boosting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company
NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return to the White…
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Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN over deadly pager explosions
GENEVA — A Lebanese government minister said Wednesday his country was filing a complaint against Israel at the U.N.’s labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers,…
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In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders
LARNACA, Cyprus — From as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia, an assortment of senior government officials converge on this small facility for training by top U.S. experts to prevent…
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
RENO, Nev. — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to…
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House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried to walk…
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New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia’s war effort
NEW YORK — A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bank…
Read more Lyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers
SAN FRANCISCO — Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to…
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Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
JOHANNESBURG — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections on Nov. 10 in which Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is seeking a…
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Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
SAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the…
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The US election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability
WASHINGTON — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential…
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