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Farms could help sustain Texas' oyster industry amid climate change

5:58pm April 03, 2023

by Katie Watkins

In 2019, Texas became one of the last coastal states to allow oyster farming. Now the first farms have had their initial harvests. It spells good news in the face of rising seas due to climate change.

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Roman Reigns holds up the WWE Universal Championship belt after defeating Jey Uso during an October 2020 match in Orlando, Fla.

Sports

UFC and WWE will team up to form a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company

10:59am April 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

The new business will focus on growing media rights and sponsorship revenue, and will be lead by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. Vince McMahon, executive chairman at WWE, will serve in the same role.

Activist investors press corporations to take action against climate change

7:59am April 03, 2023

At publicly traded companies' annual meetings, shareholders are filing more resolutions about climate change than at the same point last year.

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Saudi Aramco engineers walk in front of a gas turbine generator at Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, about 93 miles east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 28, 2021.

Saudis, other oil giants announce surprise production cuts

6:01am April 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Higher oil prices would help fill Russian President Vladimir Putin's coffers as his country wages war on Ukraine and force Americans and others to pay even more at the pump amid worldwide inflation.

Steven Meland, co-owner of Hotbox Farms in Ontario now employs close to fifty people with plans to hire more as his business keeps expanding.

State line pot shops latest flashpoint in Idaho-Oregon border debate

1:09pm April 01, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

There is a marijuana boom in Ontario, Oregon, just across the river from the Boise metro area where pot is illegal. It's the latest flashpoint for conservatives who want to annex eastern Oregon.

Utah Jazz guard Johnny Juzang (33) shoots against the Spurs during a game in San Antonio on Wednesday.

Sports

The NBA and its players have a deal for a new labor agreement

10:34am April 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

The league and its players came to an agreement on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement. It is still pending ratification, though that process is almost certainly no more than a formality.

James Tucker got an efficient heat pump for his home near Oakland, Calif., last year. Now homeowners can get new credits for heat pumps from federal climate legislation.

6 things to know about heat pumps, a climate solution in a box

9:55am April 01, 2023

by Julia Simon

Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution?

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ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

Health & Safety

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

5:00am April 01, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

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What Trump's business history can tell us about his criminal indictment

6:14pm March 31, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

The criminal indictment of Donald Trump is a first for a U.S. president and a first for Trump — but his family's business dealings have raised questions with authorities in New York for decades.

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A computer screen shows the OpenAI website Friday in Manta, Italy.

ChatGPT is temporarily banned in Italy amid an investigation into data collection

5:06pm March 31, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Italian authorities are temporarily banning ChatGPT while it investigates the company behind the AI tool. Italy is considered the first government to take such a measure against ChatGPT.