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The slash-and-burn tactics Musk brings to Washington often backfired at Twitter

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround.

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Silicon Valley and Indian investors spend big as English cricket goes up for sale

Foreign investors have been googly-eyed about English soccer for decades. Now, they are buying into an even more quintessential English sport — cricket.

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New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.

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Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited earthquake-struck Santorini on Friday, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity.

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Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited earthquake-struck Santorini on Friday, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity.

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The number of snakes removed from this Australian yard will make you shudder

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard.

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EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers but can't do it in its home state

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C.

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New law in Brazil is making students put away their smartphones at school

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting their use in schools took effect.

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The swarm of earthquakes shaking Santorini prompts Greece to declare an emergency

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

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OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

OpenAI is scouring the U.S.

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