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Gavin John/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Oil spills along the Keystone pipeline that runs from Canada to Texas have become more frequent and severe, prompting stricter regulations for a 1,200-mile stretch of the pipeline, a federal agency said on Tuesday. TC Energy, the company that operates the Keystone pipeline, must lower the operating pressure […]

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images (LONDON) — American toymaker Mattel, the parent company of the iconic Barbie dolls, has honored British STEM trailblazer Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE with a unique Barbie in her likeness. Aderin-Pocock — space scientist and science educator — is well known for hosting the BBC show The Sky at Night as […]

SunnyD (NEW YORK) — Nothing quite quenched a kid’s thirst after a long afternoon on the monkey bars, jumping on trampolines or riding a Razor scooter like SunnyD. Now, to the delight of ’80s and ’90s kids, the juice brand has a new boozy beverage for adults. But they have faced some criticism for the […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Pat Clynes pushed down the gas pedal on his Ford Explorer during a drive in Houston, Texas, in July 2022, an otherwise routine day became the start of what he later described as a nightmare. The car failed to accelerate like it usually did, triggering immediate concern that […]

Getty Images/d3sign (NEW YORK) — The Biden administration is moving to implement a new national security strategy focused on stopping hackers, as buzz around artificial intelligence tools raises concern among some experts that criminals may try to exploit AI capabilities. One aim of the administration strategy is to shift the focus of blame away from […]

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Locked out of his work computer for more than a week, a two-year Twitter employee didn’t know whether he’d been laid off. So he asked CEO Elon Musk in a message on Twitter. “Maybe if enough people retweet you’ll answer me here?” Haraldur Thorleifsson, who joined the […]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For nearly four years, Arizona realtor Courtney Van Cott has been consumed by a legal battle involving a noncompete agreement. “You just have this cloud over you every single day,” she told ABC News in an exclusive interview. In 2019, Van Cott’s former employer sued her for nearly $200,000, alleging […]

Hershey’s (NEW YORK) — Chocolate lovers who can’t eat dairy are now in luck when it comes to two beloved milk chocolate treats from Hershey’s. As more people trend toward plant-based snacks, Hershey’s launched two treats to satiate the appetite for a milk chocolate alternative with Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups and Hershey’s Plant […]

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Weight Watchers, now known as WW, is a diet program that has been around for decades, focusing on changing eating and activity patterns through a points system. Now the wellness company is making a multi-million dollar bet on the booming obesity drug business. WW announced Monday […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it is opening a special investigation into Norfolk Southern’s safety practices and culture in the wake of a hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and other recent incidents involving the train company. The last time the agency opened such an investigation was in […]