Lyft and Uber drivers protested Waymo’s self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

A federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group.

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation.

President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum.

Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers.

President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country.

General Motors will be hit with charges of about $6 billion in its fourth quarter after sales of electric vehicles sputtered when the U.S. cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards.

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is now restricting image generation and editing to paying users.

Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England are without power and residents faced widespread travel delays after a storm swept in off the Atlantic.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency.

Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down.

Luigi Mangione’s federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year.

U.S. stocks rose to more records following a mixed report on the U.S. job market.

CES 2026 showcased futuristic tech, from paper-thin screens to AI-driven gadgets.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

The U.S. Transportation Department says North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren't qualify to hold them.

Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also been low.

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices.

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.

President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week.

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season.

Getting into nature can be challenging during the workday.

DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening.

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.

Prosecutors in the United States say Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day.

New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 2 in 10 U.S. adults donated money to a crowdfunding campaign over the last year, with medical expenses proving most common.

When a game kicks off in the Spanish league about 50 analysts start looking for signs of online piracy.

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls.

Dozens of angry farmers have demonstrated in France and Greece, halting traffic and blocking roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations.

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State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs.

Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked some big swings underneath the surface, including for makers of weapons and other military equipment.

Gadgets promoting a wide array of health benefits are on display at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas.

Federal prosecutors are slamming Luigi Mangione’s lawyers for making what the government said were “meritless” and “misleading” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and her decision to seek the death penalty against Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Georgia is the latest state to consider eliminating its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to phase it out by 2032.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down in May after its owners cited financial losses.

U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants.

President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.

The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly over the next 30 years than previously predicted.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is supporting a new housing official amid backlash over past social media posts.

Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba.

Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump captured the country’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Offshore wind developers and states are suing the Trump administration over its order to suspend work on five large-scale projects under construction off the East Coast for at least 90 days.

U.S. employers posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers aren’t yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up.

GameStop is providing details on a compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen that depends on him meeting certain performance targets.

President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing two sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide.

Snow and ice are hampering travel in parts of Europe as flights have been grounded and roads clogged.

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CES 2026 is featuring extensive programming related to Hollywood, influencers and how the industry will continue to work with AI.

As CES opened Tuesday to the public, auto and tech companies like Nvidia and Gentex showed how AI technology can transform cars into proactive companions that adapt and react to drivers and passengers in real time.

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Nobody could accuse CBS News' Tony Dokoupil of participating in a soft launch.

Wall Street’s strong start to the year slowed.

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy.

The Alaska Airlines pilot who was praised as a hero for safely landing a plane after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff in 2004 is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew in past legal filings.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under fire for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent.

China has banned exports to Japan of dual-use goods for military purposes.

A golden phone that President Donald Trump’s family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a gluttony of new gadgets in Las Vegas this week.

Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.

News organizations have gotten a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records.

Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy have conducted a sit-in at Tehran's Grand Bazaar.

Pipeline safety regulators have imposed their largest fine ever on the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 2023.

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics has publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time at the CES tech showcase.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has finalized a deal exempting U.S. multinational corporations from paying more corporate taxes overseas.

Shares of major U.S. companies in the energy sector are sharply higher after President Donald Trump announced plans to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and said American companies would revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro.

With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, led by a mix of energy companies and banks.

Hollywood kicked off 2026 with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025.

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.

The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.

Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly being voted down.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

U.S. stocks mostly edged higher on Wall Street in a wobbly start to the new year.

President Donald Trump signed a New Year’s Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks.

Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.

Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.

The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings.

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low despite a weakening labor market.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery more than a decade later.

A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.

Trains through the Channel Tunnel between Europe and the UK are running again after power malfunctions caused travel chaos.

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press.

Surveys show that Chinese factory activity expanded for the first time in eight months in December, as orders picked up ahead of holidays and builders rushed to finish projects.

Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty.

Lee Enterprises has announced a compromise with the billionaire investor who tried to take over the nation's third-largest newspaper chain this year.

Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released Tuesday show, underscoring the divisions and uncertainty permeating the central bank.

A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues a push to amp-up AI offerings across its platforms.

Greg Abel faces the challenge of taking over Berkshire Hathaway from the legendary Warren Buffett this week.

Power problems and a stuck train have interrupted rail traffic through the Channel Tunnel connecting the U.K. and continental Europe.

Stocks fell slightly on Wall Street as trading for 2025 nudges closer to the finish line.

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded.