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Beyoncé is getting played on country radio. Could her success help other Black women?

An Oklahoma country station made news this week when it briefly refused to play a Beyoncé song. It's a resonant tale for the Black and women musicians who have tried to crack the format for decades.

Pandemic is reducing electricity demand and coal-burning power plants are the first to shut down

A report this week from the U.S. government found coal consumption in 2019 was the lowest it’s been since 1978. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

A woman passes by an Apple store at the State Department Store, GUM, in central Moscow on April 27, 2021. Apple said this week it's pausing the sale of its products in Russia.

One by one, global companies are cutting their ties to Russia

Companies ranging from General Motors to UPS are exiting or reducing their operations in Russia as wide-ranging sanctions make it all but impossible to operate in the country.

Southeast corner of state Capitol exterior in the autumn.

Brinks looks to 2024 for bipartisanship, punted legislation

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) discussed her thoughts on how the year went and her hopes for 2024.

Lori Vallow Daybell listens as the jury's verdict is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Friday. The jury convicted Daybell of murder in the deaths of her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival.

Jury finds Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering 2 of her children

A jury in Boise, Idaho, found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. Vallow Daybell, 49, could face life in prison.

The Apple TV+ series <em>Extrapolations </em>tells the story of what's at stake for our planet over the next few decades. Sienna Miller plays scientist Rebecca Shearer.

There are plenty of doomsday climate stories — 'Extrapolations' is about the everyday

"We wanted to focus on what we call the 'messy middle...' " says Scott Burns, creator of the AppleTV+ series. "Before we get to the end, there's a lot of life that we're all gonna have to go through."

A woman reacts as people gather at the site of Al Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza on Wednesday in the aftermath of an overnight explosion there.

Biden backs Israel over Gaza hospital blast and forges humanitarian aid deal

On the heels of the devastating blast at a hospital in Gaza City, President Biden reaffirmed support for Israel, saying it did not cause the carnage. He also brokers a deal for limited aid to Gaza.

New vehicles from Detroit's automakers are planned in contracts that ended UAW strikes

Stellantis plans to build a new midsize pickup truck, along with battery-run versions of six Jeep, Ram and Dodge vehicles.Ford envisions at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several factories.General Motors plans to build at least six new electric vehicles, including a full-size SUV.Those and other closely held production plans by Detroit's automakers have emerged in details of the tentative contract agreements that ended the six-week strikes by the United Auto Workers union.

Adidas begins selling off Yeezy brand sneakers, 7 months after cutting ties with Ye

The German firm is selling shoes created with Ye (formerly Kanye West) before his antisemitic remarks led to termination of the deal in October. Some of the proceeds will go to anti-racism nonprofits.

Cobalt is an important component of lithium ion batteries, like those in many electric vehicles

In Idaho, America's first, and only, cobalt mine in decades is opening

The first cobalt mine in the United States in decades opened Friday in Idaho amid rising demand for the metal, which is a key component in electric vehicle batteries.

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