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Tesla to Investigate Car That Appeared to Burst Into Flames in Shanghai

SHANGHAI — The electric-car maker Tesla said on Monday that it had sent a team to investigate why one of its cars appeared to spontaneously combust in Shanghai over the weekend, an incident that the authorities said left no one hurt but has raised fresh questions about the safety of the company’s cars. The explosion

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Investigation of illegal painkillers targets 30 in Tennessee

A doctor who prescribed more than 4 million opioid pills, including to a pregnant woman who later died, is one of more than 30 medical professionals in Tennessee charged with illegally prescribing and distributing millions of painkillers, federal authorities said Thursday. U.S. Attorneys Michael Dunavant, in Memphis, and Don Cochran, in Nashville, held separate news

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Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVolodymyr Zelensky and his supporters celebrate winning Ukraine’s presidential election Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election. With nearly all ballots counted in the run-off vote, Mr Zelensky had taken more than 73% with incumbent Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind

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Fisher-Price Issues Warning After 10 Babies Die In Rock ‘N Play Sleeper

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Friday warned parents and caregivers against using a Fisher-Price sleeper that played a role in the deaths of several infants. The sleeper, known as the Rock ’n Play, gently rocks back and forth, intended for newborns and babies 25 pounds and less, and includes a restraint belt. Some

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Tackling the Plastic Problem, One City (or Country) at a Time

Plastic is practically an invasive species. It’s clogging the oceans, littering cities and tainting wilderness areas that are supposed to be pristine. Single-use plastic items — everything from disposable water bottles to shopping bags handed out like grocery-store door prizes — are among the most invasive forms of plastic. Single-use plastics are inarguably convenient, but

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