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If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine. For now. Despite a late October blaze that raged through one of the world’s best-known wine-growing regions. forcing evacuations in two mid-sized […]

The CBD craze is leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused. The extract that’s been showing up in everything from candy to coffee is legally derived from hemp plants, which look and smell an awful lot like that other cannabis — marijuana. They’re so similar, police officers and the field tests they

The U.S. Education Department is forgiving student loans for more than 1,500 borrowers who attended a pair of for-profit colleges that shut down last year By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer November 8, 2019, 11:31 PM 5 min read Facing a federal lawsuit and mounting criticism, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday said she will

Facebook says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who spurred President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer November 9, 2019, 12:04 AM 3 min read Facebook says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified

The Interior Department is proposing to award a contract for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful water district that used to employ Secretary David Bernhardt as a lobbyist By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press November 9, 2019, 12:33 AM 4 min read The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for

There are many questions surrounding Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential candidacy, but whether he’ll have enough money to sustain a lengthy and bruising presidential campaign is not one of them By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press November 9, 2019, 5:52 AM 4 min read There are many questions surrounding Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential candidacy. Whether he’ll have

Trump says he hasn’t agreed to reduce China tariffs in ongoing trade talks By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer November 9, 2019, 4:51 AM 5 min read President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed a Chinese official’s assertion that his administration has agreed to roll back some of the higher tariffs it’s imposed on Chinese goods.

The Justice Department’s top antitrust official is warning Big Tech that it could go after them for anti-competitive behavior over their collection and commercial use of massive amounts of personal data By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer November 9, 2019, 1:01 AM 4 min read The Justice Department’s top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies

For example, from now through December, the Chase Freedom offers 5 percent back on both the spending you do at department stores and the purchases you make via PayPal or Chase Pay (on up to $1,500 in combined purchases, then 1 percent). Millions of online stores, from big merchants like Best Buy to small Etsy

Climate change is risky business — including for officials at the Federal Reserve. An increase in severe weather events could lead to bank failures as property prices rapidly adjust, stoke uncertainty and harm economic growth. That makes global warming and its fallout relevant to the Fed, which is responsible for both financial regulation and for