Tesla’s stock surged on Monday on news that lifted already-rosy investor sentiment for the electric-car manufacturer. The company’s share price topped out at $786 — a record — just after midday before sliding slightly to end the day at $780, nearly a 20 percent gain from Friday’s closing price, $650.57. The rise followed positive developments […]
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Scientists have trained dogs to sniff out a disease that’s harming citrus trees in Florida, California and Texas By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer February 3, 2020, 8:40 PM 3 min read WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests. Scientists trained dogs to sniff out
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, announced her engagement to Tom Bernthal, the founder of a Los Angeles-based strategic consulting agency, on Monday. “Engaged!!! Tom Bernthal, you are my everything. I could not love you more,” Ms. Sandberg, 50, said in a Facebook post. The couple were engaged over the weekend, People reported. Mr. Bernthal,
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The brother of Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend has filed a lawsuit accusing Mr. Bezos and his security consultant of defaming him in connection with a 2019 National Enquirer story revealing Mr. Bezos’s extramarital affair. Michael Sanchez, a Hollywood talent manager and the brother of Lauren Sanchez, said in his lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in
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A Louisiana island that provides critical nesting habitat for pelicans and other seabirds is being restored to nearly its former size after decades of erosion and a crippling 2010 oil spill By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press February 3, 2020, 4:51 PM 5 min read NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana island that provides a crucial nesting
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The World Health Organization is working with Google to ensure that people get facts from WHO first when they search for information about the new virus that recently emerged in China By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press February 3, 2020, 10:46 AM 3 min read GENEVA — The World Health Organization is working with Google to
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The U.S. government is trying to return memorabilia from World War II codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing that were allegedly stolen more than 30 years ago By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press February 2, 2020, 4:02 PM 4 min read DENVER — A U.S. woman who said she was visiting England to do a study
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Tablets are being used to provide all 32 National Football League teams with instant tactical information. Capable of displaying snapshots of the games from different angles, the devices allow the coaches to draw tactical plays on them and instruct players with new strategies. BBC Click’s Omar Mehtab finds out more. See more at Click’s website
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Deep underneath London is a hidden network of tunnels powering the network. With Londoners encouraged to buy more electric cars and London needing more energy, ‘power tunnels’ have been created under the city’s streets. The first phase, completed in 2018, built 20 miles (32km) of tunnels carrying high-voltage cables. The next stage is due to
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Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir that holds 80% of untreated drinking water for the Greater Sydney area. In Australia‘s national capital of Canberra, where a state of emergency was declared on Friday because of an out-of-control forest
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