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Tesla challenges $243 million verdict in Autopilot death trial

Tesla challenges 3 million verdict in Autopilot death trial

Tesla has asked a judge to nix the $243 million verdict lodged against the company in a lawsuit involving its Autopilot system, or to allow a new trial to occur, according to a new court filing. The company’s lawyers argue that the verdict, which a jury made earlier this month, “flies in the face of basic Florida tort law, the …

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Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects

Trump administration cancels 9 million in funding for offshore wind projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

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Netflix Billionaire Reed Hastings Gives $2 Million In California Map Fight – Bloomberg.com

Netflix Billionaire Reed Hastings Gives $2 Million In California Map Fight  Bloomberg.com Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign  Politico Deep-pocketed Republican donor launches ‘misleading’ mailers into Calif.  SFGATE Newsom is right: Democrats must win the gerrymandering arms race  The Hill Congressman Ken Calvert says Democrats can’t beat him in elections, so they’ve turned to redistricting  ABC7 Los Angeles Source link

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56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators

56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Pollinators play a vital role in fertilizing flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, affecting where they live and what time of year they’re …

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Ancient Microbes Revived By Scientists After 100 Million Years Under The Seafloor

Ancient Microbes Revived By Scientists After 100 Million Years Under The Seafloor

Deep below the seafloor, locked in a layer of 100-million-year-old sediment, a lifeform quietly lives. It’s not quite Godzilla, nor a long-lost Megalodon, but it does go to show how life on Earth can dwell under the most extreme and bizarre circumstances. Scientists discovered that communities of microbes living beneath the seafloor are able to survive in rock sediments for …

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Red Sox release Walker Buehler to end $21 million debacle

Red Sox release Walker Buehler to end  million debacle

The Red Sox are letting Walker Buehler do just that. Boston released the starting pitcher Friday, ending a rough one-year, $21 million experiment for both sides. The 31-year-old was coming off several injury-marred seasons — he missed all of 2023 following Tommy John surgery — and struggled to find the form that made his a 16-game winner in 2021. Red …

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Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign – Politico

Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign  Politico Will your congressional district shift left or right in Newsom’s proposed map?  Los Angeles Times Newsom is right: Democrats must win the gerrymandering arms race  The Hill California Supreme Court denies state Republicans’ petition to stop special election on redistricting plan  CBS News California Supreme Court Rejects Latest GOP Redistricting Challenge  Democracy Docket Source …

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Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Terminates and Withdraws $679 Million from Doomed Offshore Wind Projects | US Department of Transportation – Department of Transportation (.gov)

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Terminates and Withdraws $679 Million from Doomed Offshore Wind Projects | US Department of Transportation  Department of Transportation (.gov) Trump administration cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects  CNBC Why did Trump halt their project? Union wind workers want answers  USA Today How much trouble is the world’s biggest offshore-wind developer in?  The Economist Wind farm shutdown will …

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Trump administration cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects

Trump administration cancels 9 million for offshore wind projects

Wind turbines in Rio Vista, California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Transportation on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen infrastructure projects that would support offshore wind power in the U.S., the latest attack in President Donald Trump’s campaign to halt the development of renewable …

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