Electric Vehicle Push Returns North Carolina to Its Lithium Mining Roots
The Kings Mountain hiking trail known as Cardio Hill overlooks a pit full of rainwater the size of a lake, but the craggy terrain situated about 30 miles west of…
4,789 Facebook Accounts in China Impersonated Americans, Meta Says
Meta announced on Thursday that it had removed thousands of Facebook accounts based in China that were impersonating Americans debating political issues in the United States. The company warned that…
California Forever’s Plan to Build a New City Confronts Hostility
Jan Sramek has spent the past several months in restaurants and conference rooms pitching politicians, environmentalists and labor unions on a plan to erect a new California city on open…
Judge Halts TikTok Ban in Montana
A federal judge in Montana on Thursday blocked a statewide ban of TikTok from taking effect next year, at least temporarily preventing the nation’s first such prohibition on the popular…
Why It Costs $6 to Clean This Shirt in New York City
There is an extravaganza of cleanliness to be found just behind an unmarked door in a corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This is the home of Kingbridge’s massive new…
LSU’s Angel Reese available to play in Final Four rematch vs. Virginia Tech
LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese will be available to play against No. 9 Virginia Tech on Thursday, coach Kim Mulkey said Wednesday. Reese has missed four straight games for the…
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments
Advertisers said on Thursday that they did not plan to reopen their wallets anytime soon with X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, after its owner, Elon Musk,…
Oil Producers Announce More Production Cuts After Meeting
With oil markets sagging, the world’s major producers agreed on Thursday to cut oil production by almost 900,000 barrels a day, a little less than 1 percent of global supplies,…