City officials estimate that downtown has space on upper floors of buildings to develop about 75 housing units.
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Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me – with some caveats
U.S. law allows copyright to be held for 95 years after Congress expanded it several times during Mickey’s life.
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Air in Times Square filled with colored paper as organizers test New Year’s Eve confetti
Visitors to Times Square got a small preview of New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve party.
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Maui’s economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?
Hawaii’s governor and mayor are welcoming tourists back to the west side of Maui months after August wildfires killed at least 100 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings.
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Architect of Argentina’s reforms says he isn’t even halfway done
His boss, newly elected President Javier Milei, has wasted no time since taking office on Dec. 10 with a popular mandate to tame inflation running above 160% and restart a stagnant economy.
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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney
Cohen, who was disbarred five years ago, said to a judge that he found the citations by doing research through Google Bard and was unaware that the service could generate nonexistent cases.
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U.S. companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers and lattes
Some of the world’s biggest brands said this year that they were considering shifting manufacturing away from China. Not McDonald’s or Starbucks.
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New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising results in helping people shed pounds.
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Amazon Prime ads on movies, TV shows will begin in late January
Prime members who want to keep their movies and TV shows ad-free will have to pay an additional $2.99.
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U.S. applications for jobless benefits rise, but labor market remains solid
Overall, 1.88 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended Dec. 16 – an increase of 14,000 from the previous week.