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A Jeep logo is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 14, 2019. Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Workers walk the picket line outside Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 1, 2024. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
Hurricane Helene dropped more than 2 feet of rain on Spruce Pine, N.C. The town is home to one of the world's only sources of high-purity quartz, which is used to manufacture silicon chips and solar panels. Spencer Bost hide caption
A worker packs a leather jacket in an Amazon India shipping bag at a workshop in the Dharavi area of Mumbai, India, on Jan. 5, 2022. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Workers at Amazon facilities in India want the company to treat them better
FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB1046, a hotly contested measure that would have been the nation's strictest AI safety law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Eggs are cleaned and disinfected in January at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which had seen an outbreak of avian flu. Terry Chea/AP hide caption
America's small GDP bump, China's big stimulus dispersal, and a Monkey King
Shipping containers sit piled at the Port of Baltimore on September 21, 2018. Dockworkers on the East Coast and Gulf Coast have threatened to strike as early as October 1, if a new contract deal is not reached. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
News anchors work at Newsmax's booth during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The network has settled with voting-tech company Smartmatic, which accused it of defamation following the 2020 presidential election. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty hide caption
A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT's Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
An apprentice steelworker in Dayton, Ohio in 2022. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a conveyor belt as she sorts through materials at a recycling center in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Lauren Tuvell (left) and James Watts with their dogs Xena and Desi in their home in Downtown Las Vegas on Sept. 24, 2024. Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption
Harris and Trump have different plans to solve the housing crisis. Could they work?
Conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones owes some $1.5 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies that the 2012 school shooting never happened. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
In this aerial image released by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge on March 26 in Baltimore. AP/Maryland National Guard hide caption
Visa controls more than 60% of the debit card processing market in the U.S. The Justice Department accuses the company of using its market power to illegally crowd out competition and keep fees artificially high, raising costs for both merchants and consumers. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption