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Is a bubble forming as AI investments drive economic growth?

By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Tech companies are pumping hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure to ramp up artificial intelligence. Some projections show the spending may be fueling nearly half of this year’s estimated GDP growth. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at how AI…

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DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols

By Mark Sherman, Ashraf Khalil, Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.

Trump wants to clear homeless encampments. Here’s what usually happens, according to experts

By Hannah Grabenstein

Clearing encampments is part of a wider push across the country by Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike to take drastic action to reduce homelessness, but experts say it's usually misguided.

Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging they are stifling AI competition

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

The complaint casts OpenAI as a threat to humanity bent on putting profits before public safety as it tries to build on its phenomenal growth since the late 2022 release of ChatGPT.

Keurig Dr Pepper to unwind merger after buying Peet’s Coffee for $18 billion

By Associated Press

Shares of Keurig Dr Pepper fell 7% in early trading Monday.

Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

Democratic governors demand Trump resume offshore wind project near Rhode Island

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

The Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut, members of Congress and union workers are calling on the Trump administration to allow a major offshore wind project to move forward.

WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks out before being detained by ICE in Baltimore

By Brian Witte, Ben Finley, Associated Press

"This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we…

Medvedev taunts booing crowd, blames chair ump during wild U.S. Open meltdown

By Brian Mahoney, Associated Press

It was reminiscent of Medvedev's 2019 match on the same court, when fans booed him for his antics and he later taunted the crowd in his post-match interview, saying the jeers gave him energy.

Health insurance prices are likely to rise next year, experts say

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

Price changes could be especially stark in individual coverage marketplaces, where insurers also are predicting the end of some government support that helps people buy coverage.