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More than 30 million U.S. drivers may be at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag defect

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that the manufacturer recall 67 million inflators that could explode with such force as to blow apart a metal canister and expel shrapnel. But ARC is refusing to do so.

Can Montana enforce a TikTok ban?

By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

The law would have much more far-reaching effects than bans already in place in nearly half the states and the U.S. federal government that prohibit use of the app on government devices.

Disney scraps plans for new central Florida campus as fight with Gov. DeSantis continues

By Associated Press

Thursday's announcement follows a year of attacks from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature, with Disney filing a First Amendment lawsuit against him and other officials last month.

Death of migrant child in U.S. custody highlights struggles at southern border

By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman

For the second time this month, an underage migrant has died in U.S. custody. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an 8-year-old girl at a Border Patrol facility in Texas “experienced a medical emergency.” Officials said the number of encounters…

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Why youth activists in Louisiana say they’ll ‘no longer stay quiet’

By Roby Chavez

As Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana have pushed a barrage of bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights, a new wave of youth activism has been awakened.

Your financial accounts are safe, experts say. Here’s what protects them

By Hannah Grabenstein

With recent bank failures, rising interest rates and the looming debt ceiling collision that threatens to push the U.S. into a potential recession, it’s natural to feel some financial anxiety and wonder if your money is secure.

Sam Zell, billionaire real estate investor, dies at 81

By Associated Press

Bearded and blunt-spoken, Zell reveled in bucking traditional wisdom. He had a golden touch with real estate, and got his start managing apartment buildings as a college student.

Wisconsin tribe asks court to shut down Enbridge pipeline due to oil spill risk

By Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press

Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land.

U.S. metropolitan areas are growing, reversing many 2021 drops, new estimates show

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau were another sign that flight from urban areas during the first year of the pandemic either slowed down or reversed in its second year.

New Hampshire bill that would force schools to inform parents about trans children fails

By Holly Ramer, Associated Press

Democrats passed several "poison pill" amendments to weaken the bill before it was defeated 195-190 on a vote to "indefinitely postpone" it. That means the topic can't be taken up for the rest of the session.