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Will the government default on its debt if the ceiling isn't raised? According to James Galbraith, the government legally can't default.

Debt ceiling drama a ‘farce’ since US can’t legally default: economist

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on competition in the ticket industry and said it may want to break up Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster.

Live Nation president tells Senate that Taylor Swift fiasco was caused by bots

Trading in dozens of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange was briefly halted after the market opened Tuesday morning.

Midday rundown: Stock market halts, Amazon debuts prescription subscription

At least seven people were killed Monday in Half Moon Bay, California. The shootings took place at two mushroom farms. The shooter had reportedly worked at one of them.

Morning rundown: Another mass shooting in Calif.; cough syrup deaths

ChatGPT has been blowing up on the internet. Now, the Artificial Intelligence tool is turning out to be a lot smarter than people thought.

ChatGPT AI passes MBA and medical licensing exams

Could the nation's debt crisis be solved by a single coin? Every day the U.S. gets closer to default, the calls grow louder for a trillion-dollar solution.

The trillion-dollar coin: A gimmick or a real solution to the debt crisis?

The Pentagon said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will travel this year to Taiwan in an effort to strengthen relationships with U.S. allies.

Midday rundown: McCarthy’s trip to Taiwan, Spotify layoffs, tax time

As residents of the UK deal with a late January cold snap, British utility company National Grid is asking for help with saving energy.

UK offers to pay residents to save energy amid cold snap

10 people are dead and 10 people are injured after a shooter opened fire in Monterey Park, California Saturday night.

Morning rundown: Mass shootings; FBI finds more Biden documents

The Supreme Court is set to hear a new case that could redefine religious freedom in the workplace. It involves a former USPS worker.

Former Postal Service worker’s religious freedom case heads to Supreme Court

Pizza Hut announced it broke the Guinness World Record for world's largest pizza by making a pizza with a surface area of 13,990 square feet.

Pizza Hut sets Guinness World Record for world’s largest pizza

With the FAA alert system outage in the rearview mirror, more flight disruptions could be on the way.

With FAA outage explained, more flight disruptions could be ahead

T-mobile says an "unidentified malicious intruder" breached its network in late November, but they didn't discover the hack until January 5.

Morning rundown: T-Mobile hacked, Google layoffs, Biden on documents

The work from home trend could be coming to an end. Here's five signs 2023 is the year of return to office in this week's Five For Friday.

Goodbye hybrid work: 5 signs 2023 is the year of return to office

Behind Amazon’s super quick deliveries are working conditions that federal safety investigators are calling unacceptable.

Amazon warehouses cited by OSHA for high injury risks

The number of borrowers who are at least 60 days late on making their car loan payment has gone up 26.7% from a year ago.

More and more people aren’t paying their car loans. Is a crisis coming?

As FTX identifies $5.5 billion in liquid assets, founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims the company is solvent and customers should be given access to funds.

FTX finds $5.5B in liquid assets, SBF again claims company is solvent

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wrote a letter to a House committee warning the effects an oil bill could have on gas prices if passed.

Gas prices rising as energy secretary sends warning about oil bill

Twenty states have banned the app on all government-issued devices. Now universities are taking similar precautions.

Midday rundown: University TikTok ban, Microsoft layoffs, ND book ban

For some, there's nothing left to do but crack up over the price of eggs (if you're not crying in the grocery aisle).

‘Eggflation’ gives producers record profits while internet mocks outrageous prices

Corvette goes hybrid as GM gets set to release fastest version ever

At least sixteen people are dead, and 30 others injured, after a helicopter came crashing down near a kindergarten school.

Morning rundown: Ukraine helicopter crash, U.S.-China discussions, Sundance is back

Some of the biggest names in AI are facing a legal battle after being accused of infringing on the rights of millions of artists.

AI art tools face lawsuits over copyright infringement

The latest Twitter Files dump revealed pharmaceutical giant BioNTech tried to get the social media platform to censor posts about COVID-19.

Twitter Files: BioNTech wanted COVID posts censored