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Faced with a slumping stock price and questions about demand for its vehicles, Tesla has lowered the U.S. base prices of its two most expensive models.

Companies specializing in nuclear demolition and radioactive waste storage are buying up aging U.S. reactors and promising to decommission them in dramatically less time than their utility owners had planned — eight years instead of 60 in some cases.

The Massachusetts Senate debated a proposed $42.7 billion annual state budget Tuesday as nursing home advocates, college students and others crowded Statehouse corridors appealing to legislators for additional funding.

U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday after the U.S. government temporarily eased off its proposed restrictions on technology sales to Chinese companies.

Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday after the U.S. government temporarily postponed proposed restrictions on technology sales to Chinese companies.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Kohl's Corp., down $7.76 to $55.15

The Latest on plans by Fiat Chrysler to build a new vehicle assembly plant in Detroit (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Fiat Chrysler says construction is set to begin immediately on a new, $1.6 million assembly plant on Detroit's east side.

U.K. union leaders plan are set to lay out their concerns to the government amid reports that British Steel is facing bankruptcy within days.

Cyprus' energy minister says energy companies will drill in search of natural gas in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation's southern coast at eight separate sites over the next two years.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

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Lawmakers are clashing over the Trump administration's move to send hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump administration sanctions against Huawei have begun to bite even though their dimensions remain unclear.

A self-driving truck company has partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to test autonomous technology on the long-haul route between Phoenix and Dallas.

The developer of a wind farm off Massachusetts is taking steps to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

The IRS regularly holds auctions for items seized from negligent taxpayers.

Urban Outfitters Inc. announced it would be launching a service offering customers the chance to rent its clothes.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain has become insolvent, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.

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The Latest on U.S. restrictions on sales to Chinese technology giant Huawei (all times local): 5:35 p.m.