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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning on opening his own STEM-focused primary and secondary school, and eventual an university in Austin, Texas, according to tax filings.

Charles McGonigal has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to working for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

General Motors' self-driving vehicle unit Cruise dismissed nine executives in December amid an ongoing safety investigation after a woman was struck and dragged by a Cruise robotaxi.

Crew members from a Carnival cruise ship assisted in rescuing six men from the ocean near the Dominican Republic, and alerted the Coast Guard to six more.

A group of employees who work in Bowling Green, Kentucky, have won big after their manager surprised the team with the early Christmas gift of Kentucky Lottery scratch-off tickets.

A bill introduced by Washington state Democrats would ban new gas-powered small engine lawn equipment, like leaf blowers, and could land violators in jail.

Two of Washington, D.C.’s professional sports teams — the NHL's Washington Capitals and the NBA's Washington Wizards — are set to move to a new home in Alexandria, Virginia, in a few years.

A Portland business owner’s store was vandalized a day after she created a display representing a variety of religious traditions in her front windows.

A man has been charged after he allegedly stabbed one Panda Express employee, and punched another in the head in a St. Louis suburb restaurant last week.

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez were seen in Florida on Thursday as they took in some sights at Art Basel Miami Beach.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office arrested a Chinese national suspected of running a gift card scam that allegedly pads foreign bank accounts with shoppers' money.

A small business owner in San Diego, California, earns over $1 million a year with a creative dog-grooming business that brings in clients from all over the U.S. Gabriel Feitosa shared his work.

California police are investigating carjacking at gunpoint of an Amazon delivery driver in Berkeley on Friday.

Stellantis announced it is laying off potentially thousands of employees at two U.S. Jeep plants in the coming months, blaming the move in part on California's emissions regulations.

DoorDash, UberEats, and other delivery apps are changing their tipping policies after New York City decided to increase minimum wage laws for the apps' employees.

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder has shifted his focus from getting into the end zone to getting into boardrooms with his new venture.

A Mountain View, California, company announced this week that it was able to fly a small cargo plane with no one on board over San Jose.

One of the nation's largest power grid operators is again raising the alarm that a looming coal power plant shutdown will devastate consumers in Maryland.

The New York Islanders announced Wednesday they will open two pond hockey rinks that will double as a social gathering spot for fans to enjoy during games.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called "bulls---" on Wednesday when responding to the IRS decision to tax Minnesotans on a rebate check.