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LONDON — Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision, rejecting the company’s appeal against […]

Taylor Swift has ‘officially’ endorsed Kamala Harris following the latest Presidential debate. The singer took to social media just moments after Harris and former President Donald Trump went head to head on TV, confirming her stance. “Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to […]

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana. A storm surge warning was in effect for an area stretching from just east of Houston to the mouth of the Mississippi River south of New […]

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump are set to face off in a debate Tuesday night in what could be a pivotal moment in the campaign leading up to the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The candidates have never met each other or even talked on the phone, but on […]

Kanye West has offloaded his Malibu house at a $36 million loss. The rapper bought the architect-designed property in 2021 for $57.3 million (£43.6 million) but has now offloaded it for significantly less than he originally paid. The oceanfront home was sold to crowdfunded investment firm Belwood Investments for $21 million (£16 million), leaving Kanye […]

The first of eight Stop & Shop locations that will shut its doors across Massachusetts is closing on Thursday. Earlier in the year, Stop & Shop announced that it plans to close nearly three dozen “underperforming” grocery stores including 8 in Massachusetts. A company spokesperson confirmed the Newton store located at 165 Needham St. has closed as of Thursday, […]

Swedish supergroup ABBA has asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at campaign rallies, but the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign says it has permission. “ABBA has recently discovered the unauthorized use of their music and videos at a Trump event through videos that appeared online,” said a statement to The Associated Press from the band, whose hits include […]

Israeli forces launched raids and airstrikes Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, killing at least nine Palestinian militants and surrounding the volatile city of Jenin. The Israeli military said “large forces” had entered Jenin, long a militant stronghold, as well as Tulkarem and the Al-Faraa refugee camps, which date back to the 1948 Mideast war, […]

WASHINGTON — Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses – including wind, solar, nuclear […]

A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. The resident, whom the department only identified as an adult, had been hospitalized […]