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  • Some automakers are removing AM from electric cars. Ford's CEO says he "got the signal" about AM's importance to the emergency alert system. Ford EV's will get a software update to bring AM back.
  • A shakeup at the CBS-owned television station in Chicago may signal bad news for viewers that prefer hard-hitting journalism to the traditional crime, health, weather and sports package that most local newscasts now feature. The heralded experiment by WBBM-TV, featuring anchor Carol Marin doing a serious television evening news program has failed. The show - dubbed by some to be "PBS on CBS" - struggled in the ratings and the station management that backed it left. Marin said goodbye to her audience last night. Jackie Northam, of Chicago Public Radio, reports.
  • Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel's chimney Monday evening, signaling that the cardinals sequestered inside for the first papal conclave of the new millennium failed to elect a new pope.
  • As week two of the pro-football season begins, the story is less wins and losses than injuries and fines. The NFL has fined the New England Patriots and their coach, Bill Belichick, for videotaping the signals of their rivals during a game.
  • The 37-year-old racer and father of two died Monday, after suffering a head injury in Sunday's race in Pennsylvania.
  • After mounting pressure from parents, the Spanish government announced last week that starting Sunday, children could leave the house for one hour each day.
  • After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff earned $1,655,563 in 2021 and paid $523,371 — a federal income tax rate of 31.6% — their tax filings show.
  • The U.K. is the first country to authorize Valneva's vaccine, which is also under review by the European Medicines Agency.
  • Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres (3–6 in) in diameter, and turns bright yellow-green in the fall. The fruits secrete a sticky white latex when cut or damaged. Despite the name "Osage orange", it is not related to the orange.
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