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AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California

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By Kayla Moeller February 1, 2024 / 6:30 PM PST / CBS Sacramento CAMPO SECO —...
By Kayla Moeller February 1, 2024 / 6:30 PM PST / CBS Sacramento CAMPO SECO — AT&T doesn't want to be in charge of landlines anymore. If another company doesn't step up, this could mean the end of landlines as we know them."I'm not exactly a helpless 80-year-old, but I deserve to have a phone that works," said Campo...

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FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines

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By Kate Gibson Edited By Anne Marie Lee Updated on: February 1, 2024 / 11:36 AM...
By Kate Gibson Edited By Anne Marie Lee Updated on: February 1, 2024 / 11:36 AM EST / CBS News The Food and Drug Administration says 561 deaths have been reported in connection to recalled Philips devices to treat obstructive sleep apnea and other breathing disorders.The FDA said that since April 2021 it has receive...
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Egypt embarks on a mission to reconstruct the outside of Giza's smallest pyramid

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By Ahmed Shawkat January 30, 2024 / 1:04 PM EST / CBS News Cairo — Archaeologists...
By Ahmed Shawkat January 30, 2024 / 1:04 PM EST / CBS News Cairo — Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission announced the project to ...

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Macy's rejects $5.8B buyout ahead of layoffs, store shutdowns

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By Elizabeth Napolitano Edited By Anne Marie Lee January 22, 2024 / 11:37 AM EST /...
By Elizabeth Napolitano Edited By Anne Marie Lee January 22, 2024 / 11:37 AM EST / CBS News Macy's has rejected a $5.8 billion offer to take the iconic department store private, as it prepares to slash costs amid ongoing struggles. Under the "unsolicited proposal," which was submitted last month by investing firm Ar...

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Citing crime, In-N-Out announces closure of Oakland restaurant

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January 21, 2024 / 2:40 PM PST / CBS San Francisco OAKLAND -- Southern California-based fast-food...
January 21, 2024 / 2:40 PM PST / CBS San Francisco OAKLAND -- Southern California-based fast-food chain In-N-Out said in a statement Sunday that it will shutter its Oakland restaurant in the spring "due to ongoing issues with crime." The restaurant, located at 8300 Oakport Street off Interstate 880 near Oakland Inte...

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Google CEO warns of more layoffs in 2024 amid artificial intelligence push

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By Elizabeth Napolitano Edited By Aimee Picchi January 18, 2024 / 11:04 AM EST / CBS...
By Elizabeth Napolitano Edited By Aimee Picchi January 18, 2024 / 11:04 AM EST / CBS News Google CEO Sundar Pichai is warning his employees to brace themselves for more layoffs this year as the company reallocates resources toward artificial intelligence.Pichai, who is also CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, t...

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Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated

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By Cara Tabachnick January 17, 2024 / 8:24 PM EST / CBS News Greenland's ice sheet...
By Cara Tabachnick January 17, 2024 / 8:24 PM EST / CBS News Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than scientists previously estimated, according to a study released Wednesday in the journal Nature, with the loss believed to be 20% worse than previously reported. Since 1985, Greenland's ice sheet has lost approxi...

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Texas barred Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned

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By Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: January 14, 2024 / 9:07 PM EST / CBS News A...
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: January 14, 2024 / 9:07 PM EST / CBS News A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing...

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Elon Musk's X worth 71.5% less than it was when he bought the platform in 2022

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By C Mandler Edited By S. Dev January 2, 2024 / 4:40 PM EST / CBS...
By C Mandler Edited By S. Dev January 2, 2024 / 4:40 PM EST / CBS News X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is now worth an estimated 71.5% less than it was when Elon Musk purchased the platform in Oct. 2022, according to a Fidelity securities filing dated Dec. 30, 2023.The asset management firm, ...

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Boeing supplier that made Alaska Airline's door plug was warned of "defects"

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By Aimee Picchi Edited By Alain Sherter Updated on: January 9, 2024 / 4:21 PM EST...
By Aimee Picchi Edited By Alain Sherter Updated on: January 9, 2024 / 4:21 PM EST / CBS News The manufacturer of the door plug that was blown out in mid-air during a Alaska Airlines flight on Friday was the focus of a class-action lawsuit filed less than a month earlier, with the complaint alleging that Spirit AeroS...

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Gas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stations

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