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Associated Press, by Jon Gambrell Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that he has pledged to become Tesla’s CEO in five years as the automaker faces intense consumer and stock price pressure on President Donald Trump’s government. The question came when masks appeared at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg after Musk recently traveled to Doha as part of Trump’s trip to Middle East last week. SpaceX and Starlink chiefs provided a brief response, and it became a battle over questions about how his business and political involvement had affected his business. Moderator Mishal…

Collier County, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man on death row for the 1995 murder of three cracker barrel workers has died in prison. He was 55 years old. Florida Department of Corrections records show Brandi Jennings died in prison on Sunday. The cause of his death has not been announced. The Naples Daily News reported that Jennings and his accomplice Charles Jason Graves were respectively convicted of three first-degree capital murders and one count of robbery in the murders of Jason Wiggins, Dorothy Sidle and Vicki Smith. The Florida man will be filming with a salesman with two door-to-door…

TAMPA — The day after landowners retracted a controversial plan to acquire a reserve in northeastern Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, when asked about it, did not provide an answer that the Floridians and politicians still haven’t been wondering. At a press conference in Tampa, a Tampa Bay Times reporter asked the governor why Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida supervisor Florida Environmental Regulator, has yet to identify the recently formed Upland LLC. DeSantis replied: “It was not started by the DEP, but by the private landowner.” The governor ignored immediate follow-up: Who is the landowner? He then asked a new,…

Some members said the agreement was close to after the meeting, despite the holdout remaining.President Donald Trump met with House Republicans on May 20 to urge a unified lawsuit over the budget settlement bill, the basis of the second term agenda.Trump’s message to Republicans was a call to action, according to Rep. Dusty Johnson (Rs.D.).”We’ve all been tinkering around quite well, and it’s time to land the plane,” Johnson told reporters.Rep. Nick Larota (RN.Y.) said, “Everyone walked into the room and understood that for the country and your business, and that’s what I took from it.”The bill highlights a rift…

By Michelle Chapman Home Depot does not expect to raise prices due to customs duties. It says it has spent years diversifying the source of products on the shelves. Billy Basteck, vice president of merchandising, said in a conference call Tuesday that Home Depot’s suppliers will shift sourcing in several countries, and that a single non-US country will represent more than 10% of purchases in 12 months. “We don’t see any price increases on a broad base of customers coming up,” he said. Other domestic and foreign companies have warned customers that price increases are underway as the US began…

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man has been arrested after he said he shot two solar panel salesmen Monday afternoon. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said two men were heading door to door at Boavadee Lar Lane in Port Charlotte and trying to sell solar panel packaging for the company. They knocked on the door and were greeted by a woman who was angry at them there and told them to leave. When they began leaving the property, lawmakers said salesmen heard several gunshots and were later identified as 72-year-old William Williams, who was pointing to a gun.…

Following Florida’s first deadly bear attack this spring, there is little argument that the state’s largest land mammals could be dangerous. However, a fierce debate continues as to whether a good way to control bears is to kill them.After a decade of hibernation, the state’s plans to resume bear hunting have deepened discrepancies before a seven-person committee appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ahead of a pivotal meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee. Advocates suggest that thinning the bear population is a “science-based” approach to wildlife management, but the enemy pointed out that the last hunt in…

The RBA board said inflation rates have “significantly dropped” since its peak in 2022, and high interest rates have helped supply and demand to provide better consistency.The Reserve Bank of Australia recorded its second cut in 2025, cutting its official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85%.The move, in line with market expectations, follows the cuts in February, with the first cut since November 2020 being held at 4.35% for more than a year.In a monetary policy statement, the RBA board said that inflation rates have “deeply decreased” since its peak in 2022, and high interest rates have helped…

Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Biotechnology Company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is purchasing 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On March 23, Andme said it was trying to sell “virtually all assets” through a court-approved reorganization plan. Co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki also resigned from the top post, but remained on a board member. 23Andme has been facing an uncertain future for some time. Beyond the fight to become private, the company has struggled to find a profitable business model since its launch in 2021. Privacy concerns related to customer genetic information…

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