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The German carmaker is planning to introduce a $30,000 to $40,000 electric car in 2020 to compete with similarly priced American vehicles.

The new report, authored by some of the top experts on China, warns of an aggressive influence campaign aimed at the U.S. government, universities and even Hollywood.

It would take a massive overhaul of state laws to make election administration truly nonpartisan. Voters say they want it, and experts are calling for it, but it probably isn’t coming any time soon.

The president cited Russian aggression against Ukraine in his tweet about the change. He still has a series of meetings planned on the sidelines of the summit, including with China’s Xi Jinping.

The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing issues a consensus on how scientists might responsibly move forward to create gene-edited babies in the wake of a rogue scientist’s claims.

Economic growth usually means more kids get health insurance, but that’s not been the case during the Trump years, a study shows. For the first time in a decade, the uninsured rate for children is up.

Federal, state and local officials across the country are now on a hunt to verify the claims by Samuel Little, 78, who “may be among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.”

Harvard University researchers probed the way ADHD is assessed by taking advantage of a quirk found in many U.S. school systems that means some kids are a year younger their classmates.

Bitcoin is known to be volatile. But recently it has suffered a rash of notable losses. Analysts are looking to the amount of computing power used and the split of a rival cryptocurrency for answers.

The president says the U.S. environment is better than it has been in years. But data from various sources paint a more complicated picture.

The caucus vote is just the first of two key elections Pelosi needs to win. The full House formally votes on its next speaker on Jan. 3, the first day of Congress’ next session.

Carlsen, a 27-year-old Norwegian, has held the title since 2013. He defeated Fabiano Caruana, who would have been the first U.S. citizen to win the world title since Bobby Fischer.

The California town was largely destroyed by fire earlier this month. High school “was the first, last and only truly carefree time,” said Bob Wilson, who gave $1.1 million to students and staff.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the outlook for the U.S. economy remains solid and that interest rates are nearly within a “neutral” range, touching off a surge in stock prices.

When Joseph Sakran was 17, he was shot in the throat after a high school football game. That experience inspired him to become a surgeon — and to speak out against gun violence.

The current version of the Farm Bill includes House-backed provisions that would streamline logging projects on federal land. The administration argues logging could mitigate wildfire risk.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about one of the few remaining provisions in the Bill of Rights not yet applied to the states: the ban on excessive fines.

Fernando LaFuente’s former team, Ballybrack FC in Dublin, says it made an “unacceptable mistake” by falsely reporting his death in an accident. He didn’t find out about it until coworkers told him.

The country’s government said the Order of the Aztec Eagle goes to the White House senior adviser for his role in trade talks, a move some Mexicans are calling a “humiliation.”

Trump’s account reposted a tweet featuring a meme that asked: “Now that Russia collusion is a proven lie, when do the trials for treason begin?”

The move would extend the rare deployment of active-duty troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, rather than only National Guard soldiers and personnel.

Russia’s military already has three of the S-400 “Triumf” divisions on the Black Sea peninsula; it plans to have another in place and operational by the year’s end.

Indonesia’s transportation safety committee’s report addressed maintenance practices, pilot training and an anti-stall system on the Boeing 737. It did not identify a firm cause for the crash.

The FBI says they’ve found no evidence of “radicalization” of the shooter, Ian David Long, at the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., earlier this month.

In Tijuana, thousands of migrants are waiting for their turn for an interview with U.S. immigration officials. Most are camped out in a squalid sports complex that’s been turned into a shelter.

Family planning researchers point to a number of reasons. The procedure itself is legal in Pakistan — but only in limited circumstances.

Tying Democrats to Nancy Pelosi did not stop a blue wave in 2018, but many Republicans say she’s still a “toxic” figure whom they could use against her party in 2020 if Speaker Pelosi returns.

The Trump administration is spending $10 million this year on health care navigators — down from $63 million in 2016. Nationwide, workers are scrambling to apprise people of insurance options.

The faculty union at Michigan’s Oakland University purchased 2,500 hockey pucks to be used as a potential weapon of last resort. The pucks also double as a fundraising tool.

Revelations about Hyde-Smith in recent weeks revived memories of the state’s dark history of racism and violence. She prevailed over Democrat Mike Espy and has to run again in 2020 for a full term.

When Google saw that one of its predictive text technologies assumed someone’s gender based on occupation, it blocked the technology from using all gender-based pronouns.

A grassroots movement in France, the mostly working-class “yellow vests,” objects to new gasoline taxes. French President Emmanuel Macron says he sympathizes, but the tax will stand.

The federal indictment alleges Juan Antonio Hernández — a former lawyer and congressman in Honduras — smuggled tons of cocaine into the U.S., aided by prominent politicians and law enforcement.

A large decline in illegal immigration from Mexico means fewer unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S., and those already here are likely to be long-term residents, according to a new study.