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Dodge unveils a fully electric version of its Charger muscle car

Thundering gas-powered muscle cars have been a fixture in American culture for decades, but as federal regulators seek to pump the brakes on carbon emissions, automakers will be replacing combustion-engine vehicles with super-fast models that run on rechargeable batteries. Stellantis’ Dodge brand has unveiled the Charger Daytona SRT — a …

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Minnesota man convicted in woman’s 1986 rape and murder in a case revived by genealogy database analysts

A jury on Tuesday convicted a man charged with raping and killing a woman 36 years ago on Minnesota’s Iron Range in a case that was revived by genealogy database analysts. Michael Allan Carbo Jr., 54, of Chisholm, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual …

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One thing the Inflation Reduction Act may not do: Lower inflation

The Inflation Reduction Act is aimed at tackling a host of problems, from climate change to catching tax cheats, but there’s one issue it may not solve: reducing inflation.  That’s the conclusion of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a group of economists and data scientists at University of Pennsylvania who …

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