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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Ricki Mills looks out from her home as she waits for a fire hydrant to be turned to get water, in Dallas. The single mother had her apartment flooded last week by a pipe that burst during the record winter cold and was waiting for repairs to restore water to the apartment complex. On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 managers of Texas' power grid are expected to receive a lashing in the first public hearings about the crisis at the state Capitol. (AP Photo/LM Otero File)

Blackouts bring up 'a four-letter word' in Texas: regulation

Blackouts bring up 'a four-letter word' in Texas: regulation
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Ricki Mills looks out from her home as she waits for a fire hydrant to be turned to get water, in Dallas. The single mother had her apartment flooded last week by a pipe that burst during the record winter cold and was waiting for repairs to restore water to the apartment complex. On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 managers of Texas' power grid are expected to receive a lashing in the first public hearings about the crisis at the state Capitol. (AP Photo/LM Otero File)
Facebook bans all Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads
An anti-coup protester holds a placard requesting military action against Myanmar military in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Protesters against the military's seizure of power in Myanmar were back on the streets of cities and towns on Thursday as regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis intensified Wednesday. (AP Photo)
Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher after Fed pledge
A school group walks by the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Major indexes are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as gains for banks and industrial companies are offset by losses in Big Tech stocks like Apple and Amazon. The S&P 500 was down 0.2% in the first few minutes of trading Wednesday, a day after it narrowly managed to break a five-day losing streak. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
GOP rallies solidly against Democrats' virus relief package
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
New Zealand's virus success unleashes runaway housing prices
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo a house is pictured for sale in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand's government on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 made the first of several promised moves to rein in skyrocketing house prices by ordering the nation's Reserve Bank to consider the impact on housing when making decisions. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2018, file photo a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York. Australia's laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. The Parliament on Thursday, Feb . 25, 2021, passed amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
'Mission: Impossible 7' will hit Paramount+ even sooner
FILE - The Paramount Pictures gate is pictured on Aug. 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. The studio is joining other major Hollywood studios in slashing the traditional 90-day theatrical window. ViacomCBS on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, announced that the studio's films, including
Biden choice for budget chief faces new hurdles in Congress
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she'll vote against confirming President Joe Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Collins' announcement Monday throws Tanden's confirmation further into doubt. On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the first Democratic lawmaker to oppose Tanden's confirmation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Parliament passes final amendments to Australian laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news
Federal watchdog blasts FAA over certification of Boeing jet
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane takes off in the rain, at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. Federal auditors are issuing fresh criticism of the government agency that approved the Boeing 737 Max. The Transportation Department's inspector general said Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, that the Federal Aviation Administration must improve its process for certifying new planes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated
Students hold signs as they take part in a rally to encourage wider opening of in-person learning in the Issaquah School District, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Issaquah, Wash., east of Seattle. Students in kindergarten and lower-elementary grades in the district recently returned to school under a hybrid in-person learning program, but older elementary, middle-, and high school students are still being taught remotely. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
GameStop shares double after tumbling for much of February
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Wall Street's mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon. Shares in the troubled video game company more than doubled Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 to $91.71 apiece, the stock's best day since Jan. 27, when it was going for $347.51 a share. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Buffett's right-hand man says US stock market is overvalued
FILE - In this Monday, May 7, 2018, file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger listens to a question during an interview in Omaha, Neb., with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's
Wildfire victims sue former PG&E executives alleging neglect
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs fire near Santa Rosa, Calif. A trust representing more than 80,000 victims of deadly wildfires ignited by Pacific Gas and Electric's rickety electrical grid is suing nearly two dozen of the utility's former executives and board members for alleged dereliction of their duty to ensure the equipment wouldn't kill people. The complaint filed Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court is an offshoot of a $13.5 billion settlement that PG&E reached with the wildfire victims while the utility was mired in bankruptcy from January 2019 through June last year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Never too late: Pandemic propels older shoppers online
Lynnette White uses her tablet while interviewed in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The pandemic has sparked a surge of online shopping across all ages as people stay away from physical stores. But the biggest growth has come from consumers 65 and older. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated
Students hold signs as they take part in a rally to encourage wider opening of in-person learning in the Issaquah School District, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Issaquah, Wash., east of Seattle. Students in kindergarten and lower-elementary grades in the district recently returned to school under a hybrid in-person learning program, but older elementary, middle-, and high school students are still being taught remotely. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
GameStop shares double after tumbling for much of February
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Wall Street's mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon. Shares in the troubled video game company more than doubled Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 to $91.71 apiece, the stock's best day since Jan. 27, when it was going for $347.51 a share. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Buffett's right-hand man says US stock market is overvalued
FILE - In this Monday, May 7, 2018, file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger listens to a question during an interview in Omaha, Neb., with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's
Wildfire victims sue former PG&E executives alleging neglect
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs fire near Santa Rosa, Calif. A trust representing more than 80,000 victims of deadly wildfires ignited by Pacific Gas and Electric's rickety electrical grid is suing nearly two dozen of the utility's former executives and board members for alleged dereliction of their duty to ensure the equipment wouldn't kill people. The complaint filed Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court is an offshoot of a $13.5 billion settlement that PG&E reached with the wildfire victims while the utility was mired in bankruptcy from January 2019 through June last year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Never too late: Pandemic propels older shoppers online
Lynnette White uses her tablet while interviewed in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The pandemic has sparked a surge of online shopping across all ages as people stay away from physical stores. But the biggest growth has come from consumers 65 and older. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Biden nominates 3 to postal board as delays persist
United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy looks on during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on

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