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Apple announces its first touchscreen MacBook Pro

Apple announced an all-new MacBook Pro laptop with an OLED touchscreen at its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. It starts at $2,899 for the 14-inch model, or $3,399 for the 16-inch version, and will be available starting November 6th. The new MacBook Pro has what Apple calls a

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Here’s where you can preorder the new OLED-equipped iPad Mini

Apple's smallest tablet is getting a bigger screen. Earlier this week, the company announced the eighth-generation iPad Mini alongside several new MacBook Pro models, bringing OLED technology to Apple's miniature tablet for the first time. The diminutive slate won't hit shelves

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Hands-on with Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro

Steve Jobs famously called touchscreen laptops "ergonomically terrible," and for over a decade, Apple stridently refused to make one. Today that all changes with the MacBook Pro - the company's first laptop to embrace a touch interface. While it's unlikely that Apple can fix

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Embassy builder sues State Department for $461 million

An Alabama-based construction company sued the State Department on Wednesday over accusations it refused to pay for pandemic-era cost overruns at a dozen embassy and consulate projects during the pandemic. BL Harbert International says the government had agreed to a settlement

Labor activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96

Labor movement leader Dolores Huerta, who founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez, has died at age 96, her family said Wednesday. “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed away today at the age of 96,” her family

‘Beast in Me’ Season 2 Casts John Goodman

John Goodman has joined “The Beast in Me” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned. The second season of the series was announced in September, with Season 1 star Claire Danes set to return as Aggie Wiggs. Goodman will play Jack, Aggie’s father. Exact plot details for Season 2

Obama returns to the mic amid Cheesecake Factory uproar

Plus: 💵 Plus: Fed's final call before midterms {beacon} It’s Wednesday, and we're officially less than one week out from Election Day. Have you hit the polls yet? In today's issue: Obama campaigns in Georgia Trump to Ohio Fed makes interest rate decision Murkowski endorses