Bridestowe is a lavender farm on the island of Tasmania in Australia. It became a popular destination for some Chinese tourists after a Chinese model posted a photo of herself with a Bridestowe lavender bear on social media. Bridestowe Estate hide caption
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Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2022. ExxonMobil posted record earnings in 2022, benefitting from a surge in oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
The EEOC is turning its attention to the use of AI and other advanced technologies in hiring. Carol Yepes/Getty Images hide caption
Credit card balances were up last year, and interest rates have gone up, too. That can weigh on your finances in the event of a recession. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
New York state records show nearly half the state's 600-plus nursing homes hired real estate, management and staffing companies run or controlled by their owners, frequently paying them well above the cost of services. Meanwhile, in the pandemic's height, the federal government was giving the facilities hundreds of millions in fiscal relief. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is suing Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over Woodward's latest book, The Trump Tapes. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Audi Canada and Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption
Humira, the injectable biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, now faces its first competition from one of several copycat "biosimilar" drugs expected to come to market this year. Some patients spend $70,000 a year on Humira. JB Reed/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
These screenshots show deployed service members that Wove worked with to design engagement rings while they are away from home. The rings in the photos are replicas that the service members received so they would have a sense of what the actual ones would be like. Andrew Wolgemuth hide caption
The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
While the world's population continues to grow overall, the rate of growth has slowed down. Mario Tama/Getty Images NA hide caption
An undated photo provided by the Grants Pass Police Department shows Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who is wanted by authorities for attempted murder, kidnapping and assault. AP hide caption
An employee examines a vanadium flow battery stack in the Battery Reliability Test Laboratory at PNNL. Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory hide caption
Congress tightens U.S. manufacturing rules after battery technology ends up in China
A delivery rider picks up his customers' online order as residents line up outside a store to buy Lunar New Year desserts in Beijing, Jan. 17. China's economic growth fell to its second-lowest level in at least four decades last year under pressure from anti-virus controls and a real estate slump. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
With COVID lockdowns lifted, China says it's back in business. But it's not so easy
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 23: Miniature bottles of Fireball Whisky on display during the 2022 Bar & Restaurant Expo and World Tea Conference + Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 23, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Nightclub & Bar Media Group) David Becker/Getty Images for Nightclub & Bar hide caption
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Experts say migration could offset falling birth rates — if politics don't get in the way. Didier Pallages/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smaller bottles of Fireball do not contain whiskey, but a blend of malt beverage, wine and additional flavors and colors. Customers are suing the company for fraud, alleging the packaging is misleading. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois hide caption