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Hyundai Motor says it's issuing a stop sale and plans to recall some 2026 Palisade SUVs in the U.S.

and Canada because of possibly defective power seats that may not detect contact with an occupant or object as intended.

This follows a deadly incident over the weekend.

The economy did not expand as much as initially thought in the final months of 2025 during a historically long government shutdown.

The government's revised down the pace of growth in gross domestic product, the nation's output of goods and services, to seven-tenths of a percent.

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are coming to Broadway as producers.

Their production company will join the production team of a starry revival of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Jeff London with details.

The Dow has closed down 119 points.

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Israeli airstrikes rocked the heart of Beirut last night as part of Israel's renewed offensive in Lebanon after the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel.

Israel says it will not stop until Hezbollah is completely defeated.

NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi has more from Beirut.

The Trump administration is suing California's air pollution agency over its strict vehicle emission standards.

NPR's Jeff Brady reports that pollution regulations would end the sale of gasoline cars in California by 2035.

The latest snapshot of how the U.S.

economy's fared reveals slower growth in the fourth quarter than initially reported.