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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco. The company said Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, that it’s banning “open invite” parties at all of its accommodations. Those are parties open to anyone and advertised on social media, for example. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Airbnb introduces new rules to rein in parties, nuisances

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 23, 2019 photo shows celebrity chef David Chang during an interview in Los Angeles. Airbnb is launching a global search for 100 top home cooks and treating them to a trip to Italy to learn how to refine their recipes with teachers including David Chang and his mom. he lucky chosen will travel to the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy, for a week’s worth of workshops and tastings to take their food “to the next level.” Their recipe will also feature in Airbnb’s first cookbook. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Airbnb looking for 100 of the best home chefs for a trip

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office shows Frederick Johnson, of Vallejo, Calif., who was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in connection with a shooting in Orinda, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2019. Johnson was arrested during raids conducted as part of a multi-agency investigation into the shooting at a San Francisco Bay Area Halloween party that killed five people. (Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office via AP)

2 arrested during raids into deadly Halloween party shooting

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Airbnb COO Johnson stepping down from post, to join board

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FILE - In this Monday Nov. 4, 2019 file photo, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, second left, and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo look at an architectural model as they attend a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of Paris 2024 Olympic Village in Saint-Ouen, near Paris. A partnership deal signed by the IOC with Airbnb has sparked the ire of French hoteliers, who have suspended their collaboration with Paris 2024 Olympics organizers over fears the agreement sealed with the platform will create unfair competition. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool via AP, File)

Paris hoteliers angered by IOC sponsorship deal with Airbnb

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Providence to start regulating short-term rentals next week

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the IOC at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. The incoming leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asked for more money. The International Olympic Committee said `yes.’ IOC president Thomas Bach pledged $10 million to fight doping in sports, half of which would go toward storing samples from pre-Olympics testing for 10 years and the other half toward investigations and research.(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Paris mayor troubled by new Olympic sponsor Airbnb

By ROB HARRIS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

File - In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigate a multiple shooting on Halloween at a rental home in Orinda, Calif. The mayor of a San Francisco Bay Area city where five people were killed at an Airbnb on Halloween night says five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting. Orinda Mayor Inga Miller tells the San Francisco Chronicle that she hopes the arrests made Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, give some relief to residents. (Ray Chavez/East Bay Times via AP, File)

Sheriff calls deadly shooting at Airbnb rental a ‘bloodbath’

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File - In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigate a multiple shooting on Halloween at a rental home in Orinda, Calif. The mayor of a San Francisco Bay Area city where five people were killed at an Airbnb on Halloween night says five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting. Orinda Mayor Inga Miller tells the San Francisco Chronicle that she hopes the arrests made Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, give some relief to residents. (Ray Chavez/East Bay Times via AP, File)

5 suspects arrested in Halloween Airbnb party shooting

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Large parties welcome at Airbnb before Halloween shooting

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China's President Xi Jinping, centre and his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos, left, inspect the guard of honor by Evzones, the Greek Presidential guards, outside the Presidential palace in Athens, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Xi Jinping is in Greece on a two-day official visit. (AP Photos/Thanassis Stavrakis)

China’s Xi on investment drive in EU member Greece

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

NYC public housing apartment rented out illegally on Airbnb

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File - In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigate a multiple shooting on Halloween at a rental home in Orinda, Calif. Airbnb says it will pay funeral expenses for the five victims killed in a Halloween shooting at one of its rentals in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the company said Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, it will also cover counseling bills for their families. The Oct. 31 shooting sent some 100 terrified partygoers running for their lives. No arrests had been made. (Ray Chavez/East Bay Times via AP, File)

Airbnb says it will pay for funerals in Halloween shooting

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FILE - This Oct. 29, 2013 file photo shows people at Lanikai Beach, a popular neighborhood for vacation rentals, in Kailua, Hawaii. A judge has ruled that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as part of an investigation into whether operators of vacation rentals have been paying their taxes. Airbnb says it will hand over records of 1,000 Hawaii hosts who received the most revenue from 2016 through 2018. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

Hawaii may subpoena Airbnb for tax records of rental hosts

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Mayor denies campaigning at polls on Airbnb question

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The Latest: Judge allows Hawaii subpoena of Airbnb records

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Twins Amir, right, and Milo Klatzkin, 3, put on their &quot;I Voted&quot; stickers after their father Barry Klatzkin, left, voted at a polling site in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. New York's first election with early voting is reaching its conclusion as people across the state cast ballots in county and municipal races. With no federal or statewide contests on the ballot Tuesday, turnout is expected to be low, but this year's contests are serving as a rehearsal for next year's blockbuster presidential race. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Voters in US states decide on sanctuary city, Airbnb rentals

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A voter drops a ballot into a ballot drop box Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Seattle. Voters in Washington state have a crowded ballot to fill out for this week's election, with a referendum on affirmative action and an initiative on the price of car tabs among the things they are being asked to decide. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Voters in US states decide on sanctuary city, Airbnb rentals

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Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigate a multiple shooting in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Four people were killed and four others wounded in a Halloween night party shooting at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday. The shooting in the city of about 20,000 just east of Berkeley, happened at a party attended by 100 people said police chief David Cook. (Ray Chavez/East Bay Times via AP)

Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after Orinda, California mass shooting

By Stefanie Dazio and Daisy Nguyen - Associated Press

Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigate a multiple shooting in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Four people were killed and four others wounded in a Halloween night party shooting at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday. The shooting in the city of about 20,000 just east of Berkeley, happened at a party attended by 100 people said police chief David Cook. (Ray Chavez/East Bay Times via AP)

Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after California shooting kills 5

By STEFANIE DAZIO and DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press