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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As workers at major companies increasingly move to unionize, the political environment for labor couldn’t be…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As workers at major companies increasingly move to unionize, the political environment for labor couldn’t be…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Furious about surging prices at the gasoline station and the supermarket, many consumers feel…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press WAUCONDA, Ill. (AP) — The race to be Illinois’ next governor is also a battle among…
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Senior U.S. officials have arrived in Sri Lanka to find ways to help the island…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Leaders of three French energy companies have called on the French public to immediately reduce consumption of fuel, oil, electricity…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden and western allies opened a…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has approved a package of emergency economic measures worth more than 9 billion euros ($9.5 billion) to try to…
Continue Readingby FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and LUCA BRUNO Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The mayor of Milan has signed an ordinance turning off public decorative fountains…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Megan Kau takes occasional weeklong hunting trips to the Hawaiian island of Lanai,…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional…
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has celebrated the opening of the country’s…
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL NIEMANN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — About 4,000 protesters have gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven…
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press Rising food costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people’s…
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NHL is reporting an increase in viewers in the first year of its television contracts with ESPN and TNT. Part of…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer There’s a push for the cities awarded games for the 2026 World Cup to commit to livable wages, and equitable…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fate of hard-nosed technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now in…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is heating up again. On Friday, Frontier Airlines sweetened its offer for the…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Shares of Carnival Corp. have surged after it reported higher revenue, occupancy levels on its cruise ships, and bookings for future…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Wells Fargo, Carnival rise; CalAmp, Lending Tree…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Wall Street rallied on Friday, lifting the S&P 500 3.1% for its best gain in two years. The benchmark index also ended the…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $3.35 to $107.62 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $3.07…
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to investigate Apple and Google for…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines under scrutiny for widespread flight disruptions are renewing their criticism of the…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press For two years, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords allowed a film crew to shadow her and husband Sen. Mark Kelly. The…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party has suffered a heavy…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Dutch government plans to cut the maximum number of flights allowed each year at the…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that a wind-stoked wildfire that has been raging near a popular resort in…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is imposing a new, 10% tax on major industries and a…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Donations for Afghanistan earthquake victims will face far more hurdles than other disasters, due to sanctions…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has signed a deal with Airbus Helicopters to purchase six light attack helicopters with an option for another six as…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed that Croatia will join the group of countries using the euro currency next year. The move…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON, JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have…
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe opening this weekend will focus on uniting…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Flowers, art, and Dior’s world-famous ateliers collided on Friday at Paris Fashion Week for a…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCESCA EBEL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — A day after endorsing Ukraine’s candidacy to join the European Union, the bloc’s leaders turned their attention to the severe…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Swiss customs authorities are tracking about 3 tons of gold of Russian origin that entered Switzerland from Britain last month to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The Chinese electric car brand NIO says two employees involved in testing died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a…
Continue ReadingBy IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda’s capital to tackle climate…
Continue ReadingBy VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…
Continue ReadingBy ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling 2,700 of its bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press The company that operated a Kentucky candle factory leveled by a deadly tornado last winter is planning to ramp…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft environmental assessment to lay the…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate has rejected a proposal to ban involuntary servitude…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of a couple thousand acres of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill…
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s 3 biggest banks have enough capital to withstand a severe economic contraction.…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks shook off a midday slump and ended higher, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains. Trading was wobbly throughout…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Mosaic, Bank of America fall; KB Home, Rite Aid…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank has announced a three-quarter-point increase in its prime…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.92 to $104.27 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery fell $1.69…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will get to stay at Love Field, the airport closest to downtown Dallas. The city council this week approved a…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Yelp is closing three of its U.S. offices after finding most of its employees prefer to work remotely.In a blog…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is grappling with widespread fuel shortages that are forcing motorists to spend…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups representing the oil industry and refiners say a meeting with Energy Secretary Jennifer…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the electric automaker’s factories in Austin and Berlin as “money furnaces” that were…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As if their job weren’t hard enough at a time of raging inflation, Chair Jerome Powell and…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service,…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has approved a request by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s adult daughter to change her name and gender on her birth…
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