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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Russian suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern…

By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising…

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has temporarily halted evictions for people living in certain households on Nooksack Tribal…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted to illegally selling unregistered pesticides as a COVID-19 defense to government and municipal…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a disease…

The Associated Press Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street Thursday following the latest reminder that central banks now care more about…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Five Below, Zendesk fall; Oxford, Signet…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A federal labor board has denied Amazon’s request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid…

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has threatened to strike a gas rig Israel is setting up in the Mediterranean…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 60 cents to $121.51 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery fell 51…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A U.N. agency has issued a glum world forecast, saying that food import bills appear headed…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union’s Parliament for seeking to…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — The average price that Americans pay for gasoline is closing in on $5 a gallon, another drain on…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Teslas with partially automated driving systems are a step closer to being recalled. That’s…

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — In a story published June 9, 2022, about inflation, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of shopper Nina…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has vowed to support higher production at the nation’s coal mines in order to bring down…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a push to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans.…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More workers are following experts’ advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union is urging Algeria to reverse its decision to suspend a two-decade-old…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka’s president and the…

MADRID (AP) — Ellen MacArthur, a British sailor who set world solo yachting records before creating a charity that advocates a sustainable way of…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean Sea and says he is “not…

By TOMMY TINDALL of NerdWallet It’s a hot job market right now, and that extends to the youngest workers. The unemployment rate for teenagers ages…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of coronavirus testing sites have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — From the battlefronts of Ukraine comes rap music — filled with the anger and indignation…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday, with only Shanghai rising, after stocks tumbled…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building in South Korea’s…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana as of Thursday, like…

Associated Press TIPP CITY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a Meijer distribution center in western Ohio was heavily damaged as employees inside heeded…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television viewers will find nearly blanket prime-time coverage of a Congressional hearing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Moderna, Roku rise; Scotts Miracle-Gro, Charles River…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer As tensions rise between Starbucks and baristas who want to unionize, the imminent closure of a store in Ithaca,…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has accused three U.S. companies of sending China blueprints and…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of Michael Barr, President Joe Biden’s choice to be the top regulator…

The Associated Press Wall Street closed lower Wednesday in more choppy trading as investors were discouraged to see more evidence of inflation’s…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A union representing housekeeping workers at Atlantic City’s casinos says four of the…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $2.70 to $122.11 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $3.01…

ATLANTA (AP) — A financial adviser who’s been on the run for nearly two years has been ordered to pay $12 million to his victims in Georgia,…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department says it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A digital attack on a Massachusetts-based health care organization may have compromised the personal…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Philanthropists could help ease the damage from climate change by donating more money to address global warming…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Three Western Balkan leaders are moving to further boost regional economic and labor integration while their bids to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have approved a proposed ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in 2035 to step up the fight…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into sticky power steering on thousands of older General Motors…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his government remains committed to phasing out nuclear power despite concerns about rising energy…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Russia’s war in Ukraine and the…

Associated Press Spirit Airlines, the target of a budget airline bidding war, is postponing a Friday vote on whether to accept one of those buyout…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the…

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Large summer toys, like boats and RVs, are expensive, and few people can cover the purchase price outright. If you…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese Cabinet minister says Lebanon will soon launch an international tender for the construction of a new terminal at the…

By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Shopping for a new or used car over the last couple of years,  has become a more challenging endeavor, thanks to issues…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — An online snafu involving China’s most popular e-commerce livestreamer and a cake decorated to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister says Britain appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dealt a heavy blow after surviving a no-confidence vote from…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday as investors watched for fresh signs of inflation and…

By OMAR FARUK and CARA ANNA Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — No mother should have to lose her child. Owliyo Hassan Salaad has watched…

By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an…