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SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. Via Twitter, the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, have filed for a union election…

DETROIT (AP) — Online automotive retailer Carvana Co. says it’s letting go about 2,500 workers — roughly 12% of its workforce — as it tries…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is joining a growing list of countries trying to woo remote workers by…

By DAVID KOENIG and CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Federal accident investigators are blaming a deadly Hawaii helicopter crash on the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Did an 80-1 longshot really win the Kentucky Derby? People apparently wanted to make sure of Rich…

The Associated Press Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street Tuesday after a rally in technology companies helped reverse most of an early slide. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Sysco, Simon Property rise; Peloton, Dentsply…

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been convicted of murder in the 2015 killing of his wife in a case built partly on evidence provided by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession’s” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin’ — pasting his hand to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say executives at Emergent BioSolutions covered up quality control problems at a factory making…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $3.33 to $99.76 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery fell $3.48 to…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Attorneys for a man who once worked as a content moderator for Facebook…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court in New York has dismissed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit…

ZURICH (AP) — Electronic Arts will stop making its hugely successful FIFA video game in its current name, marking a split in one of soccer’s most…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sara Lomelin offered the final TED Talk of this year’s conference, on a particularly star-studded day in…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — United Rental said Tuesday it has a deal to buy 500 of Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric trucks and 30 of its…

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling about 130,000 vehicles across its U.S. model lineup because their touch screens can overheat and go blank. The…

By JUSTIN SPIKE and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union wants to impose a new round of sanctions against…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Peloton’s uphill ride to get more sales is getting rougher as more people…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A hearing began Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland that will help a judge determine how much…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires and increase coordiation between…

By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Traveling with kids is expensive — and hard. You need to budget for extra airfare, a bigger rental car and…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors have pledged $6.7 billion to help Syrians and neighboring countries hosting…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has fired the director of the country’s top intelligence agency…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s annual inflation rate has continued to surge since the beginning of the year amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine that has…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March was little changed from the previous year,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter surged 67% to 111.1 billion yen, or about $850 million, compared to…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s defense ministry has ordered security forces…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the role of the ruling Communist Party’s youth wing ahead of a key party congress…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday with Chinese benchmarks pressing higher after a rally in technology…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their…

NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn…

BANGKOK (AP) — The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos has reopened to tourists and other visitors more than two years after it imposed tight…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader,…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The head of the company that makes baseball caps for the country’s biggest sports…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A well-known West Virginia restaurant chain is facing a complaint from the National…

The Associated Press Stocks deepened their losses on Wall Street Monday, sending the S&P 500 to its lowest close in more than a year. The…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve no longer views the coronavirus pandemic as the biggest threat to the global…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $6.68 to $103.09 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for July delivery fell $6.45 to…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A divorced Indiana couple who prosecutors say shared sexually explicit photos and videos of children with former Subway…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts the…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It’s an idea that almost seems as compatible as Mickey and Minnie. Take the tens of…

By KATHLEEN FOODY and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of…

Associated Press BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store — in Burlingame, California — to showcase…

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — More bodies have been pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital, bringing the official death toll…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s baby eel fishing industry is wrapping up one of the most successful seasons in its history. Maine is the only…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — France’s president has warned that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is doubling the size of its eviction protection…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets with U.S. President Biden this week in Washington as Europe faces…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Planning for death and navigating life after a loss can be difficult, complex and sometimes expensive. Several apps,…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador to Poland as he arrived at a…

By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 20 internet companies have agreed to provide…

By OLEG CETINIC and ALEX TURNBULL The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 passenger plane crash in the Indian Ocean that…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS, BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth tumbled in April after Shanghai and other major industrial cities were…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower Tuesday as fears increased that U.S. rate hikes to fight…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Arooza was furious and afraid, keeping her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has jumped 15 cents over past two weeks to $4.38 per gallon. Industry…

By SYLVIA HUI and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leaders from the Group of Seven developed democracies pledged Sunday to phasing out…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to “ Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.”…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Sparks fly as a circular saw slices into metal, while welders nearby work…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital increased to…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Diplomats and rights groups have expressed concern after Sri Lankan President…

By SYLVIA HUI and PETER MORRISON Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has won the largest number…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has been inaugurated for a second five-year term. The 44-year-old…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. It will end the 19…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital are desperately searching for victims of an…

Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its…