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By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds The Jeep Grand Cherokee has been redesigned for 2022, boasting greater off-road capability and more creature comforts, but…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccines and tests for the virus continue to boost CVS Health and the health care giant raised its annual…

By The Associated Press The European Union’s executive commission has proposed phasing out imports of Russian oil within six months.…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s central bank has raised its key interest rate to 4.4% from 4% to try to contain fast-rising inflation. Governor…

ROME (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people without enough to eat on a daily basis reached all-time high last year and is poised to…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — State-owned Equinor ASA of Norway says one if its plants in the Arctic that had been under repairs since a 2020 fire…

By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted new figures showing the…

By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s chief executive has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is selling shares in its largest state-owned insurer in its biggest…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve chairman…

By JON GAMBRELL and CARA ANNA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Complaining that the West is “stuffing Ukraine with weapons,” Russia…

By BRIAN WITTE and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have passed legislation that would hike the state’s minimum wage to $18 an…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Leonard Ignelzi, who produced breathtaking images of Hall of Fame careers,…

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a man killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal regulators are recommending that the Army Corps of Engineers decline to reissue a key permit for the proposed…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS declared itself the most popular prime-time television network for the season, even though…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man claiming to be a film financier has been convicted in South Florida of participating in a scheme to…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks’ sales climbed to a record $7.6 billion in its fiscal second quarter, but its profits took a hit…

The Associated Press Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors await Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve on…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: BP, Clorox rise; Chegg, Expedia…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $2.76 to $102.41 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery fell $2.61 to…

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company’s…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps on Tuesday to keep hundreds of…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is snubbing Texas and moving a proposed border rail link to New…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party is demanding a no-confidence vote aimed at…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic…

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A Senate hearing on Wednesday is likely to produce fireworks as Republicans…

By The Associated Press Russia appeared to dodge default on its foreign debt by dipping into its scarce dollar reserves. But Moscow’s debt…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it has nothing to hide amid mounting unease over national security controversies involving Pegasus spyware.…

LONDON (AP) — BP posted its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade thanks to surging oil and gas prices. The earnings report Tuesday…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Sales of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pushed the drugmaker well past expectations in the first quarter,…

By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet You lent money to a friend or family member in need and they haven’t repaid the debt. Collecting money that a loved…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory shut…

By KAREL JANICEK, JUSTIN SPIKE and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia and Hungary say they won’t support…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for the first time in…

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago. The…

By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday, with markets in China, Japan and some other markets still…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a court appeal, lawyers for Donald Trump say it is “unconscionable and indefensible”…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin.…

The Associated Press A late rally in big technology stocks erased an afternoon slump on Wall Street Monday and left major indexes moderately higher.…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 48 cents to $105.17 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for July delivery rose 44 cents…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials have announced that California’s population shrank in 2021 for the second…

NEW YORK (AP) — Automaker Stellantis says it will invest $3.6 billion Canadian dollars, about $2.8 billion, to upgrade two Canadian assembly plants…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is challenging the federal government’s awarding of lucrative mineral…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to accelerate its most drastic steps in three…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and India have signed a series of bilateral agreements that will see the South Asian nation…

By KERSTIN SOPKE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Swimmers at Berlin’s outdoor pools need to brace themselves for chillier water…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account to…

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Spirit Airlines’ board still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Food-delivery drivers protesting wage cuts and grueling working conditions have…

BEIJING (AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down most of Shanghai appears to be waning, with the number of new cases falling below 10,000 a…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it believes Apple has abused its dominant position by limiting access…

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers at a warehouse on New York City’s Staten…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet February food prices were 7.9% higher compared with a year ago and are expected to increase 4.5% to 5.5% in 2022. As…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Police in Armenia’s capital have detained 180 anti-government demonstrators that were blocking streets to protest…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials says the cellphones of the prime minister and the defense minister were infected…

The Associated Press The Federal Reserve delivers an economic and interest rate policy update Wednesday. Kellogg reports quarterly results Thursday.…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Blazers in knit fabrics, pants with drawstrings or elastic waists, and polo shirts as…

By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia resumed pulverizing the Mariupol steel mill that has become…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are mixed in light “Golden Week” trading with markets in China, Japan and some other…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand welcomed tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50…

BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has met with his Thai counterpart, Prayuth Chan-ocha, for talks on economic, security and…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it’s making progress on weaning itself off Russian fossil fuels and expects to be fully independent of Russian crude…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S.…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As COVID-19 ravaged New York City, virus-wary denizens locked out of indoor public places…

ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people were marching in cities across Europe for May Day protests to honor workers…