AP National Business

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says the state’s voters do not have the right to reject a massive…

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s flagship roastery in Seattle have voted to form a union, the chain’s latest location…

SEATTLE (AP) — Court records show a Seattle CEO who gained national attention for raising employees’ salaries and slashing his own is facing…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall…

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee. California-based toymaker…

The Associated Press Stocks shed early gains and closed broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday after the head of the Federal Reserve said the central…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: American Airlines, Tesla rise; Xerox, Sleep Number…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is telling a judge there are multiple reasons why a lawsuit brought against it by…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida utilities would gradually increase their renewable electricity, reaching 100%…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Remember all those thousands of passengers that airlines banned for not wearing face masks? Now…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge is facing a host of controversial and complex issues as she weighs whether to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after he admitted he…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Evans will retire early next year after 15 years as president of the Federal…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some U.S. Jewish families observing Passover are struggling to pay for…

By TALI ARBEL and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The crowded field to buy Chelsea now features 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and…

By SARAH SCHLICHTER of NerdWallet Smart-home technology isn’t just about comfort and convenience. Devices like water leak sensors, smart smoke…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — U.S. airlines say they have hit a turning point: After a lousy first quarter, they expect to be…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some farmers are wondering if it’s OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Amazon is extending benefits of a Prime subscription to online stores beyond its own site, a move geared toward…

By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group is urging Sri Lankan…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested 19 people following an international investigation of a major…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose for the seventh straight week, climbing to their highest level…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mounting economic damage to Ukraine from Russia’s ongoing bombardment…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hauled in 22% more profit during the first quarter because it charged more and…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party says authorities cut off the power supply to his home after he refused to pay…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans…

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail. The…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say new methane explosions in a coal mine have injured 10 rescuers who were preparing to search for seven…

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines says the first quarter was difficult, with another large loss, but it expects to turn a profit in the second…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says a fire has erupted at a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea. Seoul’s…

By The Associated Press Europe is discussing a boycott of Russian oil over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. As Russia’s biggest…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have ordered a parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court has ruled that Colombia breached Nicaragua’s…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver…

BEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China’s credit card processor has refused to work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first and most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago. Yet for all…

By HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In Shanghai, a city of 25 million people with hundreds of thousands of COVID-19…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — With the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to rein in the environmental…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad struggled to keep up with demand in the first three months of the year. But it…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former New York state judge to a year and three months in…

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it lost $1.38 billion in the first quarter of 2022 but it expects to return to profitability in the current…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Michigan’s Democratic governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she’s asking…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has reported first-quarter net earnings over seven times greater than a year ago. The electric…

The Associated Press Stock indexes ended mixed on Wall Street Wednesday after another bumpy day of trading. Netflix lost more than a third of its…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: IBM, Stride rise; Netflix, Baker Hughes…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. rolled out new sanctions on Wednesday against more than 40 individuals and entities…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $10 million settlement over its role in selling prescription opioids in San…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The idea was presented to Florida lawmakers in a movie house outside…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

SEATTLE (AP) — In a story published April 20, 2022, about marijuana banking reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported that U.S. Sen. Patty…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in California has rejected a request from shareholders in a lawsuit to force Elon Musk…

By JIM RENDON of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new effort to help grantmakers change the way they work so they can better…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko walked out…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The second of four men accused in a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant in Vermont using tens of millions of dollars…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico workplace safety regulators say they have issued the maximum possible fine against…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has agreed to start paying some of its employees more in advance of raises the railroad…

MONROE, Ga. (AP) — Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s efforts to reshape the country’s…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he wants to promote the city’s impending legal…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A poll finds that a majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is further winding down the compulsory use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and face masks as the country’s…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks celebrate Easter with other Orthodox Christians on Sunday…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet The subscription pricing model is trending in the travel industry. Though it might be a familiar payment option for your…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British judge has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is taking another step toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in Poland say two underground methane explosions at a coal mine killed five people and injured more than 20.…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged an…

By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — When Russian forces invaded and occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has enacted a law formally revoking Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed in choppy trading, as inflation worries and the war in Ukraine had…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Japan has reported a much bigger than expected trade deficit for March as a weaker yen and high oil prices…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has passed a bill to nationalize lithium mining and extraction. The bill was submitted by President…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man charged with setting a fire that gutted a Northern California Home Depot, prompted hundreds to flee…