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The Associated Press Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former chief executive officer has agreed to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium after…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A long-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor has gone online in Finland after a wait of over 12…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — There truly is an app for everything, including roadkill in Wyoming. A new phone app is making…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — After a historic Houston theater seemingly closed for good last year due to the pandemic, its…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand’s beach resorts because of…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The Premier League has disqualified Roman Abramovich from running Chelsea after the club owner was sanctioned…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians have staged a protest in the capital Tirana against recent fuel and food price hikes that authorities…

By The Associated Press Hundreds of foreign brands have suspended operations in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine began. Russian President…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several congressional Democrats are raising doubts about the proposed merger of Frontier and Spirit airlines. They said it would…

The Associated Press Stocks fell again after another bumpy day of trading on Wall Street Friday, marking the fourth losing week in the last five.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: DocuSign, Zumiez fall; Pfizer, Pearson…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress voting to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of…

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

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Lavish spending, sustained only by Roman Abramovich’s investment, funded Chelsea’s 21…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan that would restrict smokestack emissions…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Demonstrators have marched through Albania’s capital, Tirana, and tried to block streets in other cities, in a third day…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University has begun removing the Sackler name from its campus several years after announcing it would no longer…

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Companies operating in the most active oilfield in the United States are the latest opponents of plans to store spent nuclear…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The European Union says it will continue applying pressure on…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN announced that its CNN+ streaming service will start operating on March 29. The…

By ALAN SUDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies critical to U.S. national interests will have to report when…

By The Associated Press Russian regulators say internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it’s being used to call for violence…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — At least 1.4 million households and other residential customers are behind on electric…

By EMILY HAYNES of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new qualitative study of 113 millionaires of color found that nearly all…

BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that poorer countries in northern…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentine lawmakers have approved an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to…

By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday agreed to phase out our…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s No. 2 leader says the government hopes to generate as many as 13 million new jobs this…

By RAF CASERT and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — British and European regulators have threatened to crack down on an agreement…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…

By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that along with the European…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been one year since President Joe Biden signed into law the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell again after another bumpy day of trading on Wall Street Friday, marking…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a drone attack started a small fire at an oil refinery in the capital, Riyadh, but it didn’t…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader has warned of “rising uncertainties” and pledged tax cuts to shore up…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas are getting together in hopes of becoming one of four “hydrogen hubs” supported by $8…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court says it won’t interfere with local officials finalizing…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer A shrinking number of well-known companies are still doing business in Russia even after hundreds of others have…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation that would allow local police departments to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Build-A-Bear, Peloton fall; Amazon, Genesco…

The Associated Press Stocks slipped on Wall Street Thursday as markets remain choppy amid uncertainty about where inflation, interest rates and the…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Justice Department has named a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, following through on President Joe…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is announcing plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog that…

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

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina lawmakers have begun debating a bill needed to approve Argentina’s agreement…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge has imposed travel bans on the heads of the country’s five largest banks over suspicions related to a possible…

By The Associated Press A virtual hearing Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court gave survivors of opioid addiction and people who lost loved ones to the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug cartels in Mexico are increasingly turning to the internet, bitcoin and e-commerce to launder money and sell drugs.…

By JOSH FUNK and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three directors at newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises have been reelected…

By DAVID KOENIG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public…

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines is bringing back workers who were put on unpaid leave for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The airline…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The decision to sanction Roman Abramovich and freeze his assets has left Chelsea to continue…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gyo Obata, an architect whose designs included sports and entertainment arenas, airports and a presidential library, has died. His…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week but remain at historically low levels, just…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Would-be homeowners are increasingly opting to pay sellers more than their asking price in…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Love Rocks, which takes place at The Beacon Theatre in Manhattan Thursday night,…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs have settled to…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A U.N. official says the crisis in Ukraine and Russia, one of the world’s main sources…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Colleges across the U.S. are pulling students from study abroad programs in Russia, ending research…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media users are suggesting soaring fuel prices in the U.S. are part of a government…

By AMANDA BARROSO of NerdWallet Mapping out planned expenses like vacations, holiday gifts and membership renewals in advance gives you time to save…

By The Associated Press Sanctions are hitting Russia’s economy hard. The ruble is plunging, and major foreign companies are fleeing.…

By The Associated Press The European Central Bank says it will make an early exit from its economic stimulus efforts as it combats record inflation.…

BEIJING (AP) — China is easing government exchange rate controls to let the Russian ruble fall faster in value against the Chinese yuan in a move…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ukraine’s attempt to get Russia kicked off the internet has failed. A diverse group of experts…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — European Union leaders have ruled out fulfilling Ukraine’s…

BERLIN (AP) — German chemical and health care company Bayer says it is selling a U.S.-based pest control business to private equity firm Cinven for…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Some European countries watching Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine fear they could be…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Addiction and overdose survivors and those who have lost loved ones have…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9%…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Pressure is building on the Biden administration to begin unwinding…

By AMY TAXIN and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities are turning to smartphones to keep tabs on…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation that would ban Russian energy…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two Americans imprisoned in Japan for helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn avoid trial and…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man whose wife and two children were killed by mortar fire in Ukraine as they tried to flee has returned to Kyiv to bury…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bill advancing in Mississippi says anyone could cite religious objections to avoid…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site. Its aim is to bypass surveillance and…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Employees at three more Starbucks stores in suburban Buffalo have voted to form unions. A…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The first licenses to sell recreational marijuana in New York will go to people who were…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Salvation Army is being accused in three lawsuits of violating federal labor law by not paying minimum wage to participants in…

CHICAGO (AP) — A northern Illinois man who pleaded guilty to running a sports betting operation that involved a mayor pardoned by former President…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Officials in a Georgia county are blaming a “bare minority” for a referendum in which…

The Associated Press Stocks had their biggest jump since June 2020 Wednesday as a sharp drop in oil prices eased fears that inflation was about to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: MongoDB, XPO Logistics rise; Stitch Fix, Yext…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities are investigating a natural gas leak at a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drill site…