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NEW YORK (AP) — The average price of regular gasoline across the U.S. has risen above $4 per gallon for the first time since 2008. The AAA motor…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual new partner in his campaign to defend his country —…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday as the government cracks down on…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark will hold a referendum in June because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on whether to join…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a…

By VISAR KRYEZIU, KAREL JANICEK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — Yevgen Chornomordenko took off with a sprint when the…

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s national oil company says that an armed group has shut down two crucial oil fields, causing…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the nation’s only law that lets…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Russian man burned his passport to show his opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. Others…

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Survivors of the 1992-95 siege of Bosnia’s capital can’t look…

NEW YORK (AP) — Russian authorities have continued to block independent news outlets and to arrest protesters in an effort to tighten control over…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The world is on the verge of recording its 6 millionth official COVID-19 death, underscoring that…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese media are reporting all 14 workers who were trapped when a coal mine in the southwest collapsed 10 days ago had died. A…

By The Associated Press Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 12th day following what Ukrainian authorities described as increased shelling of…

By JOSEPH WILSON, SAMY MAGDY, AYA BATRAWY and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Russian tanks and missiles besieging…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia. It’s the latest blow to…

By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams, a 65-year-old grandfather…

CHICAGO (AP) — In a story published August 19, 2021, The Associated Press reported that a ShotSpotter engineer changed the reported Chicago address…

By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to…

CHICAGO (AP) — In a story published August 19, 2021, The Associated Press reported that a ShotSpotter engineer changed the reported Chicago address…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT, AMY TAXIN, PHILIP MARCELO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Afghan refugees who fled their country…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Building a gleaming new headquarters at a time when more and more people are working from home…

By GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Charities say they cannot send humanitarian aid into Ukraine through normal channels, with…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A city order that required people to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces in Boston,…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — European governments are moving against Russian oligarchs to put pressure on Russian President…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A global body focused on fighting money laundering has placed the United Arab…

By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The hundreds-strong Ukrainian volunteer “hacker” corps that formed in a fury to counter…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon start running out of money to bolster COVID-19…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH Associated Press DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified a crackdown on media outlets and…

BEIJING (AP) — China is raising its defense spending in 2022 by 7.1% to $229 billion, up from a 6.8% increase the year before. Saturday’s…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has cut its annual economic growth target to its lowest level in decades as Beijing tries to…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon start running out of money to bolster COVID-19…

The Associated Press Wall Street fell again Friday as even a gangbusters report on the U.S. jobs market couldn’t pull investors’ focus…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: PNC, Rapid Micro fall, Broadcom, Splunk…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has renewed calls for NATO to…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo…

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

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings,…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Russian state media is spreading false claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fled Kyiv in what…

NEW YORK (AP) — Visa says it will lower its credit card “swipe” fees for online and in-store transactions by 10% for small businesses starting…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The hundreds-strong Ukrainian volunteer “hacker” corps that formed in a fury to counter…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The Clinton Foundation is planning another Clinton Global Initiative – the high-profile gathering of business,…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance. The…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH Associated Press DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified a crackdown on media outlets and…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden has joined with the CEO of technology company Siemens USA to announce a $54 million investment to…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to make an electric vehicle…

By The Associated Press Russia’s war on Ukraine is in its ninth day. U.N. and Ukrainian officials say no radiation was released from a Russian…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks have asked the U.S. government to seize…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — India has yet to submit its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions to the U.N climate…

By JOHN SEEWER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Some relatives of those who died in the opioid crisis will receive payments from a settlement with…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Outraged by the invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in New Jersey’s largest city lashed out at…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world tumbled Friday, after even a gangbusters report on the U.S.…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a buoyant sign for the U.S. economy, businesses stepped up their hiring last month.…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials announced an easing of social distancing restrictions even as…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s 3,000-member ceremonial parliament opens its annual session on Saturday with the government facing a slowing economy and…

DETROIT (AP) — Face masks will be optional for U.S. union auto workers, as long as their factories are in counties that are not at high risk for…

By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In one of the driest states in the nation, Republican lawmakers have…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay for the first time in the state under a bill…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer CNN is reporting that the U.S. arm of Russian state-backed media outlet RT will be effectively shutting down. CNN…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports banning Russian oil imports to the…

By DAVID KOENIG and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Washington (AP) — The United States and allies are stepping up sanctions against Russia over…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s government has announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to…

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has lost a bid to avoid recalling about 727,000 small SUVs in the U.S. with headlight beams that can be too bright…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hard seltzer drinkers in Utah will likely have their choices on grocery store shelves…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Okta, Veeva fall; Kroger, Pure Storage…

The Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy day lower on Wall Street and crude oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to resign from his posts at Russian state-owned…

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

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An important milestone in New York City’s progress against COVID-19…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which…

DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is inviting the United Auto Workers union to hold an organizing vote at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. On…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid…

By ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities and Papua rebels say separatists killed eight technicians…

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

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has dismissed two more Cabinet ministers after they publicly…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its crowd-sourced fact checking project it started as a small and…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said it has authorized Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for children aged six to 11, in addition to…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low level of layoffs…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy reported a shortfall in sales for the holiday quarter as the nation’s…

LONDON (AP) — Londoners are facing travel chaos after around 10,000 transport workers walked off their jobs for the second day this week, leaving…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is scrambling to reduce its natural gas dependence on Russia, and it…

By SABRINA PARYS of NerdWallet Many Americans incorporate green practices into their everyday lives, such as recycling, limiting meat consumption and…

By SALAR SALIM and SAMYA KULLAB BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the Supreme Court in Baghdad that…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s annual inflation rate has further accelerated in February, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a new plan to expand mental health and drug abuse treatment.…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after another bumpy day on Wall Street, as investors remain…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s already dire economic crisis has deepened as oil prices have surged…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The annual meeting of China’s mostly ceremonial legislature usually showcases grand,…