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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say you may be paying more for your avocado toast in the short term, and distributors…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, has been named the keynote…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top auction house says it is putting up for sale Rubens’ 17th…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court says a business executive who was investigated over suspected fraud had a…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, but remain near historically low…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart muscled through rising inflation, surging costs related to COVID-19 sick…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for a second consecutive month despite soaring inflation that…

The Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Airbus booked a record profit of 4.2 billion euros ($4.8 billion) last year as it delivered more planes with…

By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet The rise in consumer prices, or inflation, is a slow erosion of your money over time. And supply chain issues are a…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press TYRNAVOS, Greece (AP) — Economists, farmers and charity workers agree about a…

BEIJING (AP) — China has rejected a U.S. accusation that Beijing is failing to live up to its market-opening commitments in a new round of…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have launched another investigation of Tesla, this time tied to complaints…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is launching a new initiative aimed at identifying companies that…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo told financial leaders of the Group of 20 industrial economies…

By GRANT PECK and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — New Zealand says it will not deal with Myanmar under a major 15-nation trade agreement,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Visa Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have agreed to allow customers to use Visa cards on Amazon sites worldwide without additional fees.…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The five members of the International Olympic Photo Pool all employ robotics to augment their wire…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan will ease its tough COVID-19 border controls by increasing the number of people allowed to…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer The Winter Olympics are being held in Beijing, but most of the population is shut out because of coronavirus…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Journalists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan say they operate in a climate of fear and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A long-haul Emirates flight heading to Washington in December failed to properly climb and flew incredibly low…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have mostly fallen in Asia as investors remain anxious over the possibility that…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mayor’s race in Los Angeles is being dominated by a homeless crisis and rising…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The use of rapid home tests has surged in India on the back of omicron…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit rose to an eight-year high in January as the cost of energy…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson, says he will resign at the end of March.…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s parent company says its investigation into circumstances surrounding the firing of…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Funds that raise money to aid women get abortions say they would need more donations this year if the U.S.…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash has posted better-than-expected sales for its fourth quarter thanks to its growing active-user base and…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — California-based investment company Silver Lake Partners has agreed to buy a stake in the commercial operations of…

The Associated Press Stocks shook off an early slump and ended mixed on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: ViacomCBS, La-Z-Boy fall; Generac, Owens Corning…

MIAMI (AP) — Recently consolidated TelevisaUnivision Inc. will launch a ViX streaming service that will offer more than 50,000 hours of…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York is proposing a $200 million fund to help people of color, women and some others start…

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

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers concluded last month that they would accelerate their…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hispanic farmers and rural residents in New Mexico are concerned legislation that would allow small cannabis producers to…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — When New York state started taking mobile sports bets last month, everyone assumed it…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has announced a set of measures aiming to bring relief to households and businesses reeling from high…

By DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Online harassment has become so common that it can be hard to imagine the internet…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Ukraine crisis presents the U.S. with a foreign policy threat, it’s also pushing…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former top banker at Goldman Sachs has testified that he and other corrupt executives at the firm…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Canadian rescuers have recovered more bodies from a Spanish fishing vessel that sank in…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leaders have announced plans to end most of the country’s coronavirus restrictions by…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a bolder European space policy, warning that…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s navy says 22 crew members are being evacuated from a large cargo ship that caught fire near the mid-Atlantic…

By DAVID McHUGH and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It’s not simple for Europe to plan sanctions against Russia in…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by pay gains, solid hiring and enhanced savings,…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting a historically Black university in South…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders of the world’s most consequential energy bodies have gathered for a…

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later” loans typically offer a simple, zero-interest payment structure that can make keeping up with…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the United Kingdom has risen at the fastest rate in almost 30 years as increased costs for energy, housing and…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The small luxury SUV market is seemingly packed with as many automotive all-stars as there are athletes in the Winter…

LONDON (AP) — Red Bull’s Formula One team has signed what it described as the most lucrative annual cryptocurrency sponsorship in sports. The…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German vaccine maker BioNTech unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has accused China of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after Federal Reserve policymakers indicated…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Kirin is selling its China joint venture to an investment fund, shortly after the Japanese beer…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The arrest of former Honduras President Juan Orlando…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California companies that must pay to emit greenhouse gases have saved up so many…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will distribute free coronavirus rapid test kits at schools and senior…

By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria says an administrative law judge dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging that its…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California Democratic lawmakers are targeting pandemic disinformation they say has…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb has reported its second-straight quarterly profit and it says its revenue is now higher than it was before…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer There has been a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints. That’s leading some security experts…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Legal betting on this year’s Super Bowl was heavy in the first five states to report…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Nonprofits battling child marriage are looking for more support during the COVID-19 pandemic and have found some…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about Donald Trump’s business practices are piling up. Whether the former…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work,…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: MoneyGram, Arista rise; Leidos, Fidelity National…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company estimates that 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming…

The Associated Press Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed signs that tensions might ease in Ukraine. Moscow said…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York…

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

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Starting this week, this masks are coming off for vaccinated visitors to Walt Disney World in Florida. The theme park resort…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Dolce&Gabbana has become the first Italian fashion house to bring its beauty division in-house,…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says it will scrap virtually all its remaining coronavirus…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a vote on President Joe…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company’s use of…

By YURAS KURMANAU and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian…

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says in a regulatory filing that he donated about 5 million shares of company stock worth roughly $5.7 billion…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Lee Enterprises’ effort to repel a hostile takeover got a boost this week when a judge…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s commercial casinos won $53 billion in 2021, their best year ever according…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when calls to the IRS have reached record levels, a private company lets those who…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Champions League organizer UEFA is being criticized by supporter groups for monetizing engagement by partnering…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel said it is buying Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in a deal that could give the California…

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it will start making Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles again in early April after an eight-month pause due to a…