Big Bird backlash: Vax lands even Muppet in political flap
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street’ to receive a measles vaccine as…
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street’ to receive a measles vaccine as…
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says the government has signed a contract with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar…
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two new medicines against the coronavirus for people at risk of…
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By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti because of the country’s…
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By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined…
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The movies are clawing their way back in theaters, but, so far, not everyone is showing up like they…
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s tax income over the next few years is expected to be considerably higher than previously forecast as…
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The skeptics of Wall Street have gone missing. As the stock market surges to record after record,…
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MILAN (AP) — Daniel Lee is leaving his job as creative director at Bottega Veneta after three years and creating the brand’s distinctive…
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A new report is shedding light on what types of organizations are receiving the most donations from charitable…
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union…
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By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new study shows that the personal luxury market of high-end accessories, leather goods and…
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something strange is happening in the bond market, which is usually seen by many investors as the…
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The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rivian Automotive, a company that has delivered about 150 electric pickup trucks mostly to employees, has…
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarians will soon have some relief at the pumps after the government announced it will limit the price of gasoline and…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira again has slid to a record low against the U.S. dollar after a surge in U.S. consumer prices inflamed…
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By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza,…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of…
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19…
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By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has met with Indonesian officials to discuss closer…
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy slowed down during the third quarter of the year as widespread supply chain…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks managed to close mostly higher. Stocks advanced…
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just…
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CHICAGO (AP) — Nike has agreed to extend its contract as the U.S. Soccer Federation’s equipment supplier, a relationship that began when it…
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — After promising on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 4.5 million shares of the electric car…
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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — India’s environment minister says climate finance is not charity and rich…
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By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against letting tensions in the…
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By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Investigators say an official at a suburban Detroit branch of the United Auto Workers took $2 million…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing has reached a legal agreement with the victims’ families from the March 2019 crash in Ethiopia that involved its 737-Max…
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By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Walt Disney Co. returned to a quarterly profit as it once again got a bump from reopened parks but…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat reported lower-than-expected sales in the third quarter due to a slump in…
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The Associated Press An eye-opening report on inflation that was hotter than expected slammed into the bond market on Wednesday, sending yields…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Perrigo, Wendy’s fall; RingCentral, Newmont…
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By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A lawsuit in which workers accuse a Hindu organization of human trafficking for luring them from India to build a…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when…
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By TERRY SPENCER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators say a Tesla driver killed with a passenger in…
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare enrollees who take expensive medicines could save thousands of dollars a…
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hershey is expanding its salty snack portfolio with the purchase of Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels. The Hershey Co.…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. beer industry has one less independent brewer. Michigan-based Bell’s Brewery said Wednesday it is…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The U.S. monthly budget deficit fell in October as the government collected more taxes from individuals and…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates in the U.S. fell this week, as the key 30-year rate again retreated below 3%. Mortgage buyer…
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BOSTON (AP) — Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago are using some high-tech…
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By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Michael Bloomberg will spend $120 million in an effort to reduce the…
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Several countries and companies have announced plans to stop selling cars that run on…
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The Associated Press Ford and Purdue University are working to create a new charging station cable that could combine with in-development vehicle…
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Ferries in Greece are to remain tied up in port for two days after unions declared a 48-hour strike. The strike which began…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening surge of inflation for such bedrock necessities as food, rent, autos and…
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000…
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Microsoft has launched a digital immersive tour at the ancient…
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By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency banking allows consumers to hold and spend cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, litecoin and ether. Card…
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By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of…
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers has cut its 2021 growth prediction for Europe’s biggest economy to…
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union court has rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine from…
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it has started evaluating whether to authorize Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for…
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry has sharply attacked the failure of social media companies to challenge…
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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s health minister says it will be able to obtain enough vaccines to…
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Young people living in Pacific Rim countries want to see more ambition from their…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares of Rivian Automotive jumped in their debut Wednesday, rising as much as 53% as…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed after a worrisome report on U.S. inflation that slammed into the…
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By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s biggest online shopping day, known as “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11, is taking on a…
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By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden is touting his $1 trillion infrastructure plan as an eventual…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Writers BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Never in its 50-year history has Starbucks relied on union…
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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As vaccination rates rise in many parts of the world and even countries that previously had…
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face…
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Making coronavirus vaccines more accessible and reducing carbon emissions were two…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Vietnamese oil tanker earlier seized by Iran is now free in open waters. The…
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Williams says he’s leaving NBC News at the end of the year. He remade his career as an…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The executive who took over as head of casino company Wynn Resorts when its founder and namesake Steve Wynn resigned in February…
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a San Francisco Bay Area solar energy company has been sentenced to 30…
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched a $738 million investment fund…
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego is suing scooter companies to get them to pay the city’s costs to defend any lawsuits generated by the two-wheeled…
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SEATTLE (AP) — A small publishing company in Vermont is suing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying her chastising Amazon over the sale of a book that…
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health,…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash is buying Finnish delivery service Wolt Enterprises, expanding its reach into Europe and other markets.…
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The Associated Press U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, ending the market’s longest winning streak in more than two years. The S&P 500, the Dow…
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s prime-time lineup tends to make the most noise and attract the most…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: PayPal, TripAdvisor fall; General Electric, Zynga…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Panera is returning to the public markets after four years in private hands. St. Louis-based Panera Brands filed…
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The council of a small Oregon city has approved a deal with Google that will enable the…
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican citizens have gotten the chance to express their fears about a massive…
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France will start building its first new nuclear reactors in decades as part of efforts to meet its promises to reduce planet-warming emissions.…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal agency is taking a step toward designating a new national marine sanctuary off the central California coast that would…
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older. Older…
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By FRANK JORDANS and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Powerful businesses are urging Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro…
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s commercial casinos are marking the industry’s best quarter ever and…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mexico’s president is warning that the world is sliding from “civilization to…
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press People streaming live video have become ubiquitous at protests, seeking to provide an unedited view into the most…
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is…
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government says it will provide emergency funding for state energy suppliers to import enough…
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Biden administration is relying on infrastructure dollars to help fix the clogged ports and…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota regulators are accepting public comments on whether the state’s regulation of…
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By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker…
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s telecommunications regulator says thousands of iconic red phone booths will be protected from removal under new…
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By TALI ARBEL and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. says that it’s inviting the global community to visit now…
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some gifts are great in the moment, such as a candle or a bottle of wine. Others make memorable…
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By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving is Jonatan Mitchell’s favorite holiday. He and his wife usually host up to 20…
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A coalition of philanthropies announced plans Tuesday to launch a nonprofit newsroom that will provide coverage…
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