Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project
By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Anchorage has thrown out Trump administration…
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Anchorage has thrown out Trump administration…
Continue ReadingFRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say two women are dead after a gunman opened fire at a central Indiana automotive plant. The Clinton County…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has toured an underground coal mine for the first time.…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney says he’s suing three California companies that make and distribute “ghost…
Continue ReadingBy PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The FBI has joined a criminal investigation into an alleged security breach of a…
Continue ReadingBy JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civilian Pentagon official has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest county is demanding the state Senate pay $2.8 million to cover the costs…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers With the price of chicken soaring, third-largest poultry producer in the U.S. is being…
Continue ReadingBy JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — .A Canadian judge has reserved her decision on whether a senior executive for…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth business executive faces criminal charges stemming from a federal investigation into a failed multibillion-dollar…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies. More…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Lowe’s, Alcon rise; Cree, La-Z-Boy…
Continue ReadingTALI ARBEL and ZEN SOO Associated Press China appears to be taking greater control of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns global video app…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks took a late turn lower on Wall Street, ending with their second straight loss. The S&P 500 fell again Wednesday, a…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials last month discussed the timing for beginning to dial back…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Former Purdue Pharma president and chair Richard Sackler says he, his family and the company do not have any…
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — A Miami businessman accused of servicing Venezuela’s fleet of Russian fighter jets in…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fall book season will be packed with new works by such high-profile authors as Jonathan…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gap’s low-price division Old Navy is overhauling its approach to how it designs…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — California’s top fire official says blazes raging across…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN ELFALAN Edmunds One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Preparing and packing for a trip is a different ballgame with all the changes in the travel world since the…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s streak of strong results extended into its latest quarter but its…
Continue ReadingBy ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision…
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian labor union leader has been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting social unrest with…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Tens of thousands of wild horses roam the American West, their power…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports in July jumped 37% from a year ago, highlighting an overseas recovery from the…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond…
Continue ReadingBy MARK BAKER Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel…
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A major Thai asphalt company has been implicated for money laundering in a criminal complaint…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has hired former Marriott International and Walt Disney Company marketing leader Karin Timpone as executive…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern will delay this week’s planned shareholder vote on Canadian National’s…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is considering whether the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer If you’re flying on a plane or taking a train, be ready to keep wearing that face mask for a few more…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently. A study…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday, as data showed the coronavirus pandemic is still holding back the U.S. economy. The…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Home Depot, KB Home fall; Fabrinet, Moderna…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy has been permanently…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Jersey advertisements are coming to the NHL. The league will allow teams to put sponsor patches on jerseys…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s autocratic leader Aleksandar Vucic has challenged Twitter to close his account like it did with Donald…
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Automaker FCA US has been fined $30 million after admitting that it paid off leaders of the United Auto Workers to…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, ASHRAF KHALIL and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A member of the family that owns Purdue Pharma has told a court that the family will not contribute billions to…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New COVID-19 measures in New York City are putting restaurant servers, bartenders and ticket…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factory production in July posted the strongest gain in 4 months, reflecting a…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has officially expanded and extended the nation’s…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is raising its outlook for the year as Americans, coming out of hibernation,…
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency is all over the news, and you likely know a few people who invest in crypto. But are you missing out if…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot’s sales continued to surge, though same-store sales appeared to come back to earth after a year…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A prototype military transport plane has crashed while performing a test flight outside Moscow, killing all three crew members on…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government’s statistician says there were more job vacancies in the Netherlands in the second quarter…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has taken drastic action by putting the entire nation into…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sudoku creator Maki Kaji, whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died at age 69…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded after Wall Street fell on weak retail sales as investors…
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says organizations that cross “red lines” and disregard national security should disband,…
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten entry restrictions for travelers arriving from the United States and 15 other countries beginning Friday,…
Continue ReadingBy TERENCE CHEA Associated Press FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — A deepening drought threatens California’s $6 billion almond industry, which produces…
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When a 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka’s capital,…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines is putting numbers on a damaging stretch of flight cancellations this summer. Spirit said Monday…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — A murder suspect has been released from jail after his trial was postponed when Dallas police revealed they had lost a massive amount…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company has again increased the size of its bet on grocery giant…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah reptile center employee is recovering after an alligator yanked…
Continue ReadingBy JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bakken Energy and Mitsubishi Power Americas say they are acquiring a synthetic natural…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stock indexes are closing at record highs on Wall Street Monday, despite rising coronavirus infections in the U.S. and around…
Continue ReadingT-Mobile says it is investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offering to sell the personal information of cellphone…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, Expedia fall; Sonos, Duke Energy…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such bestsellers as the “What to Expect” books for parents and the “Brain Quest” educational series has…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. company Discovery Inc. says it has been granted a Dutch license that would allow it to keep broadcasting its…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. The 44-year-old racial justice activist argues…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels is buying Apple Leisure Group, which manages resorts and operates charter air tours. The purchase price is $2.7…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The former head of the Food and Drug Administration says there is a strong case for…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept.…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet This year’s back-to-school shopping will include some unwanted lessons in dealing with supply-chain challenges.…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in a…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Walmart delivers its second-quarter results Tuesday. The Commerce Department issues its July tally of new home construction…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have declined amid turmoil in Afghanistan and unease about China’s…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 1.3% in the last quarter, raising hopes for a gradual…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Free Guy,” an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a background character in a videogame,…
Continue ReadingCAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 3 cents over the past three weeks, to $3.25 per gallon. Industry…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as…
Continue ReadingBy GRANT SCHULTE and DAVID PITT Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an…
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister says his government will soon launch a $1.35 trillion national infrastructure plan that will boost the…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top two soccer divisions will have a female chief executive for the first time next year. The German soccer league (DFL)…
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