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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nearly three years later, former Nissan executive Greg Kelly is still wondering why the questions…

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Anchorage has thrown out Trump administration…

FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say two women are dead after a gunman opened fire at a central Indiana automotive plant. The Clinton County…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has toured an underground coal mine for the first time.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney says he’s suing three California companies that make and distribute “ghost…

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The FBI has joined a criminal investigation into an alleged security breach of a…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civilian Pentagon official has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest county is demanding the state Senate pay $2.8 million to cover the costs…

By 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…

By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — .A Canadian judge has reserved her decision on whether a senior executive for…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth business executive faces criminal charges stemming from a federal investigation into a failed multibillion-dollar…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for…

NEW YORK (AP) — After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies. More…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Lowe’s, Alcon rise; Cree, La-Z-Boy…

TALI ARBEL and ZEN SOO Associated Press China appears to be taking greater control of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns global video app…

The 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…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking…

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

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials last month discussed the timing for beginning to dial back…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Former Purdue Pharma president and chair Richard Sackler says he, his family and the company do not have any…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — A Miami businessman accused of servicing Venezuela’s fleet of Russian fighter jets in…

By 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…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gap’s low-price division Old Navy is overhauling its approach to how it designs…

By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — California’s top fire official says blazes raging across…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home construction fell a sharp 7% in July as homebuilders struggled to cope with a…

By JONATHAN ELFALAN Edmunds One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Preparing and packing for a trip is a different ballgame with all the changes in the travel world since the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s streak of strong results extended into its latest quarter but its…

By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian labor union leader has been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting social unrest with…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Tens of thousands of wild horses roam the American West, their power…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports in July jumped 37% from a year ago, highlighting an overseas recovery from the…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond…

By MARK BAKER Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A major Thai asphalt company has been implicated for money laundering in a criminal complaint…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has hired former Marriott International and Walt Disney Company marketing leader Karin Timpone as executive…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern will delay this week’s planned shareholder vote on Canadian National’s…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is considering whether the…

By 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…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently. A study…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Home Depot, KB Home fall; Fabrinet, Moderna…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy has been permanently…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Jersey advertisements are coming to the NHL. The league will allow teams to put sponsor patches on jerseys…

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

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s autocratic leader Aleksandar Vucic has challenged Twitter to close his account like it did with Donald…

By 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…

By MATTHEW LEE, ASHRAF KHALIL and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked…

By 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…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New COVID-19 measures in New York City are putting restaurant servers, bartenders and ticket…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factory production in July posted the strongest gain in 4 months, reflecting a…

By 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…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has officially expanded and extended the nation’s…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is raising its outlook for the year as Americans, coming out of hibernation,…

By 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…

MOSCOW (AP) — A prototype military transport plane has crashed while performing a test flight outside Moscow, killing all three crew members on…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government’s statistician says there were more job vacancies in the Netherlands in the second quarter…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has taken drastic action by putting the entire nation into…

By 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…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded after Wall Street fell on weak retail sales as investors…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says organizations that cross “red lines” and disregard national security should disband,…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten entry restrictions for travelers arriving from the United States and 15 other countries beginning Friday,…

By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — A deepening drought threatens California’s $6 billion almond industry, which produces…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When a 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka’s capital,…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines is putting numbers on a damaging stretch of flight cancellations this summer. Spirit said Monday…

DALLAS (AP) — A murder suspect has been released from jail after his trial was postponed when Dallas police revealed they had lost a massive amount…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company has again increased the size of its bet on grocery giant…

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah reptile center employee is recovering after an alligator yanked…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bakken Energy and Mitsubishi Power Americas say they are acquiring a synthetic natural…

The Associated Press Stock indexes are closing at record highs on Wall Street Monday, despite rising coronavirus infections in the U.S. and around…

T-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…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, Expedia fall; Sonos, Duke Energy…

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

NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such bestsellers as the “What to Expect” books for parents and the “Brain Quest” educational series has…

By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. company Discovery Inc. says it has been granted a Dutch license that would allow it to keep broadcasting its…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. The 44-year-old racial justice activist argues…

CHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels is buying Apple Leisure Group, which manages resorts and operates charter air tours. The purchase price is $2.7…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The former head of the Food and Drug Administration says there is a strong case for…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept.…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet This year’s back-to-school shopping will include some unwanted lessons in dealing with supply-chain challenges.…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478…

The Associated Press Walmart delivers its second-quarter results Tuesday. The Commerce Department issues its July tally of new home construction…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have declined amid turmoil in Afghanistan and unease about China’s…

By 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…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Free Guy,” an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a background character in a videogame,…

CAMARILLO, 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…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as…

By GRANT SCHULTE and DAVID PITT Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister says his government will soon launch a $1.35 trillion national infrastructure plan that will boost the…