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By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Electric vehicles, or EVs for short, have been the hot car commodity for 2022, as their sales were up nearly 82% from 2021…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over hate speech…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Marta Suarez stepped in front of the white backdrop, rotated the basketball to…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. inflation has eased in November but is still stuck near a 40-year high. The Office for National…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares skidded Thursday after a retreat on Wall Street as markets registered their…

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China says it will stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become “impossible”…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has signed a new security deal with Oceania island country Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The body of a 23-year-old woman has been found in the ocean off Australia after she fell overboard from a cruise ship.…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate has approved sweeping legislation that would overhaul the…

By MATT O’BRIEN, BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press What you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. But how?…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three newspaper reporters in West Virginia say they have been fired after publicly…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street after the government reported that inflation cooled more than expected last month, cementing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Photronics, Moderna rise; Joann, Trimble…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $2.22 to $75.39 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for February delivery rose…

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — American actor Michael B. Jordan is part of the new ownership group of Premier League club Bournemouth. The club…

LONDON (AP) — The European Union has moved closer to a clinching a deal over transatlantic data transfers aimed at resolving concerns about U.S.…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new CEO of FTX says the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange helped 1,500…

BERLIN (AP) — Railway workers in Austria are set to get a significant wage increase under a deal to resolve a pay standoff that resulted in a…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government wants to help working parents juggle the responsibility of raising children with their jobs by giving them more…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Moderna’s stock soared Tuesday after the COVID-19 vaccine maker detailed progress in developing another potential…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Ghana $3 billion to try…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Aviation startup Boom Aerospace has lined up contractors to help design an engine for its…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mecca Patterson-Guridy wants to learn, but for some subjects, she isn’t always…

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet This year has been full of economic uncertainty for many. High inflation has affected the cost of living, making…

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling about 1.4 million pickup trucks worldwide because the tailgates may not close completely and cargo could…

By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines said Tuesday that it ordered 100 new Boeing 787s, a large, twin-aisle jetliner, to replace planes…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union energy ministers have failed yet again to overcome their deep differences on a…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government is expecting to sign an agreement within days that will bring it…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament is reeling and its credibility is at stake as a corruption and…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has moved closer to pushing through an unprecedented tax on foreign companies that want to import products that…

By MATTHEW DALY, MICHAEL PHILLIS, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists announced Tuesday that they…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — No menu. No delivery. No walk-ins. Advance orders only. Explanations and instructions while…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks rose Wednesday in Asia after a rally on Wall Street spurred by news that inflation in…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says its government will push Google to display China’s national anthem as the…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Most small SUVs flunked the latest frontal crash tests done by the insurance industry, but oddly…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price…

BEIJING (AP) — Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential for a…

By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Four Native American tribes in Michigan have agreed with the state and federal…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Four new cases of bird flu at Iowa turkey farms in the past few days will push the number of…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have advanced sweeping GOP legislation intended to shore up the…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of a busy week when central banks are likely to unload the year’s final…

DETROIT (AP) — A government report says fuel economy for 2021 model year vehicles in the U.S. stayed flat with 2020 as people continued to buy…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The House Financial Services Committee plans to hold a hearing into the collapse of crypto exchange…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $2.15 to $73.17 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for February delivery rose $1.89…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s foreign secretary says he’ll travel this week to Washington, D.C., in an effort to resolve a dispute over…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today’s weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper’s…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has announced another $325 million for agricultural projects…

BERLIN (AP) — The Group of Seven leading economies have created an open and international climate club in which countries are to cooperate in the…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have imposed new sanctions on clerics, senior officials and top…

Microsoft is taking a roughly 4% stake in the operator of the London Stock Exchange, which has agreed to spend at least $2.8 billion in…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Still eager to hire, America’s employers are posting more job openings than they did…

By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dave Chappelle asked the crowd at his comedy show to “make some noise for the world’s…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Electric vehicle maker Rivian is setting aside its planned partnership with Mercedes-Benz to produce electric vans in…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Airplanes flying into Orlando International Airport on Monday were encouraged to top off at…

By COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press The heads of the International Energy Agency and European Union’s executive branch say the 27-nation bloc is…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it will provide Kenya with 112 million euros to help the East African nation close the gap to 100%…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Grilling company Weber is being taken private in a deal valued at about $3.7 billion. Investment funds managed…

The Associated Press The Labor Department issues its November snapshot of inflation at the consumer level Tuesday. The Federal Reserve delivers an…

DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is telling the owners of nearly 272,000 SUVs in the U.S. to park them outdoors due to the risk of a fire. The company is…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet A record number of young adults are moving back home to live with their parents, thanks to the high cost of housing,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German automaker Mercedes-Benz is investing 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in a electric van plant in Poland. The…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Amgen is spending more than $26 billion to dive deeper into rare disease treatments with a deal for drugmaker Horizon…

NEW YORK (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution has closed on a $2.5 billion federal…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve and other central banks…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday,…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Cheryl Woodard used to take her daughter and her friends to eat…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media platform…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press The survivor of a shooting at an Oklahoma marijuana farm that killed four people has been arrested after being…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Over the grinding wail of a chainsaw pruning trees, Oleh Braharnyk recalls how his crew…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first retail recreational cannabis sales will begin as soon as Jan. 10.…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game…

The Associated Press Wall Street closed lower after a report showed inflation is slowing, though not by as much as hoped. The S&P 500 fell 0.7%…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chewy Inc., up $1.68 to $43.65. The online pet store surprised…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 44 cents to $71.02 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for February delivery fell 5…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Production of oranges in Florida this season is forecast to be down 36% from earlier…