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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is reporting a $476 million profit for the second quarter as summer travelers…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization’s emergency committee convened Thursday to consider for the…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years by…

MADRID (AP) — Europe’s spate of fierce wildfires is abating somewhat amid cooler temperatures but a fire in Slovenia on the border with Italy has…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Reports by the World Bank and other experts say army-ruled Myanmar’s economy remains…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for…

HELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported second-quarter profit above analyst expectations on strong demand for…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted…

By The Associated Press The message to U.S. lawmakers from Ukraine’s first lady, delivered amid stark and graphic images of civilian bloodshed,…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after another day of gains on Wall Street amid a…

YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit for the first half of this year totaled nearly 8 trillion yen,…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Baidu, a Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm, has unveiled its latest electric…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says that U.S. military officials believe it’s “not a good idea” for…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America Officials say a fire at the Hoover Dam was isolated to the single area in an exceedingly rare case…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Plans to build an aluminum mill in Kentucky have taken a new turn. A steel producer says it will construct and…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX delivered slightly better profit in the second quarter. That’s even though volume was…

DETROIT (AP) — Two former presidents of the United Auto Workers who were convicted of corruption at the union have been released early from prison…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines says its latest quarterly profit is $329 million, thanks to summer vacationers who are packing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Omnicom, Netflix rise; Baker Hughes, Toll Brothers…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street again Wednesday as more profit reports roll in from U.S. companies. Profit reporting season…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.96 to $102.26 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for September delivery fell…

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Three weeks of continuous demonstrations and road blockades to protest high fuel and food…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Greek Cypriot president of Cyprus has dismissed proposals put forward by the…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a lawsuit seeking to hold nearly 20 companies…

DETROIT (AP) — The company that makes Can-Am Ryker motorcycles is warning people not to ride some of them because a handlebar bolt can break,…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service plans to further increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A jury in Florida has found Tesla just 1% negligent in a fiery crash that killed two teens, for…

By SAM METZ Associated Press DELTA, Utah (AP) — The coal plant is closing. In this tiny Utah town surrounded by cattle, alfalfa fields and…

BERLIN (AP) — Europe is in an energy crisis, and it means countries will struggle to keep homes warm and industry humming this winter. That’s…

By RAQUEL REDONDO and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The death of a street cleaner during a heat wave in Madrid is driving a debate in…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has given the green light to a new nuclear power station that’s expected to…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Cost cutting helped Biogen beat second-quarter expectations soundly even as revenue slid and sales of the…

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARÍA VERZA The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is putting pressure on Mexico over energy policies that…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donations from Fidelity Charitable climbed 11% to a record $4.8 billion for the first half of…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the uninitiated, outfitting a college dorm room can be a dizzying experience. Doing it at a…

By IVANA BZGANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Egypt and Serbia have agreed to boost political, economic and other cooperation as the…

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Medicare fraud is big business, and the COVID-19 pandemic has provided new opportunities for fraudsters. Fortunately,…

By KATIE TAM and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s annual book fair has kicked off with several publishers of political books…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15%…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds There are two key points within the life cycle of a vehicle: the introduction of a fully redesigned model and a significant…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When long-haul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the United Kingdom has accelerated to a new 40-year high, driven by rising food and fuel prices that are contributing to…

BEIJING (AP) — Four people have died in a gas explosion at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. State broadcaster…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected the unpopular prime minister as their new…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A monitor appointed by a federal judge in the wake of a United Auto Workers bribery and embezzlement…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Elections officials from across the country meeting under heightened security were urged…

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a…

The Associated Press Wall Street rallied Tuesday to its best day in three weeks as more reports pour in on how much profit companies made during the…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint, Dana Canedy, is stepping down to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: NCR, Hasbro rise; IBM, Signature Bank…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $1.62 to $104.22 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta,…

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency says it will spend $8 million on ads aimed at stemming the rising number of traffic…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawsuit against the British government says officials at the U.K.’s Foreign Office had…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area water utility says it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to propose energy cuts and savings as the 27-nation bloc expects Russian…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of…

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is on a jet-buying spree. Delta said Tuesday that it converted options into firm orders to get 12 more jets from…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine has become an association country of the International Energy Agency. Both stressed Tuesday that closer cooperation…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway now owns nearly $11 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces, accompanied by an investigative judge, have raided the country’s…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk’s attempt to delay a lawsuit filed against him by Twitter after he tried to walk…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles have struck cities and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine as Russian…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A study says that a nearly 80-year-old law intended to put distressed and tax-delinquent Chicago-area properties…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has centralized and overhauled its investment strategy after a botched deal lost tens…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson rode growing sales of the cancer treatment Darzalex and other key drugs to a…

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet When inflation has you on a tight budget, a credit card may seem like an easy option to stay afloat. Without a…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed earmarking 500 million euros for joint defense procurement in the wake of the…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Dominique Davis was inside a Seattle-area church one day in March 2021 when a man with a handgun…

By DAVID KOENIG and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions,…

By DAVID KOENIG and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions,…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines pilots in Sweden, Norway and Denmark have called off a strike that ran for 15 days and caused major…

BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion after a partial building collapse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin has left three people missing and 11…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three…

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China have apologized for breaking into the homes of people who had been taken to a quarantine hotel in the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A five-year report says Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe faces two…