California eyes penalties for oil companies’ big profits
By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules.…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” kept the box-office crown for the fourth straight weekend, and…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Reform-minded candidates won several races as members of the United Auto Workers union voted on their…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer It’s now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia did not change…
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A senior Moldovan official says the country has struck a deal to renew severed electricity supplies from its breakaway,…
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say that U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a consortium partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, has agreed to buy…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering allowing express toll lanes on highways and…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities have arrested a wealthy Russian businessman on suspicion of money laundering…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country’s oil set by Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates recent battlefield victories, its government faces a…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When BNSF railroad conductor Justin Schaaf needed to take time off from work this summer, he had…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has…
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is recommending replacing an…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Worries about inflation weighed on Wall Street, leaving major indexes mixed after another bumpy day of trading. A government…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Marvell, Veeva fall; Smartsheet, PagerDuty…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell $1.24 to $79.98 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for February delivery fell $1.31…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press U.S. safety officials are calling for immediate inspection of certain Bell helicopters based on findings from their…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police and federal law enforcement officers are among 20 people from multiple states…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday that…
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials say the Oklahoma marijuana farm where four people were killed was operating under an…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly nine months, the Federal Reserve has relentlessly raised interest rates to try to…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor says the former medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A former coal-fired power plant in New Jersey was imploded Friday, and its owners…
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT, FATIMA HUSSEIN and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Group of Seven nations and Australia joined the European…
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his real estate company are being scrutinized in…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A key electrical power plant in a Moscow-backed breakaway region…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the end, it wasn’t a last-minute smoking gun but a prosecutor insisting that evidence…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that resulted in…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia (AP) — New Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says he will also serve as finance minister as he unveiled a leaner…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and JILL BLEED Associated Press Infowars host Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas. Jones cites debts…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States’ 988 call service for helping anyone experiencing a mental health…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden assured Americans on Friday that the U.S. economy is chugging…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany has welcomed President Joe Biden’s apparent willingness to discuss tweaking U.S. legislation that European leaders say…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has approved a hefty 29 trillion yen ($216 billion) supplementary budget to…
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press PALMDALE , Calif. (AP) — America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Worries about inflation weighed on Wall Street Friday, leaving major indexes mixed after a report…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press MARTONVASAR, Hungary (AP) — Drivers in Hungary are increasingly running into gas and diesel shortages at filling…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, who plays for a Chinese team, was fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers kept hiring briskly in November despite high inflation and a…
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy secretary has proposed yet another round of talks with the United States on a dispute over Mexico’s…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Tesla delivered its first electric semis to PepsiCo Thursday, more than three years after Elon Musk said his company would start…
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