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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says it will take steps to assess and prevent abuses including rape and…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says it will take steps to assess and prevent abuses including rape and…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Italy’s prime minister has held talks in Libya with officials from the country’s west-based…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Struggling U.K. airline Flybe has collapsed for the second time in less than three years. The flyer initially limped into bankruptcy…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and KWIYEON HA Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, mass timber is increasingly being viewed as a construction…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is axing free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150. Customers…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Credit ratings agency Fitch has raised Greece’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade. In a report issued Friday,…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt told reporters Friday that he is baffled over how $12.7…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through…
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and top aides to President Joe Biden have met in Washington to discuss…
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota landowners testified for and against a carbon capture company’s use of eminent…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, marking the market’s third winning week in the last four. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Visa Inc., up $6.73 to $231.44. Payment processing giant Visa…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell $1.33 to $79.68 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for March delivery fell 81 cents…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A Trader Joe’s store in Louisville, Kentucky, has become the grocery chain’s third to vote to unionize.…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the sound and fury about raising the nation’s debt limit, most economists say federal…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021, Renato Decena and Rosel…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 383,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the touch screens may not display a camera image when backing up. The…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and…
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ADVENTDALEN, Norway (AP) — Kneeling by his crew as they drilled steel bolts into the low roof of a…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express saw its fourth-quarter profits fall by 9%, as the credit card giant had to set…
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Debts brought into a relationship can be ruinous for couples, but many decide to work as a team to conquer individual…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says taming inflation is more important than cutting taxes. Jeremy Hunt…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A senior German official says she hopes her country will receive hydrogen made with renewable energy from Australia by 2030. The two…
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand H&M says its net profit for the year ending November 2022 fell 68%, while it took a hit of 864 million…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Shares in India’s Adani Group have plunged up to 20% and the company said it…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A strong week for Wall Street closed out with modest gains Friday, sending…
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month, House Republicans have advanced a measure to restrict…
Continue ReadingBy ED DAVEY The manufacture of “green steel” moved a step closer Friday as Massachusetts-based Boston Metal announced a $120 million investment…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will continue to restrict the entry of short-term travelers from…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal lawsuit in Nevada is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station…
Continue ReadingPAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Toymaker Hasbro is cutting about 1,000 jobs as part of moves announced last year to save up to $300 million annually by…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government has long struggled to find a permanent solution for storing or…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processing giant Visa Inc. said Thursday that its profits rose 6% in its latest quarter…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks climbed Thursday to send Wall Street to its highest level in nearly eight weeks following reports suggesting the economy…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bed Bath & Beyond says it’s in default on its loans and doesn’t have sufficient…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Tesla Inc., up $15.84 to $160.27. The electric vehicle…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Restaurants are beginning the new year with a recurring problem: labor shortages. Chipotle said Thursday it’s…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay…
Continue ReadingBY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Hundreds of climate and environmental groups from around the world released a letter Thursday that decried the…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 86 cents to $81.01 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for March delivery rose $1.35…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges have cleared the way for the court’s…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to…
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The Food and Drug Administration says there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate them as foods or…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Biden administration has moved to protect the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area…
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