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By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public…
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday,…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Cheryl Woodard used to take her daughter and her friends to eat…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media platform…
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press The survivor of a shooting at an Oklahoma marijuana farm that killed four people has been arrested after being…
Continue ReadingTRENTON. N.J. (AP) — Gas prices have again dropped sharply in New Jersey and around the country as demand remains slow and supplies continue to…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Over the grinding wail of a chainsaw pruning trees, Oleh Braharnyk recalls how his crew…
Continue ReadingBy 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…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans Police Department employee who was moonlighting as an Uber driver was stabbed to…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first retail recreational cannabis sales will begin as soon as Jan. 10.…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game…
Continue ReadingThe 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%…
Continue ReadingNEW 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingBy 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…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Production of oranges in Florida this season is forecast to be down 36% from earlier…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are expanding their partnership in the Northeast even while the government tries to kill the…
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has opened bidding on 14 new offshore oil and gas blocks, hoping to capitalize on interest in lucrative fields…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA, RYAN J. FOLEY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a…
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers in Greece have approved legislation banning commercial spyware and reforming…
Continue ReadingBy CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unveiling some of the faces that…
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rulemaking arm of Tennessee’s high school sports oversight organization has made a change that allows student…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it is imposing sanctions on a broad array of people and companies…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies says it will walk away from its stake in Russian natural gas producer Novatek and take a $3.7…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down.…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary says two Moldovan oligarchs who are…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose 7.4% in November from a year earlier, a…
Continue ReadingBy IAIN SULLIVAN Associated Press ALICANTE, Spain (AP) — Spain, France and Portugal have agreed to build a major undersea pipeline to transport…
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run news agency and a judicial official say a Lebanese actress with links to…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery factory in Ohio have voted to join…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says he is willing to testify to Congress next week. But he…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — One man is dead after a massive fire ravaged a shopping mall on Moscow’s northwestern outskirts. Authorities said…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help. Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is easing banking rules brought in after the 2008 global financial crisis in a bid to…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese airline has become the first customer to take delivery of a long-range jetliner produced by a state-owned manufacturer set…
Continue ReadingBy IAIN SULLIVAN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries have called on…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister says crucial Western financial support is “not…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with stocks broadly lower Friday, after a new report…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — As the school bell rings, dozens of children begin filing into the canteen at Hillstone…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Korean truckers are returning to work after voting to end their…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Friday that K-pop star T.O.P will be among eight people…
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A month into the nation’s largest strike involving higher education, the work…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has announced it will jointly develop its next-generation fighter jet with the U.K. and Italy.…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, say officers arrested four people during a raid at a store that was openly and illegally selling…
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United’s owners have not taken their semi-annual dividend for fiscal year 2023 according to the Premier…
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