Flight attendants’ union supports Frontier-Spirit merger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest U.S. union for flight attendants is backing Frontier Airlines’ bid to buy Spirit Airlines. The Association of…
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Argo touts driverless operations in Miami and Austin, Texas
NEW YORK (AP) — An autonomous vehicle technology company that partners with Ford and Volkswagen says it has started driverless operations in two of…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What we know about shuttered baby formula plant
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many questions remain about the shuttered Abbott baby formula plant at the center of a…
Continue Reading Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell has underscored the Federal Reserve’s determination to keep…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading New Iowa law requires more ethanol in state’s gasoline
By DAVID PITT Associated Press PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is the first state in the nation to require most gas stations to sell fuel with at…
Continue Reading FAA to let United use jets grounded after engine failure
By The Associated Press Federal safety officials are moving to let United Airlines resume using about 50 planes that have been grounded since the…
Continue Reading House Dems propose $28 million to address formula shortage
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have unveiled a $28 million emergency spending bill to address the shortage of…
Continue Reading US to ease a few economic sanctions against Venezuela
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States government is moving to ease a few economic sanctions on…
Continue Reading Ohio principals reject endorsement deals for prep athletes
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — High school principals in Ohio have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to allow prep athletes…
Continue Reading Nearly 43,000 people died on US roads last year, agency says
By TOM KRISHER and HOPE YEN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year. That’s the highest…
Continue Reading Prosecutors: NYC investment adviser blamed in $5B fraud
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say bus drivers and charitable groups were among victims who lost $5…
Continue Reading FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 vaccine booster for healthy children ages 5 to 11. Everyone 12 and…
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Ukraine’s crowdfunding aims to keep donors’ interest in war
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Ukraine is marrying some digital marketing tools with crowdfunding and other incentives for giving to keep global…
Continue Reading Retail sales rise 0.9% in April as consumers show resilience
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales rose 0.9% in April, a solid increase that underscores Americans’…
Continue Reading UK raises stakes in EU feud with threat to break Brexit deal
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will pass a law to scrap parts of the trade treaty it signed with the…
Continue Reading Spanish govt proposes wider abortion rights, menstrual leave
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has approved a draft bill that widens abortion rights for teenagers and may make Spain the first country in…
Continue Reading Spain, Morocco reopen land border crossings as ties improve
MADRID (AP) — The land borders between Spain and Morocco at Spain’s North African enclave cities of Ceuta and Melilla have reopened after being…
Continue Reading Walmart Q1 profit dragged down as inflation takes a bite
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart reported stronger sales for the first quarter, but its profit took a beating…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Learn your parents’ financial plans ASAP
By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet When parents die, their adult children often must manage their financial affairs. Those kids and other caregivers are…
Continue Reading Home Depot overcomes slow start to year, rising home prices
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot’s fiscal first-quarter sales improved even as the chain faced a slower start to spring, and it…
Continue Reading Japan to allow limited foreign package tours as experiment
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says it will begin allowing small package tours from four countries later this…
Continue Reading Yellen warns Europeans about working with China, urges unity
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Even as Western allies grapple with how to counter Russia’s assault on…
Continue Reading Censure vote vs. Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s governing party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently…
Continue Reading Musk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal – on Twitter
By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Reporters Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t “move forward” unless the…
Continue Reading Livestreamed carnage: Tech’s hard lessons from mass killings
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, HALELUYA HADERO and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Experts are calling for a broader discussion around livestreams…
Continue Reading Students protest, discontent grows over China’s COVID policy
By KEN MORITSUGU and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to…
Continue Reading Asia stocks mixed after Wall St gain, Powell warns on rates
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose and the Federal Reserve’s chairman…
Continue Reading New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
By JAY REEVES Associated Press THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A handful of U.S. hospitals are facing a financial crisis that officials say was caused by…
Continue Reading Conspiracy theorists flock to bird flu, spreading falsehoods
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press An outbreak of avian flu is forcing farmers to cull their flocks and leading to concerns about even higher food…
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