With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989. But the…
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Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S.…
Continue Reading Asian stocks surge after oil falls, easing inflation fears
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Tokyo’s stock benchmark soared 4% and other Asian markets have surged after oil prices dropped,…
Continue Reading Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in…
Continue Reading Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory…
Continue Reading California pipeline at issue after ExxonMobil’s plan fails
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A dispute over building an oil pipeline across California has intensified with the…
Continue Reading US officials reverse course on pesticide’s harm to wildlife
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly…
Continue Reading US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are…
Continue Reading Congress passes bill to shore up Postal Service, delivery
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed legislation that would shore up the U.S. Postal Service. The…
Continue Reading Stitch Fix: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stitch Fix: Fiscal Q2 Earnings…
Continue Reading Biden drew more viewers in otherwise quiet TV week
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By drawing power alone, President Joe Biden was last week’s biggest TV star. He drew more…
Continue Reading Record gas costs pose fresh political challenge for Biden
By WILL WEISSERT and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By banning U.S. imports of Russian oil, President Joe Biden is hoping that…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks ended lower following another day of yo-yoing between gains and losses after crude oil prices rose anew as the U.S.…
Continue Reading Scotts, Mandiant fall; Dollar Tree, Chevron rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Scotts, Mandiant fall; Dollar Tree, Chevron…
Continue Reading Oilfield company, executive indicted in gas deaths of couple
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas oilfield company and a company executive have been indicted in the 2019 poisonous gas deaths of a worker and his…
Continue Reading Q&A: Forecasters say gasoline prices likely to remain high
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Gasoline prices are setting a new record, and they’re likely to go higher in the coming…
Continue Reading Federal regulators accuse 2 siblings in $124M crypto scam
WASHINGTON (AP) — In their latest case targeting alleged fraud in cryptocurrency, federal regulators have accused two siblings of defrauding…
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 Puerto Rico scraps debt restructuring deal for power company
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says his administration is cancelling a proposed debt…
Continue Reading Apple’s new budget iPhone will be faster and more expensive
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that’s…
Continue Reading Vaccine mandate for federal employees awaits court ruling
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Echoing Churchill, Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will fight to end
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has evoked wartime British leader Winston Churchill in a…
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McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi join exodus out of Russia
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric all announced Tuesday they…
Continue Reading Berliners open their hearts, homes to those fleeing Ukraine
By KERSTIN SOPKE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been arriving in…
Continue Reading Railroad unions keep fighting BNSF’s new attendance rules
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the…
Continue Reading ‘Yes, we need hands’: Kitchen pops up in Ukraine’s capital
By VADIM GHIRDA and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKY Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Food, water and medicine grew rarer in Ukraine on Monday, well into…
Continue Reading Musk asks judge to nullify subpoena, throw out deal with SEC
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking a federal judge to nullify a subpoena from securities regulators and throw out a 2018 court agreement…
Continue Reading As war in Ukraine intensifies, US gasoline hits record $4.17
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The average price for gasoline in the US is hitting a record $4.17 per gallon as the U.S. bans Russian oil…
Continue Reading Harvesters of valuable baby eels hope for a stable 2022
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The industry that harvests one of the most valuable fish species in the United States is…
Continue Reading Cyber firm: At least 6 US state governments hacked by China
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A cybersecurity firm says hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the…
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