Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on trimmed $10B COVID bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have moved to the brink of clinching a scaled-back bipartisan compromise to provide a…
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US added 431,000 jobs in March in sign of economic health
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the…
Continue Reading Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
By HALELUYA HADERO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on…
Continue Reading South Korea eases distancing amid slowing omicron spread
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will ease some of its pandemic restrictions starting next week as…
Continue Reading No jail for LA building owner over explosion that hurt 12
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial…
Continue Reading EPA upholds Trump-era decision not to regulate contaminant
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will…
Continue Reading House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for…
Continue Reading WVU nonprofit arm takes over shuttered plant, tenants sought
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ownership of a shuttered pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia has been transferred with…
Continue Reading For New Orleans, a 6th Final Four is bounce-back moment
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press A late slump left stocks decisively lower on Wall Street Thursday, wrapping up the worst quarter for the market since the…
Continue Reading Tempur Sealy, Citigroup fall; Edwards, Duke rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Tempur Sealy, Citigroup fall; Edwards, Duke…
Continue Reading AP’s Marjorie Miller named as new head of Pulitzer Prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Marjorie Miller has been named as the new administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. Miller is vice president and global enterprise…
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 Macy’s building NC distribution center, 2,800 jobs to come
CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Macy’s Inc. has announced plans to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in central North Carolina…
Continue Reading US will require valves on new pipelines to prevent disasters
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials are adopting a long delayed rule aimed at reducing deaths and environmental…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
By DAVID KOENIG and CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writers DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile…
Continue Reading Got a dime? Businesses seek Treasury help with coin shortage
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Got a spare dime? Coins are in short supply again. Retailers, laundromats and other businesses…
Continue Reading Germany: 6 men held in alleged plan to sabotage power lines
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany have detained six men on suspicion of planning to sabotage overhead power lines and disrupt the country’s…
Continue Reading Long-term mortgage rates rise again; 30-year breaches 4.5%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate breached 4.5% and attained its highest…
Continue Reading Ukraine nuclear operator: Russian troops leave Chernobyl
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear operator company says Russian troops are leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards the…
Continue Reading World Bank allocates $300 million to help Yemen key services
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank has approved an additional $300 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest…
Continue Reading Nevada gun manufacturer’s license is revoked after lawsuit
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have revoked the license of a Nevada-based gun manufacturer that was…
Continue Reading UN chief names panel to probe companies’ climate efforts
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations has announced the appointment of an expert panel to scrutinize…
Continue Reading German panel recommends booster for recipients of 4 vaccines
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel is recommending a booster shot with a messenger RNA vaccine for people who have…
Continue Reading Egypt, Norway to work together on clean energy projects
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Norway have signed an agreement for several projects to enhance their cooperation in developing renewable energy. Norwegian…
Continue Reading Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on trimmed $10B COVID bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have moved to the brink of clinching a scaled-back bipartisan compromise to provide a…
Continue Reading Ukrainian president takes aim at imports of Russian diamonds
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Belgian lawmakers for more help in the war against Russia and…
Continue Reading As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian technology workers are fleeing the country by the tens of thousands as the…
Continue Reading US airport security screening to become more gender-neutral
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral. Among the changes are updates to…
Continue Reading Kremlin demands rubles for gas, EU leaders push back
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the country’s…
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