AP National Business

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — Until recently, Futaba, home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been entirely…

In a story published March 16, 2022, about the U.S. Department of Energy approving additional liquefied natural gas exports, The Associated Press…

By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian government’s announcement it is dropping the requirement for…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to make abortions much cheaper for people on private health…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal labor board wants to reinstate an Amazon employee who was fired from his New York City warehouse job after leading a…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added a contaminated island on the…

The Associated Press Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday, even as oil prices jumped back above $100 per barrel. The S&P 500…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer As the war in Ukraine drags on, international companies still in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to…

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called Thursday for restoring the…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ says it plans to build an electric battery factory in West…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first year of the pandemic saw fewer Americans smoking. U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to a…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal says that its users will now be able to send money to Ukrainians, both in the war-ravaged…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — U.S. industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pipistrel, the Slovenian ultralight aircraft…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the brother of the country’s central bank governor has been arrested on…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Deadline day is Friday for bids to be submitted to buy Chelsea and end the 19-year ownership of…

LONDON (AP) — Russia’s Finance Ministry said it transferred a $117 million bond interest payment in an attempt to avoid a default on government…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada man could face more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he groped a woman who had fallen…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-delayed plan to build a giant lake in Northern California has received a big…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature has been trying for a decade to make it illegal for animal rights…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it is mobilizing more than 23,000 police to crack down on striking truck drivers blamed for attacks on…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A once-powerful cardinal has told a Vatican court that he donated 125,000 euros ($140,000)…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has launched a tender to build a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power plant…