UN countries to create treaty to fight plastic pollution
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — United Nations countries have agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to…
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Australia fully open to travel as last state reopens border
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia is fully open to vaccinated travelers after Western Australia became the last state to lift border restrictions.…
Continue Reading Manchin fans faint hopes for stalled social, climate bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Sen. Joe Manchin has floated the broad outlines of a reconfigured social and environment…
Continue Reading States launch probe into TikTok’s effect on kids’ health
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general have launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible…
Continue Reading Hochul rallies support for to-go sales of cocktails
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press New York could legalize to-go sales of cocktails, bottles of wine and other alcoholic beverages under a…
Continue Reading Russians start feeling the heat of Ukraine war sanctions
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ordinary Russians are feeling the painful effects of the West imposing sanctions on Russia over…
Continue Reading Ukraine invasion leads US lobbyists to ditch Russian clients
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A half-dozen U.S. lobbying firms have severed ties with Russian-linked businesses over the…
Continue Reading Nordstrom, Dycom rise; Abercrombie & Fitch, First Solar fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Nordstrom, Dycom rise; Abercrombie & Fitch, First Solar…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Wall Street took another sharp swing Wednesday, this time back to rally mode, as stocks and Treasury yields rose even as oil…
Continue Reading Illinois’ ex-House speaker charged in $3M bribery schemes
By MICHAEL TARM and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, for decades one of the…
Continue Reading Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops…
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 Bitcoin again viewed as safe haven amid geopolitical tension
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Bitcoin prices have surged as investors again appear to view the volatile cryptocurrency…
Continue Reading Judge blocks NY’s bid to shutter NRA, but lawsuit continues
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected an effort by New York’s attorney general to put the National Rifle…
Continue Reading Trade group settles GMO-labeling case for $9 million
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A trade group that represents some of the biggest U.S. food companies has agreed to pay $9 million…
Continue Reading Abramovich selling Chelsea in fallout from Russia’s invasion
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is trying to sell the Premier…
Continue Reading Judge gives more time for Purdue Pharma settlement talks
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A judge said he is extending legal protections for members of the Sackler family who own…
Continue Reading Fitbit recalls 1 million Ionic watches after burn injuries
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Google-owned Fitbit has recalled 1 million of its Ionic smartwatches after dozens of users…
Continue Reading Bird flu detected in western Iowa backyard flock
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal officials say bird flu has been detected in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks…
Continue Reading GOP wants to end Russian oil imports to US, boost production
By SEAN MURPHY and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why Pfizer needs time to make COVID-19 treatment
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer’s new COVID-19 treatment came with a catch when it debuted late last year: It can take months to make the…
Continue Reading Ukraine war upends Biden’s agenda on energy, climate change
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russian troops move deeper into Ukraine, President Joe Biden is taking steps to rein in…
Continue Reading Spain: Prosecutors shelve fraud probes haunting former king
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are shelving two investigations into alleged financial wrongdoing in Juan Carlos…
Continue Reading US, allies weaponizing sanctions to curb Russian aggression
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and U.S. allies in a matter of days have weaponized the global economy against…
Continue Reading Some Russian oligarchs speak out, cautiously, against war
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves through the global community of wealthy Russians who have built…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: California farmers hit again with water cuts
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers in central California will be getting little to no water again this year from the…
Continue Reading Powell expects a quarter-point Fed rate hike this month
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said he supports a traditional quarter-point increase in the…
Continue Reading Oil driller invests in carbon-capture pipeline for Midwest
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s biggest oil driller says it will commit $250 million to help fund a…
Continue Reading EPL club Everton halts sponsorship by sanctioned Russian
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has halted its major sponsorship with companies belonging to Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is a Russian metals tycoon…
Continue Reading Germany wipes its list of COVID ‘high-risk areas’ clean
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is removing all countries currently on its list of “high-risk areas” as part of a rethink of its coronavirus travel rules…
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