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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega-dam being built on the Blue Nile. The milestone was…
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega-dam being built on the Blue Nile. The milestone was…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says people with COVID-19 will not be legally required to self-isolate in…
Continue ReadingBERGAMO, Italy (AP) — Investors led by the co-owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics have bought into Atalanta, the soccer team that has gatecrashed…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say a strain of avian flu has been found at a fourth commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana. The Indiana…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional leaders say China has failed to live up to its promise to buy more Maine lobster under a deal that…
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts. It’s one of the poorest,…
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims’ families won…
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. secretary of agriculture says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine…
Continue ReadingBy KARL RITTER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official says Russia would have its access to financial markets…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a…
Continue ReadingBy CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The popular panda mascot of the Beijing Games got into a minor controversy last week when horrified…
Continue ReadingWEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — Federal inspectors say they found more than 1,000 rodents inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas. The…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators responded to allegations that they are harassing Tesla CEO Elon Musk, writing in a letter that they’re…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The Chinese anti-corruption agency is investigating a former general manager of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A report filed in federal bankruptcy court says members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma are willing…
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An opal that is bigger than a brick is up for sale this weekend in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is cutting back again on summer flights because Boeing can’t deliver planes that the airline…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Leave it to Elon Musk to stir up controversy without saying (or tweeting) a word. According…
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Roku, Shake Shack fall; Exelixis, Bloomin’ Brands…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Friday, leaving indexes with a second weekly loss in a row after another bout of…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona bill that would prohibit government agencies from contracting with firms that refuse to…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott, who has given at least $8 billion in the past two…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has formally adopted sweeping new rules that will limit the…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has accused Russia of being responsible for cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says that Washington is lifting a ban on inspections of Mexican…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve should start raising interest rates next month to help…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed a federal watchdog assailed by former President Donald Trump…
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