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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Employees of a Starbucks store in upstate New York who voted to unionize last month have walked off the job. The employees in…
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Employees of a Starbucks store in upstate New York who voted to unionize last month have walked off the job. The employees in…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The Swiss army has told its ranks to stop using foreign instant-messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram for official…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Allegiant Air is ordering new planes from Boeing. It’s a win for Boeing because Allegiant’s current fleet consists…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers at a meeting last month said the U.S. job market was…
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press A Russian millionaire who U.S. authorities allege participated in a scheme to steal information on computer networks…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered in Las Vegas for a tech conference that’s been scaled back because of COVID-19 precautions.…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Foreign Ministry says special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will hold their first meeting aimed at…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials say they are not changing the definition of being “fully…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — ExxonMobil says it has made two additional oil discoveries off the coast of Guyana as the South American country…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Even though the consumer appetite for electric pickup trucks is a bit murky, the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania are now on the…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s health authorities have recommended that the use of the country’s digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A preliminary voting report in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy indicates the group’s…
Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Taiwan says it’s creating an investment fund and planning other measures to help…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is further tightening its pandemic restrictions, reducing the number of people permitted at social gatherings and…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chrysler says it plans for its vehicle lineup to go all electric by 2028. It’s the latest brand to announce a major shift away…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Health authorities across the U.K. have simplified COVID-19 testing requirements in…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Germany’s antitrust watchdog has paved the way for extra scrutiny of Google by designating it a company of “paramount…
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Officials in Croatia say that omicron variant of the coronavirus has fueled the highest number of daily new infections in…
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MILLERBERND of NerdWallet The busy season for home remodeling usually ends in late summer or early fall, but contractors say demand from the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The semiconductor chip shortage and supply chain disruption have forced many automakers to remove certain features from…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has created an agency to combat disinformation as the country approaches a September general election. The…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign minister has tested positive for the coronavirus as the European Union member country experiences a…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest opposition party says it will support the reelection of President Frank-Walter…
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russia-led military alliance says it will dispatch peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A troubled Chinese real estate developer with $310 billion of debt is asking investors in one of its bonds to postpone when they…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower after investors saw minutes from a Federal…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State fire officials say Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked last summer’s Dixie Fire in Northern California…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun-makers…
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