2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…
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Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell has received approval from shareholders to simplify its archaic corporate…
Continue Reading UK economy barely grows as nation faces new restrictions
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and…
Continue Reading UN: Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing `before our eyes’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan’s economic collapse “is…
Continue Reading Interfaith coalition urges Louis Vuitton to shed fur items
BOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its…
Continue Reading Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new…
Continue Reading Stocks end higher, closing out best week since February
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A late wave of buying sent stocks to solid gains on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 to another record…
Continue Reading Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…
Continue Reading Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — This winter, more motorists may find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their…
Continue Reading Australian military switches from European to US helicopters
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s military says it plans to ditch its fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters and…
Continue Reading DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996
DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress…
Continue Reading Monsanto to plead guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing…
Continue Reading GM CEO says making ventilators changed the company culture
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to…
Continue Reading Lawmakers say they will try again to regulate airline fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers love to hate airline fees, and several congressional Democrats say it’s time to regulate the extra charges for…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 and the…
Continue Reading CVS, Ciena rise; GameStop, Laboratory Corp. fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: CVS, Ciena rise; GameStop, Laboratory Corp.…
Continue Reading Judge: Justice must pay $2.5M for environmental violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has lost another costly court ruling over his coal companies’ environmental…
Continue Reading California adopts tough standards for trucks, lawn equipment
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California truck drivers will soon have to worry about pollution tickets along with…
Continue Reading Senate passes bill easing way for debt limit increase
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a fast-track plan for raising the debt limit. A key hurdle was cleared…
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…
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Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize…
Continue Reading Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces…
Continue Reading Macron urges Britain to ease asylum measures, keep promises
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain to make it easier for people to apply for asylum and harder for people to work illegally to stem…
Continue Reading Sienna Miller settles phone hacking claim against tabloid
LONDON (AP) — Actor Sienna Miller has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of British tabloid newspaper The Sun which she accuses…
Continue Reading Russia military chief warns Ukraine against attacking rebels
By DASHA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top military officer has sternly warned Ukraine against…
Continue Reading Saudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A prominent political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia is…
Continue Reading For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all…
Continue Reading 2021 is now the highest-winning year ever for US casinos
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s casinos have won more money this year than ever before, according to figures…
Continue Reading GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Product…
Continue Reading American cites Boeing delay in trimming international plans
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is dropping some international flights from its plans for next summer because…
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