EU’s ‘roam like at home’ system is extended for a decade
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a political agreement to extend cuts to costly mobile-phone roaming costs in the bloc for another…
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Scenic stretch of Lost Coast redwoods to be spared the ax
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s rugged Lost Coast is about to become less forbidding. A conservation group on…
Continue Reading Ukraine spa town stands out amid nation’s vaccine hesitancy
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a…
Continue Reading New Zealand’s plan to end smoking: A lifetime ban for youth
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco…
Continue Reading Group: Pandemic tech tools raise risk of everyday tracking
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A new report group says digital contact tracing apps, artificial intelligence and other tech tools…
Continue Reading Asia stocks follow Wall Street lower as rally cools
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower as a rally cooled and investors waited for…
Continue Reading California pushes composting to lower food waste emissions
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Food waste is California’s next target as the state seeks to lower greenhouse gas…
Continue Reading What Elizabeth Holmes had to say at her trial: 5 takeaways
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Once-lionized entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes wrapped up seven days of testimony…
Continue Reading US orders arms embargo on Cambodia, cites Chinese influence
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. has ordered an arms embargo on Cambodia, citing deepening Chinese military…
Continue Reading Youngkin wants Virginia out of carbon-reduction initiative
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is promising to use his executive powers to…
Continue Reading Native corporations face deadline for federal relief funds
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Native corporations face a year-end deadline to use federal coronavirus relief funds…
Continue Reading Crypto execs head to Capitol as Congress mulls regulations
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency executives went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to say their fast-growing industry…
Continue Reading New COVID-19 antibody drug OK’d to protect most vulnerable
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have authorized a new COVID-19 antibody drug for people with serious health…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks ended modestly higher on Wall Street Wednesday after a day of choppy trading. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial…
Continue Reading PagerDuty, Raytheon rise; Stitch Fix, Vera Bradley fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: PagerDuty, Raytheon rise; Stitch Fix, Vera Bradley…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott won’t say how much she’s giving ‘this time’
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer In a blog post titled “No Dollar Signs This Time,” billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said she…
Continue Reading Senate rejects Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has narrowly approved a resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s…
Continue Reading Publix heiress known for philanthropy dies in Florida at 65
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The billionaire daughter of the Publix Super Markets founder has died after having early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. She was…
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 Leaking California oil pipe’s safeguards not fully working
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A report filed with federal regulators reveals the offshore pipeline that…
Continue Reading UK: Omicron spreading quickly; Time to work from home again
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced tighter restrictions to stem the spread of the…
Continue Reading Explainer: What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more?
By MATT O’BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writers Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn’t start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for…
Continue Reading CP shareholders back $31B purchase of Kansas City Southern
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern cleared one of its final hurdles Wednesday when…
Continue Reading Hallmark takes familiar holiday role; NFL leads prime time
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An assembly line of holiday films to make the heart sing is the Hallmark Channel’s blueprint,…
Continue Reading Serbia moves to defuse protests over Rio Tinto lithium mine
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government…
Continue Reading Defense team rests in Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The defense team for fallen Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has rested its case in…
Continue Reading WH has new slogan on infrastructure, but message the same
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden is rebranding his bipartisan infrastructure package with the new…
Continue Reading $56K Alzheimer’s drug avoiding Biden’s cost curbs, for now
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest…
Continue Reading Slovakia eases virus lockdown but not for the unvaccinated
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has eased the current lockdown for vaccinated people and those who have recovered from…
Continue Reading Southwest sees Q4 profit, says omicron not hurting bookings
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says travel was strong over Thanksgiving and that momentum is carrying into…
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