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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $2.08 to $87.27 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for December delivery fell…

MONTREAL (AP) — A Hydro-Quebec subsidiary is buying a company that operates 13 hydropower generating stations in Vermont, New Hampshire and…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting stressed their commitment to taming…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut has acknowledged for the first time…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is seeking to project confidence in the U.S. financial…

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar — a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world — that…

HELSINKI (AP) — Many pharmacies in Finland have run out of iodine tablets a day after the Nordic country’s health ministry recommended that…

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More U.S. adults are now feeling financially vulnerable amid high inflation — a…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force longtime casino…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The winners of the MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious fellowship this year include a waste management engineer, an…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced a $710 million gift from the Bezos family. It’s the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer PepsiCo raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecast Wednesday after a stronger-than-expected third…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Liz Truss took office last month promising to rebuild the British economy and put the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland is grappling with how to respond to a European human rights court ruling that it…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus has begun proceedings to revoke citizenship from three investors and seven of their family…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The prime minister of the Bahamas has announced an increase in the island’s minimum wage and temporary price…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.5% in September from a year earlier, its third…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has slashed its growth forecast for this year and predicted that Europe’s…

BANGKOK (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. says it has begun assembling autos in Myanmar after more than a yearlong delay following a military takeover in…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via a link of the Germany-bound Nord…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The Tesla Model Y has been fending off a slew of new electric SUV rivals. One of the latest is the all-new GV60 from…