Japan Cabinet OKs record stimulus package to fix economy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package,…
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Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is…
Continue Reading Reporter recalls pivotal story in Elizabeth Holmes’ stardom
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Fortune Magazine reporter whose story helped turn Elizabeth Holmes into a Silicon…
Continue Reading Governors abandon pact to reduce transportation pollution
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is abandoning his administration’s ambitious plan to create a multi-state…
Continue Reading Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections…
Continue Reading Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to mark the groundbreaking of the first…
Continue Reading Report: Texas still at risk of winter power blackouts
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group that oversees the reliability of the nation’s electrical sector says Texas is…
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The Associated Press Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on…
Continue Reading State attorneys general probing Instagram’s effects on kids
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A group of state attorneys general are investigating Instagram and its effects on children and young adults,…
Continue Reading Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia…
Continue Reading California to expand emissions testing with new $419M center
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California has a new $419 million research facility that will allow state air quality regulators to expand emissions…
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading 2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election…
Continue Reading Pressure on Fed’s Powell is rising as inflation worsens
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surely expected to have some breathing room after…
Continue Reading Churchill Downs picked to build western Indiana casino
By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The company that runs the Kentucky Derby has been picked to take over the stalled project to…
Continue Reading House moves toward OK of Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have brushed aside months-long divisions and are approaching House passage of their…
Continue Reading With supply short, Ford dips toe into computer chip business
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is in talks with a computer chip maker GlobalFoundaries Inc. to shore up its semiconductor supplies as it tries to…
Continue Reading Phone companies must allow texting new ‘988’ suicide line
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer U.S. communications regulators are requiring that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new…
Continue Reading Disney to require COVID-19 shots for cruise guests 5 and up
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney Cruise Line will require all guests ages 5 and up to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before setting sail starting…
Continue Reading Swiss banks faulted over money laundering tied to Venezuela
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s financial markets watchdog says it has reprimanded and set restrictions on two Swiss…
Continue Reading Independent websites team up to boost rural journalism
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Several independent websites are joining forces to create a network for news about rural America,…
Continue Reading Glitchy features dent electric SUV reliability, survey finds
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Consumer Reports says electric SUVs generally are among the least reliable vehicles on the road, but…
Continue Reading GOP paints Biden’s choice for bank regulator as radical
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice to become one of the top banking regulators endured a contentious…
Continue Reading CVS Health to close hundreds of drugstores over next 3 years
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the health care giant adjusts to changing…
Continue Reading Consumers caught in middle as Amazon, Visa clash over fees
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Customers are caught in the middle of a growing dispute between Amazon and Visa over transaction…
Continue Reading US average 30-year mortgage rate back up over 3% this week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week, with the main 30-year rate…
Continue Reading EU opens door to giving aid for semiconductor production
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it could approve aid to fund production of semiconductors in the…
Continue Reading Rising prices threaten profit margins at food companies
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer A wide range of companies could feel a tighter squeeze on their profits from rising food prices if inflation…
Continue Reading Scant fraud reported among U.S. rental assistance programs
By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the country were bombarded with fraudulent…
Continue Reading EU drug agency starts evaluating new COVID-19 treatment
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s medicines authority says it has begun evaluating a new drug for treating COVID-19 patients who do not…
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