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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says its board of directors has been briefed by…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says its board of directors has been briefed by…
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Film and television production in North America is in jeopardy of coming to a standstill after its behind-the-scenes…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook is asking a federal court to dismiss a revised complaint against it by the Federal Trade Commission.…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Canada is getting deeply involved in a dispute over an oil pipeline in Michigan. Canada informed a…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks are closing lower Monday as big technology companies such as Apple and Microsoft take losses. The S&P 500, the Dow…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Nu Skin, Pacira Biosciences fall; Veoneer, Tesla…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG and MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press Authorities say a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed when a passenger…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The world’s largest association of airlines says it is aiming for the air transport industry to reach net zero carbon emissions by…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s bourbon industry is showing that it’s increasingly bullish on its…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball drew 45.3 million fans this year as fans gradually were allowed to return, down from 68.5 million over 2019…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is scheduled for a hearing next week on whether she should be…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A global investigation has revealed how the rich and powerful have being hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Canadian National sharpened its criticism of the investor pressuring it to make changes at the…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — France and Spain are pressing for changes to rules governing the European Union’s energy markets as prices for gas and…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer The weekend oil leak along the Southern California coast happened not far from the site of the catastrophe more…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A medical glove manufacturing facility promising to employ nearly 2,500 people is coming to…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a…
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — The British government says all the country’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035,  a move that…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma say they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano after part of the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader has gone on trial two years after a lengthy indictment put him at the center of a sweeping…
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator has given its backing to booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Swedish automaker Volvo plans to raise at least 25 billion kroner ($2.9 billion) by selling shares…
Continue ReadingBy ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WERLTE, Germany (AP) — German officials have unveiled what they say is the world’s first…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract, a decision that…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. says it will seek to regularly expand new international travel rules to more countries as a…
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