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By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The company overseeing the response to a large oil spill spurred by Hurricane Ida says a…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The company overseeing the response to a large oil spill spurred by Hurricane Ida says a…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Elizabeth Holmes once seemed destined to fulfill her dream of becoming Silicon Valley’s next superstar.…
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have arrested two suspects following a Bulgari jewelry heist on the posh Place Vendome. Police say one suspect was…
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The early months of the coronavirus pandemic shined a spotlight on…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ-rights…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has opened a public inquiry into plans for the country’s first new deep coal mine in…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches,…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental activists  protesting car culture have disrupted traffic on several highways around Munich ahead of the opening of a leading auto show…
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet With fewer pandemic-related restrictions this year, the option to do more can result in the urge to spend.…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants Europe’s top court to impose daily fines on Poland for failing to take…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has painted a rosy picture of her government’s record and…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a tax increase to pay for the rocketing cost of…
Continue ReadingBy TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Politicians from dozens of political parties were campaigning for a final day Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused of sexual assault by a female colleague, weeks…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German industrial production increased in July after three consecutive months of declines that have…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are mixed in Asia after shares closed mostly lower on Wall Street as traders returned…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have risen as investors watch for decisions from central banks in Europe and…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two critical jobless benefit programs have expired, leaving only a handful of economic options for…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is postponing the start of post-Brexit border checks on goods going to Northern…
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA PACIOLLA Associated Press The morning after one of the most intense tornadoes recorded in New Jersey history all but demolished the…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have blocked access to a website affiliated with imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny that advises voters…
Continue ReadingBy PETER DEJONG and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N.’s top climate official is urging governments to stop…
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