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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major steelmaker is calling off plans for a $120 million expansion of its steel complex in the Louisiana community of Convent.…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now…

The U.S. Department of Treasury says the second monthly child tax credit payment has begun to be disbursed. More than $15 billion will be paid out to…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Columbus has frozen $8 million in assets of a former Ohio utility regulator and…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Midnight on Sunday is the deadline for consumers to take advantage of a special…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Even though electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors anticipates beginning limited production next month, it…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An executive with Discovery Inc. says the U.S.-owned company will fight hard to keep control…

BERLIN (AP) — Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says he hopes to start producing cars at its new factory outside Berlin in October. The…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a fresh hurdle to passing President Joe Biden’s…

By MARK GILLISPIE and TOM KRISHER Associated Press CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is viewed, along with…

DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. because damage to the trunk latches can stop them from being…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet The threat of COVID-19 still looms, but Americans are getting back out there and once again spending on travel, dining…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks managed to eke out tiny gains after another day of wobbly trading, leaving the S&P…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says the police chief and vice mayor of a northeastern industrial city is under investigation…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has long been associated with “The Lord of the Rings” but with the…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong walked out of prison a year early in a parole decision…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s Supreme Court has issued a key decision that helps protect people who are living in…

By KEVIN McGILL and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People who want to go into bars, restaurants, gyms, music halls or other…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern railroad is trying to keep its $33.6 billion merger with Canadian National…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was attacked in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb says it lost $68 million in the second quarter, but that’s smaller than losses it posted in the same…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California’s high court has ruled that prison inmates cannot legally possess…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Walt Disney Co. swung to a profit in its most recent quarter as reopened parks provided a revenue bounce.…

The Associated Press Major U.S. stock indexes shook off a weak start and ended higher Thursday, notching another round of record highs for the…