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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Court records show that…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House oversight subcommittee wants regulators and industry leaders to explain what they are…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Kentucky has reached another stage in developing an electric vehicle battery sector. State and local officials…

NEW YORK (AP) — “60 Minutes” leads for Aug. 22-28 in television’s prime-time ratings as measured by the Nielsen company, in another quiet…

The Associated Press Stocks fell again on Wall Street, posting their third loss in a row as traders worry that high interest rates are here to stay…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A three-story building under construction has collapsed in Nigeria’s northwestern…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Photronics, Conn’s fall; Best Buy, Big Lots…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell $5.37 to $91.64 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $5.78…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City taxi drivers who owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on loans they took out to…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s highest court is breathing new life into a $1 billion transmission line project…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says a government review of prescription opioid…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The auction of a high-tech portrait of Warren Buffett couldn’t come close to matching the…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Westwood College from 2002 through…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of open jobs in the United States rose in July after three months of…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Following three straight monthly declines, U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in August as…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press PRAHOVO, Serbia (AP) — The worst drought in Europe in decades hasn’t only scorched farmland and hampered…

By RONALD BLUM and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are becoming a minority investor in Italian champion AC…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have picked up a group of 30 people from a wooden boat that…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy posted declines in fiscal second-quarter profits and sales as the nation’s…

By KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER The Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed more accusations at each other Tuesday in the latest round…

By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Money rules of thumb can be useful guardrails, helping you allocate spending and determine what’s affordable. They…

By FRANK JORDANS, BARBARA SURK and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted Tuesday that his country was…