AP National Business

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The head of one of the country’s most storied nonprofits, United Way Worldwide, will…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east…

By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV (AP) — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission Monday to safeguard the Russian-occupied…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Train services have ground to a near standstill around Amsterdam as the latest in a series of strikes by railway workers hits the…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with…

BEIJING (AP) — More than 100,000 people had moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that…

The Associated Press The Conference Board delivers its latest index of U.S. consumer confidence Tuesday. Campbell Soup reports quarterly results…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street fell following last week’s Federal…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The horror film “The Invitation” needed just $7 million to finish at the top of the…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average,…

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities scrambled on Sunday to relieve overcrowding in shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000…

By YESICA FISCH Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As hopes faded of rescuing 10 men trapped in a flooded Mexican coal…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Adenekan Ayomide had been attending the University of Abuja for two years when the…

LONDON (AP) — The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper “The Voice” to mark its 40-year anniversary.…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Delta Airlines says three passengers on a flight from Orlando to Salt Lake City suffered injuries when the jet encountered…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s governor is lifting some rules on fuel supply transportation in response to an Indiana oil refinery fire…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social…

LONDON (AP) — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to rein in the soaring…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic…