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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues called the…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Drugmaker Teva has announced an agreement to settle lawsuits over the allegations that it helped fuel the U.S.…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visa says its fiscal third quarter profits rose 32% from a year earlier, helped by yet another…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s revenue growth during the past quarter decelerated to its slowest pace in…

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $16.7 billion, or $2.23 per share, falling short of analyst…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Shutterstock Inc., down $4.68 to $54.40. The stock images and video provider…

NEW YORK (AP) — Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won…

By RANDALL CHASE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter has set September 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has contracted for two straight quarters, intensifying fears that the…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shopify is cutting 10% of its staff, or about 1,000 employees, as the e-commerce…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah saw record-breaking cargo volumes this past fiscal year amid a surge in…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is…

Associated Press Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second quarter earnings report.…