Biden vows ‘strong’ climate action despite dual setbacks
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite…
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G20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of 20 richest and biggest economies agreed on the need to…
Continue Reading Macao extends lockdown to curb biggest COVID-19 outbreak
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese gambling enclave of Macao has extended its lockdown by five days as it grapples with the…
Continue Reading Russia steps up attacks across Ukraine’s north, east, south
By CARA ANNA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday…
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Why Tide Pods look like candy
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In 2004, Procter & Gamble was looking for a hit. It had been two decades since the consumer products…
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25 things we’ve learned about the moon since 1969
Stacker compiled a list of 25 things we’ve learned about the moon since 1969, using data from NASA, the Smithsonian, and other sources to salute…
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History of famous firsts in space
Think there aren’t many more space firsts beyond the first man on the moon? Stacker takes a look at 50 historic firsts in outer…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace ex-president
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers met Saturday to begin choosing a new…
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Pandemic, inflation keeps need for assistance for El Paso families
EL PASO, Texas — Inflation has been hitting many people hard with rising gas and food prices, driving more people to go to food banks. But the El…
Continue Reading Reports: Musk demands months for trial prep in Twitter suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk fired back Friday at Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force him to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the…
Continue Reading Fired Southwest flight attendant wins $5.1 million verdict
DALLAS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sparring with her union president over abortion and other issues won…
Continue Reading Reporter settles with newspaper over plagiarism accusation
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A journalist has settled a lawsuit arguing she was treated unfairly when she lost her job at a North Carolina newspaper amid a…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 7/15/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Friday following some encouraging economic data on consumer sentiment and inflation…
Continue Reading Pinterest, Citigroup rise; Innovative Industrial falls
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Pinterest, Citigroup rise; Innovative Industrial Properties…
Continue Reading Biden averts freight railroad strike – for now
By Chris Isidore and Betsy Klein, CNN Business Worried about supply chain problems that are already causing problems for the nation’s economy,…
Continue Reading Biden averts freight railroad strike – for now
CNN By Chris Isidore and Betsy Klein, CNN Business Worried about supply chain problems that are already causing problems for the nation’s…
Continue Reading Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike for at least 60 days by naming a…
Continue Reading Hertz faces lawsuit from 47 customers claiming false arrests
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business 47 Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.81 to $97.59 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery rose $2.06…
Continue Reading 5-letter word for fun? Hasbro, NYT create Wordle board game
By MARK PRATT Associated Press The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is…
Continue Reading Stocks end tumultuous week with a rally
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks surged Friday as an end-of-week rally gained momentum and sent the Dow up over 600 points. A new batch of…
Continue Reading SpaceX rockets to fly Russian cosmonauts with new NASA deal
By Jackie Wattles and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Business American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and…
Continue Reading Moldova gets support from partners amid series of hardships
By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press SIGHISOARA, Romania (AP) — Moldova received about 600 million euros in pledges at a donors…
Continue Reading Israeli policy on ‘kosher cellphones’ outrages Haredi rabbis
By EETTA PRINCE-GIBSON Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) — Shmuli looks outside the windows of his cellular phone store fearfully. He pulls at…
Continue Reading UK issues 1st-ever ‘red’ warning for hot weather next week
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities issued their first ever “red” warning for extreme heat early next week,…
Continue Reading This supercharged tree might help fight climate change
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The problem with trees is that they are too slow. Part of the issue with catastrophic climate change is that, by some…
Continue Reading This supercharged tree might help fight climate change
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The problem with trees is that they are too slow. Part of the issue with catastrophic climate…
Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot tops half a billion dollars after Friday night’s drawing
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has swelled to more than half a billion dollars after nobody drew the winning six…
Continue Reading Americans are feeling slightly better about the economy, but inflation still bites
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Americans are feeling slightly better about the economy, but painfully high inflation is still keeping consumer…
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Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the…
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