Holiday getaway pushes US airport traffic to pandemic high
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming U.S. airports with the biggest crowds…
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US testing new fire retardant, critics push other methods
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of…
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Turkey blocks access to the websites of Voice of America and Deutsche Welle
By Isil Sariyuce, Maija Ehlinger and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Turkey has blocked access to the Turkish websites of foreign media Deutsche Welle and…
Continue Reading Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience
ROME (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used Twitter to announce he had met with Pope Francis. Musk used the @Pontifex handle in tweeting that he was…
Continue Reading Woman charged after 1,000 pigs found dead at Iowa site
SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is facing criminal charges after more than 1,000 pigs were found dead on a property. KCCI-TV reports that the…
Continue Reading Stuck bags add to tangles at Paris airports amid travel boom
Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris’…
Continue Reading From AM to PM, the fickle force of government is with you
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When you groggily roll out of bed and make breakfast, the government edges up to your kitchen…
Continue Reading With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
By BARBARA SURK and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials…
Continue Reading Regulator urges Germans to prepare for possible gas shortage
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany’s regulatory agency…
Continue Reading The surprising reason supermarkets sell flowers
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business All stores have marketing tactics to get you in the door — stylish mannequins, elaborate display windows, posters…
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17% of people live near toxic release facilities—here’s how it breaks down by state
Stacker used data from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) to assess the highest toxin-emitting sites in each state, and what demographics are most…
Continue Reading Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven U.S. Defense Department satellites has been launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off…
Continue Reading Trump social media firm subpoened by feds, stock regulators
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from a…
Continue Reading California man will plead guilty in cannabis pen fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man who once competed on the Philippines national decathlon team has agreed to plead guilty to bilking…
Continue Reading Air France-KLM latest airline to settle US mail allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air France-KLM has agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle charges that it falsified records about international deliveries of U.S.…
Continue Reading Amazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper…
Continue Reading Mexico launches new oil refinery, denies solar permits
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s office says the new Gulf coast refinery is “a dream come true” for…
Continue Reading Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 7/1/2022
The Associated Press Stocks shook off a morning slump and ended higher Friday, but not enough to erase their losses for the week. It was the fourth…
Continue Reading Micron, Kohl’s fall; NextEra, Teleflex rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Micron, Kohl’s fall; NextEra, Teleflex…
Continue Reading Chip shortage keeps driving up auto prices, cutting sales
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled more than 21% in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $2.67 to $108.43 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery rose…
Continue Reading Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week’s…
Continue Reading Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week’s…
Continue Reading California adds laws targeting ghost guns, sales to minors
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new…
Continue Reading SpaceX gets approval to bring Starlink internet to airplanes, RVs
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX’s satellite-based internet business, Starlink, now has approval from the US government to expand its…
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Healthy Workplaces Act goes into effect today, all private New Mexico businesses to provide paid sick leave
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico joins 16 other states in implementing paid sick time off. The Healthy Workplaces Act goes into effect July 1,…
Continue Reading EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy
PRAGUE (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has pledged to draft an emergency plan aimed at helping member countries do without Russian…
Continue Reading Venice unveils mandatory day-trippers’ reservation and fee
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to…
Continue Reading Germany wants ads, influencers to note use of beauty filters
BERLIN (AP) — German state officials said Friday that they want advertisers and social media influencers to label any photos that have used…
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