Russia’s central bank cuts interest rates to prewar level
By The Associated Press Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates back to their prewar levels. The bank said Friday that inflation and economic…
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Dozens of S. Korean truckers detained in strike over wages
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as…
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Inflation rises at fastest pace in 40 years, pushed up by record gas prices
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The pain of higher prices continues for US consumers. Record gas prices drove inflation to 8.6% for the 12 months…
Continue Reading Biden ally pushes Big Oil surtax to eliminate ‘perverse’ incentives to price gouge
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is drawing up a surtax on Big Oil that would seek to rein in the industry’s…
Continue Reading Russian suspect appeals for acquittal at Dutch MH17 trial
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Russian suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern…
Continue Reading Why the average gas price is at $4.99 a gallon and how high it’ll go
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Next stop, $5. The US average for the price of a gallon of regular gas hit $4.99 according to the most recent reading…
Continue Reading Starbucks may close its bathrooms to the public again
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says his company might not be able to keep its bathrooms open to the general public. The…
Continue Reading Pay attention to this number in today’s US inflation report
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The latest data on consumer prices in the United States showed that annual inflation unexpectedly rose to a 40-year…
Continue Reading Pay attention to this number in today’s US inflation report
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The latest data on consumer prices in the United States showed that annual inflation unexpectedly…
Continue Reading Algeria denies suspending friendship treaty with Spain
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Algeria appears to have backed down in its dispute with Spain with the country´s European Union…
Continue Reading White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are…
Continue Reading Biden vows to battle inflation as prices keep climbing
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to…
Continue Reading Norway ends contract for NH90 helicopters, wants full refund
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO-member Norway terminated its two-decade-old contract with a France-based…
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10 traits you may not know can be tied to genetics
Top10.com scoured scientific literature to find out which traits may be at least partly determined by genetics—and the findings were…
Continue Reading Stocks dive to another losing week as inflation worsens
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month,…
Continue Reading Japan eases foreign tourism ban, allows guided package tours
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting visa applications, but…
Continue Reading Civilians flee intense fighting in contested eastern Ukraine
By DAVID KEYTON and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians are fleeing eastern Ukraine where Russian and Ukrainian forces…
Continue Reading US inflation at new 40-year high as price increases spread
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising…
Continue Reading Court pauses Washington tribe’s evictions for ousted members
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has temporarily halted evictions for people living in certain households on Nooksack Tribal…
Continue Reading Bird flu arrives in Southwest after millions of birds die
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the…
Continue Reading Lawsuit: LA shelter for kids was a den for sexual abuse
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 30 people have filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at a…
Continue Reading PG&E pleads not guilty in deadly 2020 California wildfire
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A California utility company has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its…
Continue Reading Man admits selling unregistered pesticide to fight COVID-19
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted to illegally selling unregistered pesticides as a COVID-19 defense to government and municipal…
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First El Paso Children’s Fair takes place this weekend
EL PASO, Texas — Kids can come up with some crazy ideas. Some are better than others. This weekend, your child might be able to win some money…
Continue Reading The Washington Post fires reporter Felicia Sonmez after a week of feuding publicly with her colleagues
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Washington Post on Thursday fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has been extraordinarily critical of her…
Continue Reading Coast Guard: Oil spill closes shipping on St. Mary’s River
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil spill temporarily closed shipping traffic on the St. Mary’s River between…
Continue Reading Geico facing payout to woman who got HPV after sex in car
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a disease…
Continue Reading Sriracha hot sauce maker warns of shortage
IRWINDALE, Calif. (AP) — Bottles of the popular Sriracha hot sauce could be hard to find on store shelves this summer. Southern California-based…
Continue Reading Fire at LNG terminal in Texas jolts residents, fuel markets
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas has left nearby residents rattled and…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street Thursday following the latest reminder that central banks now care more about…
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