A longer life for Diablo Canyon? Newsom touts nuke extension
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is raising the possibility that the state’s last nuclear…
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Oklahoma parks director resigns, restaurant operator sued
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The embattled director of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department has resigned and the…
Continue Reading Russia makes last-minute bond payment to avoid default
By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Russia has staved off a default on its debt by making a last-minute payment…
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First Borderland Beerfest is set to take place in Downtown El Paso Saturday
EL PASO, Texas – The local El Paso brewery- Deadbeach Brewery- is throwing a large, free event for the public this weekend. It will be the first-ever…
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Electric car startups want to avoid same fate as Britain’s 1890s bike bubble
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amazon and Ford reported this week they lost a combined $12.3 billion in the last three months due to their…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press More steep losses for technology stocks pushed major indexes lower on Friday, leaving them with steep losses for April. The…
Continue Reading Amazon, AbbVie fall, Mohawk Industries, Honeywell rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Amazon, AbbVie fall, Mohawk Industries, Honeywell…
Continue Reading Nasdaq wraps its worst month in nearly 14 years as recession fears grow stronger
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Nasdaq marking its worst month since October 2008 and the S&P notching…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: LA funeral home director left remains to rot
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Los Angeles funeral home owner illegally left the remains of 11 people,…
Continue Reading Inflation spurs record decline in workers’ wages and benefits
By Tami Luhby, CNN Skyrocketing inflation is robbing Americans of their raises. Total compensation costs for civilian workers declined 3.7% over the…
Continue Reading Musk sells $8.5B in Tesla stock as he readies to buy Twitter
Associated Press In the three days after he announced he had a deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla to help fund the…
Continue Reading Jury awards nearly $9M to families in fertility fraud case
DENVER (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate…
Continue Reading Pilot in botched Arizona Red Bull plane stunt apologizes
ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot in charge during a forbidden Red Bull plane-swapping stunt is taking full responsibility for the ensuing crash over…
Continue Reading Moderna to open vaccine factory in Canada, its first abroad
MONTREAL (AP) — American pharmaceutical company Moderna says it will build a vaccine factory in Montreal, its first outside of the United States.…
Continue Reading An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns
By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Child welfare officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Mister Rogers’ TV…
Continue Reading An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns
By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Child welfare officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Mister Rogers’ TV…
Continue Reading Redfin settles lawsuit alleging housing discrimination
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Fair housing advocates have announced a settlement to resolve a lawsuit against real estate brokerage Redfin…
Continue Reading Millions of bees used in pollination die in airline shipping
By The Associated Press A shipment of honeybees bound from California to Alaska died after an airline re-routed them through Atlanta, then left them…
Continue Reading First recent US case of human bird flu confirmed in Colorado
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government says a Colorado state prison inmate is the first person to have…
Continue Reading Putin keeps the ruble surging as Russia makes 11th-hour effort to avoid default
By David Goldman, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to support the ruble continue to pay off — and then some.…
Continue Reading Putin keeps the ruble surging as Russia makes 11th-hour effort to avoid default
CNN By David Goldman, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to support the ruble continue to pay off — and then some.…
Continue Reading Malaysian state energy company leaves Myanmar gas project
BANGKOK (AP) — Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, has announced it is withdrawing from Myanmar’s offshore Yetagun natural…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank office searched in money laundering probe
BERLIN (AP) — German police have searched offices of Deutsche Bank in connection with a money laundering investigation. The bank confirmed Friday…
Continue Reading Americans bring ‘souvenir’ artillery shell to Israel airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell…
Continue Reading Switzerland’s top lawyer seeks tools to curb financial crime
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s new attorney general is pushing parliament to give his office more…
Continue Reading Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses
LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Boris Becker has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding…
Continue Reading Apple employees demand more flexibility from company as three-day office return looms
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Some Apple employees are pushing back on the tech giant’s return to office pilot program, which will…
Continue Reading FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19…
Continue Reading How to get a reference when you’re new to the job market
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business You’ve made it through the interviews and now a potential employer is asking for references. But if you’re…
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