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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant American Rescue Plan that provides $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief turns one year…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been one year since President Joe Biden signed into law the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell again after another bumpy day of trading on Wall Street Friday, marking…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a drone attack started a small fire at an oil refinery in the capital, Riyadh, but it didn’t…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader has warned of “rising uncertainties” and pledged tax cuts to shore up…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas are getting together in hopes of becoming one of four “hydrogen hubs” supported by $8…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court says it won’t interfere with local officials finalizing…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer A shrinking number of well-known companies are still doing business in Russia even after hundreds of others have…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation that would allow local police departments to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Build-A-Bear, Peloton fall; Amazon, Genesco…

The Associated Press Stocks slipped on Wall Street Thursday as markets remain choppy amid uncertainty about where inflation, interest rates and the…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Justice Department has named a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, following through on President Joe…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina lawmakers have begun debating a bill needed to approve Argentina’s agreement…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge has imposed travel bans on the heads of the country’s five largest banks over suspicions related to a possible…

By The Associated Press A virtual hearing Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court gave survivors of opioid addiction and people who lost loved ones to the…