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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, the party of former Chancellor…

BEIJING (AP) — China has said it will take unspecified “necessary measures” to safeguard its institutions and enterprises after the U.S.…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — The value of Afghanistan’s currency is tumbling, exacerbating an already severe…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, marking their third losing week in the last four. Banks,…

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his government is accelerating COVID-19 booster shots…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are suing three federal agencies over an environmental review the government…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s sweeping deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major California utility has agreed to more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties related to five wildfires in…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say an electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle led to the fire aboard a…

DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicle upstart Rivian Automotive posted a $1.23 billion net loss in the third quarter due to expenses from starting…

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An official with Rivian Automotive said the company was attracted to Georgia’s…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security researchers say they discovered two different types of commercial spyware on the phone…

DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles subsidiary is leaving the company. In a statement Thursday, GM gave no…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google parent company Alphabet is folding one of its subsidiaries back into Google as the startup’s…

The Associated Press Technology companies led stocks lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors weighed the implications of higher interest rates as…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Adobe, Lennar fall; Accenture, Valero…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A congressional report says the federal agency overseeing the lease of the luxury hotel that…