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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a “further breakdown in…

By ADAM GELLER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress  to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the first state to require large department stores to display products like…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law directing regulators to eventually ban the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Defenders of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe wine-producing valley are protesting unfettered development they say threatens…

BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian police say they have arrested the son of a junior minister in Prime Minister…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Oil has been washing up on Southern California beaches and wetlands all week…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have marched down Rome’s Via Veneto and other main streets…

LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has visited a vast open-pit coal mine in Germany and a village that is to be…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state electricity company says the country’s two main power plants were forced to…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — During the recent standoff over the nation’s debt limit, Senate Republican…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Facebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A spotlight that has been thrown on how many of the rich and powerful shield their wealth is also intensifying…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund says it is seeking more…

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cruise ships are returning to San Francisco after a 19-month hiatus brought on by the pandemic in what the…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In a story published October 9, 2021, about a global minimum corporate tax, The Associated Press erroneously reported…

The Associated Press U.S. stock indexes are closing lower Friday after a weak jobs report sparked questions about when the Federal Reserve could pare…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Occidental Petroleum, Chubb rise; Allogene, Oshkosh…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — September wasn’t exactly the robust month for hiring that many had expected and hoped for.…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the first state to let some adult children add parents as dependents on their…

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