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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SITES, Calif. (AP) — It’s been seven years since California voters agreed to borrow billions of dollars to…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in Tokyo meeting Japan’s foreign minister to discuss efforts…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The mayor of Honolulu says the city will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums,…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to New Orleans,…

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Colorado secretary of state has sued to remove a rural county’s election…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Synaptics, Amazon rise; Entergy, United Airlines…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…

The Associated Press Stocks wound up mixed on Wall Street Monday, with the S&P 500 index managing just enough of a gain to mark another record…

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

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a new health office that will prod hospitals to…

BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing German train drivers said its members will launch a third strike this week in an escalating pay dispute…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The speed limit for most of Paris is now 30 kilometers per hour (less than…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are tackling remaining hot spots in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that…

BEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. environment office says Algeria has become the last country in the world to stop selling…

By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has…