Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing endangered species listing for a desert…
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Elizabeth Holmes put the reporter who broke the Theranos story on her witness list. His attorneys are calling it a “ruse”
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Carreyrou is responsible for breaking open the story of Theranos six…
Continue Reading American, other airlines will require employee vaccinations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Helicopter and plane collide midair in Arizona; 2 killed
PAUL DAVENPORT CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Officials in Arizona say two people are dead after their helicopter crashed following a mid-air collision…
Continue Reading Pollution charges: Louisiana Firestone plant to pay $4M
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A synthetic rubber manufacturer in southwest Louisiana has agreed to pay $4 million and…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks rebounded on Wall Street Friday but still ended with their worst weekly decline since February. The S&P 500 added…
Continue Reading Merck, IFF rise; Lordstown Motors, PDC Energy fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Merck, IFF rise; Lordstown Motors, PDC Energy…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson and Disney agree to end lawsuit
Scarlett Johansson and Disney resolved their dispute over the lawsuit that Johansson filed against the company. She alleged that Disney breached her…
Continue Reading US auto sales slump, stalled by car computer chip shortage
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled about 26% in September as a global shortage of computer chips worsened,…
Continue Reading Blue Origin: Essay alleges sexism, ‘dehumanizing’ culture at Jeff Bezos’ rocket company
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A group of 21 current and former employees at Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, co-signed an…
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 Lawyer who fought Chevron gets 6-month sentence for contempt
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An environmental lawyer who waged a years-long campaign against Chevron over…
Continue Reading 4th year since Las Vegas massacre: ‘Be there for each other’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling are gathering to remember those who died and were…
Continue Reading Mexico to reserve future lithium production for government
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” and reserve any future exploration and mining for the government. The…
Continue Reading Hungary: EU delegation raises questions about spyware use
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists,…
Continue Reading Amazon settles with 2 outspoken workers it fired last year
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them…
Continue Reading This house was in a serious fire. Now it’s selling ‘as-is’ for $400K
A house outside of Boston, MA was involved in a fire, and then placed on the market before it was repaired. It’s now selling for just under…
Continue Reading Suit blames baby’s death on cyberattack at Alabama hospital
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has filed suit claiming a hospital’s response to a cyberattack led to the death of her infant daughter.…
Continue Reading ‘Treating this like a game’: Psaki blasts GOP as debt ceiling deadline nears
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calls out Republicans as the deadline to raise, or suspend, the debt ceiling…
Continue Reading Daimler’s trucks, luxury cars to go their separate ways
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler’s truck and luxury car businesses are going their separate ways. Daimler…
Continue Reading US factory growth up in September despite supply woes
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing growth accelerated in September to the highest level since May…
Continue Reading This is the ‘vicious cycle’ parents and day cares are in
CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich reports on the struggle day cares are going through to find workers when owners can’t afford to raise…
Continue Reading Philippine leader asks officials to ignore corruption probe
JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says he will prohibit Cabinet officials from attending an ongoing…
Continue Reading Foundations aim to persuade Americans to get vaccinated
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropies are pouring millions into programs aimed at persuading Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Recovery hampered as inflation hits new highs in US, Europe
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and DAVID McHUGH AP Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached new highs in the United States and Europe, as rising…
Continue Reading Workers at Bezos’ rocket company allege sexism, safety risks
A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceflight company of being a toxic work environment and…
Continue Reading Turkish company halts power supplies to crisis-hit Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Turkish company supplying electricity to Lebanon from two power barges off the coast of Beirut…
Continue Reading Climate activists seek to block German coal mine expansion
BERLIN (AP) — Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine in…
Continue Reading Supply chain snafus touch every corner of the economy
CNN’s Christine Romans weighs in on the economic outlook after Fed Chair Jerome Powell addressed inflation and supply chain…
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Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by…
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