Winds frustrate effort to corral wildfire near Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a stubborn California wildfire near the Lake Tahoe resort region are facing gusty winds and…
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Apple loosens app store payment rules in lawsuit settlement
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper…
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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden…
Continue Reading 3 arrested, 1 at large in alleged credit card fraud
BOSTON (AP) — Federal investigators have arrested three individuals on charges of conspiring to deceive banks into allegedly processing more than…
Continue Reading Cuba to recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says it will recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies for payments on the island. A resolution published…
Continue Reading UTEP unveils partnership with U.S. Space Force
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP, UT Austin and the U.S. Space Force on Thursday began a partnership that officials say will help the U.S. maintain its…
Continue Reading Fortnite is now allowing users to watch the MLK ‘I have a dream’ speech in the game. But why?
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Fortnite users have long had concerts to attend and movies to watch as they wander around the video game through their…
Continue Reading Southwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
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Southwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
Continue Reading How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a…
Continue Reading Marchers compare deadly coal battle to Manchin’s wage stance
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A grassroots group is using the centennial of a deadly fight to organize West Virginia coal…
Continue Reading California delays decriminalizing psychedelic substances
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will wait until next year to consider decriminalizing psychedelics.…
Continue Reading Peloton stock skids as company posts loss, cuts bike price
NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton’s shares have skidded in aftermarket trading. The exercise bike and treadmill company posted a loss for its most-recent…
Continue Reading Al Capone’s favorite gun, personal items head to auction
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Al Capone is infamous for having been a ruthless mob boss, but one of his granddaughters…
Continue Reading $300M Tyson investment to bring 376 more jobs to Virginia
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials say Arkansas-based Tyson Foods will invest $300 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Virginia’s…
Continue Reading Salesforce, Williams-Sonoma rise; Dollar Tree, Smucker fall
The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Salesforce, Williams-Sonoma rise; Dollar Tree, Smucker…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Wall Street indexes closed lower Thursday following suicide attacks at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan that killed at least 12…
Continue Reading Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with 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 France’s Macron pushes global tax deal on visit to Ireland
By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with top Irish officials in Dublin, focusing on a…
Continue Reading New sinking in tilting San Francisco high-rise halts repair
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $100 million fix to stop a San Francisco luxury high-rise from sinking and tilting even more is on hold while engineers try…
Continue Reading Blue Origin successfully completes first test flight with no passengers after Jeff Bezos trip
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.87%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates edged marginally higher last week, continuing a pattern of little movement in recent weeks amid uncertainty over…
Continue Reading Romania, Japan herald century of diplomacy at bridge site
By STEPHEN McGRATH AND NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press BRAILA, Romania (AP) — Romania and Japan have celebrated a century of diplomatic…
Continue Reading Indian police rescue 17 children employed illegally
By RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police accompanied by activists from a children’s rights group have raided automobile…
Continue Reading Loan forgiveness offered to more former ITT Tech students
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who…
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Economist: Consumers are recoiling from higher prices
Diane Swonk, Chief Economist at Grant Thornton, shares her view on how consumers are self-correcting as a result of higher prices in the housing and…
Continue Reading Dilemma for Fed chief: High inflation and a surging virus
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long ago, anticipation was high that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might…
Continue Reading ‘Tinderbox conditions’ fuel fire in Superior National Forest
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) — A Superior National Forest official says the ongoing drought has created “tinderbox conditions” as firefighters continue…
Continue Reading Germany’s Axel Springer to acquire Politico, Protocol
BERLIN (AP) — Germany publishing company Axel Springer says it has signed a deal to buy the U.S.-based political news site Politico and the tech…
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