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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer PARIS (AP) — France and the United States are edging closer toward rapprochement after the Biden…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Tips for getting rich are everywhere. Friends brag about their latest money moves at parties, while social media…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its tax haven blacklist. EU finance ministers took the move…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has signed a deal to buy a new air defense system for its military from the Israeli government. The SPYDER system…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to send a probe to land on an…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit a record for the third time this month. And new infections…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are slipping in cautious trading Wednesday, shrugging off a rally on Wall Street led…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is facing calls to tighten up defenses against “dirty money” after a leak of…

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press TANACROSS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is experiencing one of the nation’s sharpest upticks in…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety,…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says foreign tourists won’t be welcomed back until at…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor has pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million from investors in phony…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is thanking attendees of the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent investigator will look into whether Federal Reserve officials broke the…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has become the latest U.S. airline to say that it will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A regulatory commission in Mexico has fined three manufacturers of tampons and diapers just over $15 million for allegedly…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says its board of directors has been briefed by…