Japan Cabinet OKs record stimulus package to fix economy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package,…
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Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is…
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India’s Prime Minister Modi to repeal controversial farm laws following more than a year of protests
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Arpit Goel and Rhea Mogul, CNN India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday he would repeal three contentious…
Continue Reading Indian farmers forced Modi to back down on new laws. So why aren’t they going home?
CNN By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul CNN Santosh Singh’s earliest memory is of tilling soil on his family’s farm. Now, the 70-year-old…
Continue Reading Hoffa critic elected to succeed him as Teamster president
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Sean O’Brien will be the next president of the 1.4-million member Teamsters union, succeeding James Hoffa, the…
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Initiative targets teaching low-income El Pasoans computer skills
EL PASO, Texas — A new study shows 18 million low-income Americans do not have access to high-speed internet service, and as a result, lack…
Continue Reading Reporter recalls pivotal story in Elizabeth Holmes’ stardom
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Fortune Magazine reporter whose story helped turn Elizabeth Holmes into a Silicon…
Continue Reading Governors abandon pact to reduce transportation pollution
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is abandoning his administration’s ambitious plan to create a multi-state…
Continue Reading State attorneys general launch investigation into Meta-owned Instagram’s impact on kids
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A bipartisan group of 10 state attorneys general have launched an investigation into Meta, the social media company…
Continue Reading The ‘Great Migration’ during Covid may not have actually happened
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The “Great Migration” may not be as pronounced as once thought. The US Census Bureau this week released…
Continue Reading Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections…
Continue Reading Work starting on 1st commercial-scale US offshore wind farm
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to mark the groundbreaking of the first…
Continue Reading Report: Texas still at risk of winter power blackouts
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group that oversees the reliability of the nation’s electrical sector says Texas is…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on…
Continue Reading State attorneys general probing Instagram’s effects on kids
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A group of state attorneys general are investigating Instagram and its effects on children and young adults,…
Continue Reading Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees sign petition demanding CEO Bobby Kotick’s resignation
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard’s longtime CEO Bobby Kotick is facing mounting pressure from employees to step down amid the…
Continue Reading California to expand emissions testing with new $419M center
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California has a new $419 million research facility that will allow state air quality regulators to expand emissions…
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 Shares of Sweetgreen soar following Wall Street debut
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Wall Street is hungry for fancy salads. Sweetgreen’s stock nearly doubled in price mid-day Thursday,…
Continue Reading 2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election…
Continue Reading Pressure on Fed’s Powell is rising as inflation worsens
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surely expected to have some breathing room after…
Continue Reading Churchill Downs picked to build western Indiana casino
By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The company that runs the Kentucky Derby has been picked to take over the stalled project to…
Continue Reading House moves toward OK of Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have brushed aside months-long divisions and are approaching House passage of their…
Continue Reading A group of crypto investors tried to buy a copy of the Constitution. It didn’t work out
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business A group of cryptocurrency investors took the notion “We the people” from the US Constitution to the…
Continue Reading We tried Tesla’s ‘full self-driving.’ Here’s what happened
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business When a dozen small children crossed in front of our Tesla with “full self-driving,” I had good reason to…
Continue Reading Phone glitch leaves some Tesla drivers locked out
CNN, CNN BUSINESS One of the perks of owning a Tesla is using your smartphone as a key to open and drive your car. It does away with carrying a…
Continue Reading With supply short, Ford dips toe into computer chip business
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is in talks with a computer chip maker GlobalFoundaries Inc. to shore up its semiconductor supplies as it tries to…
Continue Reading Phone companies must allow texting new ‘988’ suicide line
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer U.S. communications regulators are requiring that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new…
Continue Reading Disney to require COVID-19 shots for cruise guests 5 and up
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney Cruise Line will require all guests ages 5 and up to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before setting sail starting…
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