Supreme Court decision may slow transition to cleaner energy
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate…
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New semi trailers to have stronger rear impact crash guards
DETROIT (AP) — Starting in about two years, all new semi trailers in the U.S. will have to have stronger guards to stop cars from sliding under…
Continue Reading Delta pays $10.5 million to settle post office allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges it falsified information about deliveries of international…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why Court’s EPA-climate change ruling matters
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s climate change ruling on Thursday is likely to hinder President Joe…
Continue Reading Walgreens, Duck Creek fall; Spirit Airlines, Lindsay rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Walgreens, Duck Creek fall; Spirit Airlines, Lindsay…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $4.02 to $105.76 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery fell $1.45…
Continue Reading Grads of first US Apple Developer Academy feted in Detroit
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The inaugural class of the Detroit Apple Developer Academy, a free program that teaches…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico suspends operations of bank amid global probe
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities have announced a suspension of the operations of Puerto Rico-based Euro…
Continue ReadingFrank Daniels, ex-AP chair and newspaper publisher, dies
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Associated Press board chair Frank Daniels Jr. has died at 90. His son says he…
Continue Reading Greece formally requests to buy F-35 fighter jets from US
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says his country has sent a letter of request to the United States to buy a squadron of F-35…
Continue Reading Iowa court reverses precedent on Iowa pig farm lawsuits
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a long-standing precedent that allowed…
Continue Reading Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit…
Continue Reading From stocks to crypto, a punishing six months for investors
By ALEX VEIGA and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers Americans with stock portfolios or retirement investment plans would likely prefer to forget the last…
Continue Reading All eyes on airlines as July Fourth holiday weekend nears
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines that have stumbled badly over the last two holidays face their biggest test yet of…
Continue Reading Qatar donates $60 million to Lebanon’s army during crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Qatar’s state news agency says the Gulf Arab sheikhdom has donated $60 million to the Lebanese army, which is hard hit by the…
Continue Reading Cyberattack disrupts unemployment benefits in some states
By JONATHAN MATTISE and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A cyberattack on a software company has disrupted unemployment…
Continue Reading Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday that gun cases involving restrictions in Hawaii, California, New Jersey and Maryland deserve a…
Continue Reading North Dakota AG clears farmland purchase tied to Bill Gates
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota attorney general has found the sale of a couple thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates…
Continue Reading Spirit’s delay allows airline bidding war time to play out
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Spirit Airlines are rising after the budget airline postponed a vote on a merger with Frontier for the second time.…
Continue Reading EU official says Poland’s judiciary changes insufficient
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A patched-up dispute between the European Union and Poland over judicial independence has revived. A top EU official said…
Continue Reading Crewless robotic Mayflower ship reaches Plymouth Rock
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. The sleek Mayflower…
Continue Reading Berlin preps ‘huge thermos’ to help heat homes this winter
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The rust-colored tower rising from an industrial site near the banks of Berlin’s Spree river…
Continue Reading Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the…
Continue Reading Commission report blasts decision to cull all Denmark’s mink
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish Parliament-appointed commission has harshly criticized the country’s government for its decision to cull…
Continue Reading Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ease to 5.7%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased back this week after shooting up nearly three-quarters…
Continue Reading EU, New Zealand strike free trade deal after 4 years’ talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and New Zealand say they have concluded a free trade deal after four years of negotiations. According to the EU,…
Continue Reading UK royals’ spending up 17%, mostly for palace overhaul costs
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal accounts show the British monarchy’s publicly-funded spending rose by 17% to 102.4 million…
Continue Reading Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3%
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from…
Continue Reading Walgreens earnings slide as number of vaccinations wane
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A big opioid settlement and a COVID-19 vaccine slowdown helped drop Walgreens’ fiscal third-quarter earnings, but…
Continue Reading Slightly fewer Americans apply for jobless claims last week
MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, reflecting a still robust job…
Continue Reading Barcelona sells part of its TV rights for $215 million
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it has sold some of its television rights for more than 200 million euros to help its finances. The Catalan…
Continue Reading RH cuts outlook weeks after previous guidance, shares slide
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of RH tumbled 9% at the opening bell Thursday after the luxury furniture store chain cut its sales…
Continue Reading Germany sees possible Russian ‘blockade’ of key gas pipeline
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor says he suspects that Russia may not resume gas deliveries to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline…
Continue Reading Russian lawmakers approve bill on banning foreign media
MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has given final approval to a bill that would allow the banning of foreign news media in…
Continue Reading Czech Republic to extend coal mining amid high demand
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has decided to reverse plans to halt mining in a key black coal region to help the country safeguard its power…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: 3 lessons I wish I’d learned sooner about travel
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Experience may be the best teacher, but I wish I’d learned the following strategies before I became an unwitting…
Continue Reading Belgium chocolate factory shut after salmonella infection
BRUSSELS (AP) — A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates. The Barry Callebaut…
Continue Reading Sweden’s central bank raises interest rate to hit inflation
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised a key interest rate by half a percentage point to combat rapidly rising inflation and…
Continue Reading Crypto rules to make Europe a global leader as prices plunge
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Europe has moved to lead the world in regulating the freewheeling cryptocurrency industry at a time…
Continue Reading KLM pays back last of Dutch government pandemic loans
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch flag carrier KLM says it is repaying the last portion of loans it got from the Netherlands government and banks…
Continue Reading COVID restrictions ease in Shanghai as case numbers drop
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of…
Continue Reading OPEC+ oil boost likely not much help to high gasoline prices
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing nations have decided to boost production of crude by…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kirin gives up stake in Myanmar Brewery
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings plans to transfer its stake in Myanmar Brewery to the…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly lower after pessimistic ‘tankan’ survey
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly lower on Friday, echoing a decline on Wall Street, after a quarterly…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China
By DAVID RISING and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka’s strategic location has attracted outsized interest in the…
Continue Reading China’s factory activity improves after Shanghai reopens
BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows China’s factory activity accelerated in June after anti-virus controls were eased and Shanghai and…
Continue Reading Climate concerns grow as US helps Europe replace Russian gas
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amos Hochstein, President Joe Biden’s point man for global energy problems, says he knows…
Continue Reading Last-minute deal averts casino strike in Atlantic City
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico sets 7th electric rate increase in just a year
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in Puerto Rico are raising electric rates again — the seventh time in a year amid continuining power…
Continue Reading Brazil bank CEO resigns over sexual harassment claims
SAO PAULO (AP) — The head of Brazilian state-run bank Caixa Economica Federal has resigned amid a sexual harassment investigation against him. A…
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