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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government will purchase another 105 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in…

By HALELUYA HADERO NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite a growing recognition of the newspaper industry’s problems among politicians and…

The Associated Press Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street Wednesday, keeping the market on track for its fourth monthly loss this year. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: McCormick, Capital One fall; General Mills, Patterson…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out the 2020 conspiracy and bribery convictions of a…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.98 to $109.78 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for August delivery fell…

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in former President Donald…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government this week is holding its first onshore oil and natural gas drilling…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Shareholders of Spirit Airlines will vote next month on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines.…

By RAHIM FAIEZ and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan finance and central bank officials from the Taliban-led government have…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there’s “no guarantee” the central…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has the second reading of a proposed law that would allow the…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the government’s road safety agency says it will intensify efforts to…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities say a cyberattack has temporarily knocked out public and private websites in Norway in the past 24…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A new agreement in Israel will put Ben & Jerry’s ice cream back on shelves in annexed…

BERLIN (AP) — Inflation in Germany eased slightly in June compared to the previous month, in part due to new subsidies that helped rein in the…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Bed Bath & Beyond’s CEO is out of the top post as the home goods retailer looks to fix declining sales…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 1.6% annual pace in the first three months of the year even…

MOSCOW (AP) — As the ruble strengthens to levels not seen in seven years, Russia’s minister of economic development warns that the country’s…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet To avoid overpaying for travel, customers should beware of hidden fees that airlines, hotels and vacation rentals can add…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has proposed a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of its plan to…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A multinational task force designed to seize Russian oligarchs’ wealth has blocked and…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch prime minister has condemned a violent protest by farmers outside the home…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A few years ago, Sri Lanka had an economy strong enough to…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after the U.S. economy contracted and China reported…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government is putting climate change at the top of its legislative…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Twenty-five years after Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, the city is in limbo. Beijing has been…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur during daytime hours, and…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa announced in a speech in…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — More than 200 employees at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have ratified a contract that includes…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment he first faced criminal charges, in 2006, Jeffrey Epstein has been the object of public…

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims two employees with a North Carolina company…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press At least some U.S. adults may get updated COVID-19 shots this fall, as government advisers…