AP National Business

By ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later financing options are increasingly being offered by for-profit credentialing schools and boot…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates inched up this week following last week’s mammoth jump,…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The good news for stocks is that this year’s sell-off means they no longer look eye-wateringly…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A sleek $156 million superyacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMB0, Sri Lanka (AP) — Senior Indian officials are in Sri Lanka for talks on how…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese High Court has rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job…

By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia’s military has captured two villages in eastern…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee to consider if the spiraling…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the island nation’s…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies,…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three consecutive summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine and the…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told The Associated Press…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were higher in Asia on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street, where the market is…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Heat waves and drought gripping California highlight the urgency to slash fossil…

By The Associated Press A Black former Tesla worker who said he was harassed and faced with “daily racist epithets,” including the “N-word,”…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said the conflict in Ukraine has “sounded an alarm for humanity,” but proposed no solutions.…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on a San…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stubbornly high gas prices that average about $5 a gallon nationwide, President Joe Biden…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Wednesday that customers with PreCheck can go through security checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth…

The Associated Press Stocks gave up an afternoon gain and ended slightly lower on Wall Street Wednesday. Energy companies helped pull the market…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $3.33 to $106.19 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for August delivery fell…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University has won its fight to trademark the word “The.” The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the…

SEATTLE (AP) — A union has reached a deal with Alaska Airlines for a two-year contract extension that provides substantial raises for 5,300 gate…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The first storm of the new hurricane season hit Cuba in mid-June and collapsed or damaged…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is facing the second of three national railway strikes after new negotiations between union…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut…

By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Microsoft says “strategic espionage” by state-backed Russian hackers has targeted government…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dozens of Serbian car factory workers have blocked a key motorway in the capital Belgrade to protest layoff and relocation…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing logistical support to import…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the European Space Agency says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the need…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers are requiring deeper emission cuts from power plants, factories and planes in Europe while endorsing an…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he wants to discuss the outlines of a “Marshall plan for Ukraine” with the leaders of the…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Throngs of tourists gleefully watched the legendary Old…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought Wednesday to reassure the public that the…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A strike by government workers in North Macedonia has disrupted services over a pay dispute between unions and the…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has raised its key interest rate significantly as it tries to…