Brad Johnson of ‘Melrose Place,’ Marlboro Man ads dies at 62
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Johnson, who jumped from rodeo cowboy to portraying the Marlboro Man in cigarette spots…
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Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been…
Continue Reading NATO chief speaks with Erdogan about Finland, Sweden joining
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Finland’s prime minister and spoken to Turkey’s president as he seeks to…
Continue Reading As Ukraine loses troops, how long can it keep up the fight?
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is losing 60 to…
Continue Reading In eastern Ukraine, keeping the lights on is a dangerous job
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — As the fighting in eastern Ukraine inches forward, Russian attacks are knocking out…
Continue Reading China plans to complete space station with latest mission
BEIJING (AP) — China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station. The China Manned…
Continue Reading Online pro-gun extremism: ‘Cool for active shooter stuff’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press The young man in the jeans and sunglasses proudly shows off his gun in the YouTube video, then instructs his 1…
Continue Reading Agency ruling delivers big setback to Okefenokee mining plan
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine at…
Continue Reading 1st remote air traffic control center in US to be in Alabama
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that a public airport in Alabama could be home to the first remote air traffic control center in the…
Continue Reading $460M awarded to ex-workers who sued California utility
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who sued saying they were forced out of their jobs at a Southern California utility after complaining about sexual and…
Continue Reading Activists say cyber agency weakens voting tech advisory
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s leading cybersecurity agency has released a final version of an advisory it…
Continue Reading 13 hurt when Greyhound bus blows tire on California highway
BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Thirteen people were injured Friday when a Greyhound bus blew a tire and veered into a sports utility vehicle and a center…
Continue Reading FCA US pleads guilty to cheating in diesel emission tests
DETROIT (AP) — FCA US has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a scheme to deceive regulators about diesel emission systems on 101,000 Jeep Grand…
Continue Reading EPA raises amount of ethanol that must be blended with gas
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Biden administration has set new requirements that increase the amount of ethanol that…
Continue Reading Groups file new lawsuit to stop Idaho gold mine drilling
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two groups say the U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws in approving exploratory…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy week with more losses Friday as invesetors considered the downside of the still-strong U.S. jobs…
Continue Reading Zumiez, Tesla fall; Okta, Calavo Growers rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Zumiez, Tesla fall; Okta, Calavo Growers…
Continue Reading Biden’s challenge: Inflation overshadows robust job gains
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (AP) — President Joe Biden came before the television…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $2 to $118.87 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $2.11 to…
Continue Reading Amazon executive in charge of consumer business resigns
Associated Press The Amazon executive in charge of the company’s worldwide consumer business is resigning after 23 years with the company. Amazon…
Continue Reading Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings
By MATT O’BRIEN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons…
Continue Reading Marriott to suspend all of its operations in Russia
By The Associated Press Marriott International says it’s going to suspend all of its operations in Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The…
Continue Reading American Airlines gives rosier outlook for summer revenue
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is joining rivals in predicting a boom in revenue this summer, as people crowd on planes after two years…
Continue Reading Investor-advisory firm backs latest Frontier bid for Spirit
NEW YORK (AP) — The plot turns are coming quickly in the battle to buy Spirit Airlines. On Friday, an investor-advisory firm recommended the…
Continue Reading Tenants grapple with rent hikes amid overall inflation spike
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a time when rising gasoline and food prices are already straining Americans’ budgets, many…
Continue Reading Federal court upholds state law on disclosing police records
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld part of a 2020 Connecticut police accountability law that allows public disclosure of…
Continue Reading Report: Musk seeks to cut 10% of Tesla workforce
Associated Press Tesla shares tumbled about 9% Friday on a report that CEO Elon Musk is considering laying off 10% of the company’s workers, as…
Continue Reading Poles get OK to gather firewood as energy prices soar
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s authorities are reminding citizens they can rummage state forests for firewood to heat their homes. The go-ahead…
Continue Reading Estonian PM seeks new coalition partner after welfare rift
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s center-right Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is set to start power-sharing talks with two small center-leaning…
Continue Reading Landmark bill to limit cryptomining passes NY Legislature
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Legislature has approved a milestone environmental measure designed to tap the…
Continue Reading Walmart adding 4 fulfillment centers, more than 4,000 jobs
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Walmart is adding four new fulfillment centers to its existing capacity, a move that will bring more than…
Continue Reading US has over 750 complaints of Teslas braking for no reason
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to U.S. safety regulators that cars operating on the…
Continue Reading Dubai arrests British man over $1.7B Denmark tax fraud case
By MALAK HARB and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai police say they arrested and planned to extradite a…
Continue Reading German parliament OKs higher minimum wage pledged by Scholz
BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has approved raising the country’s minimum wage to 12 euros ($12.84) per hour, fulfilling a key campaign…
Continue Reading Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia-Ukraine war
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On Ukraine’s battlefields, the simple act of powering up a…
Continue Reading Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia-Ukraine war
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Electronic warfare is a vital, mostly invisible element in…
Continue Reading German lawmakers vote to approve huge fund for military
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved a $107-billion special fund to strengthen the country’s military.…
Continue Reading Japan tech giant Toshiba studying going private as an option
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba executives said Friday that privatization remains an option for the Japanese technology…
Continue Reading Data puts Turkey’s annual inflation at 73.5%, a 24-year high
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official data show annual inflation in Turkey hit 73.5% in May as a cost-of-living crisis in the country deepens. The Turkish…
Continue Reading Stocks sink as Wall Street eyes downside of solid jobs data
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell broadly Friday and pulled major indexes into the red for the…
Continue Reading Envoy says US, allies preparing for N. Korean nuclear test
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea said Friday the United States is…
Continue Reading More job gains point to a solid economy and Fed rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has…
Continue Reading Frontier, Spirit add $250 million breakup fee to merger deal
DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines is sweetening its offer for Spirit Airlines just a week before Spirit shareholders vote on the deal. Spirit and…
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California regulators approve state’s 1st robotic taxi fleet
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer California regulators on Thursday gave a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers…
Continue Reading Jennifer Kho named executive editor of Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Media on Thursday named Jennifer Kho to be the executive editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. Kho, the former managing…
Continue Reading Space Command base change process was flawed, report says
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Air Force changed its procedures to move the U.S. Space Command from Colorado to…
Continue Reading Jury says it’s deadlocked in ‘We Build The Wall’ fraud trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury said it was deadlocked Thursday in its deliberations of charges against a Colorado…
Continue Reading Coal pile slide buries, kills 2 at Colorado power plant
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Two workers have been killed in a slide on a coal pile at a southern Colorado electricity generating plant. Witnesses say the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press The stock market shook off a wobbly start and ended broadly higher Thursday, marking its first gain in this holiday-shortened…
Continue Reading MongoDB, Chewy rise; Ciena, Hewlett Packard Enterprise fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: MongoDB, Chewy rise; Ciena, Hewlett Packard Enterprise…
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