How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks ended another wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street Monday, extending the market’s losing streak. The S&P 500…
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Workers start union push at Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts
By MARK PRATT Associated Press Employees are seeking to unionize at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in western Massachusetts, joining a nationwide…
Continue Reading JetBlue, Vulcan Materials fall; Carvana, ManTech rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JetBlue, Vulcan Materials fall; Carvana, ManTech…
Continue Reading A Bezos-Biden squabble: Can corporate taxes tame inflation?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeff Bezos this weekend became the latest centibillionaire to launch a political fight…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose $3.71 to $114.20 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for July delivery rose $2.69 to…
Continue Reading Bank of England governor rejects criticism on inflation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey has rejected criticism that the institution didn’t move quickly…
Continue Reading Passenger, cargo trains collide in Spain; 1 killed, 85 hurt
MADRID (AP) — A cargo train has smashed into a rush-hour passenger train in Catalonia, killing an engineer and injuring 85 people. Spanish…
Continue Reading Police: Arby’s manager in Washington peed in milkshake mix
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A manager at an Arby’s fast food restaurant in Washington state has been accused of urinating into a milkshake mix that…
Continue Reading Judge: California’s women on boards law is unconstitutional
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate…
Continue Reading British govt yet to OK Chelsea sale by sanctioned Abramovich
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The British government has yet to approve the sale of Premier League club Chelsea to a consortium fronted by…
Continue Reading Obama, Airbnb’s Brian Chesky launch $100M in scholarships
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to fund…
Continue Reading Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Ukrainian refugees…
Continue Reading Get on your bike: Coldplay hopes to lead with a green tour
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s often said that fans at live concerts give the band a jolt of electricity.…
Continue Reading Ransomware gang threatens to overthrow Costa Rica government
By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has…
Continue Reading CVS exec: People deserve fair shot at being healthy
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The new chief health equity officer at CVS Health hopes she will have more influence in fixing care disparities before…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka proposes privatizing national airline amid crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new prime minister wants to privatize the country’s loss-making…
Continue Reading Fox tries something new by holding release of fall schedule
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — During a week in mid-May, broadcast television networks traditionally…
Continue Reading US allows more baby formula imports to fight shortage
By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has announced new steps to ease…
Continue Reading In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue
By MORGAN LEE and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Government budgets are booming in New Mexico: Teacher salaries are up,…
Continue Reading French carmaker Renault to sell Russian operations to Moscow
By The Associated Press Russia will take control of French car manufacturer Renault’s operations in the country and resurrect a Soviet-era auto…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: White ‘replacement theory’ fuels racist attacks
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the internet’s fringes into the mainstream is being…
Continue Reading Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Starbucks says it will pay travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion or…
Continue Reading Carlyle Group to acquire ManTech in $4.2B all-cash deal
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Carlyle Group is buying defense contractor ManTech in an all-cash deal…
Continue Reading Turkey objects as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Turkey´s president on Monday complicated Sweden and Finland´s historic bid to join NATO, saying…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Next steps for Finland, Sweden on NATO membership
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Finland and Sweden have signaled their intention to join NATO over Russia’s war in Ukraine and…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: How to reduce taxes when you sell your home
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Home values have been soaring — but the amount of home sale profit you can shelter from taxes has not. The…
Continue Reading EU cuts forecast for economic growth as war’s fallout widens
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war…
Continue Reading Rebuffed by Spirit, JetBlue goes hostile in takeover bid
By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines. And it’s asking Spirit…
Continue Reading De-Arching: McDonald’s to sell Russia business, exit country
By DAVID KOENIG and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers McDonald’s is closing its doors in Russia, ending an era of optimism and increasing the…
Continue Reading Buttigieg sends $5B to cities for safety as road deaths soar
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Upcoming data shows traffic deaths soaring in the U.S. The Biden administration is steering $5…
Continue Reading EU’s Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s efforts to impose new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine appear…
Continue Reading 6 months in, Biden’s infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been six months since President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure package…
Continue Reading Johnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won’t
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the…
Continue Reading Convicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — It was a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its…
Continue Reading Convicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — When he was 20 years old, Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder, shooting his…
Continue Reading Shanghai says lockdown to ease as virus spread mostly ends
BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict…
Continue Reading Official: China’s economy reviving as anti-virus curbs ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Government data show China’s factory and consumer activity were even worse than expected in…
Continue Reading This Week: US retail sales, home sales, Deere & Co. earns
The Associated Press The Commerce Department serves up its monthly tally of U.S. retail sales Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors issues…
Continue Reading Ukraine says mission at Mariupol steel mill is complete
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The regiment that doggedly defended a steel mill as…
Continue Reading Asian shares advance despite losses on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares advanced in Asia on Tuesday after another wobbly day on Wall Street extended a losing streak for…
Continue Reading New Zealand to help pay for cleaner cars to reduce emissions
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers…
Continue Reading Kim blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow…
Continue Reading Buffalo shooting: Sites yank videos faster, but not by much
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly…
Continue Reading Blow for Scholz as conservatives win key German state vote
BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Germany have backed the incumbent conservative governor and dealt a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in…
Continue Reading Chicago alt-weekly survives column clash, going nonprofit
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this…
Continue Reading UK’s Johnson urges end to N Ireland deadlock, spars with EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to Northern Ireland to try to end a political…
Continue Reading ‘Doctor Strange 2’ keeps hold on top spot in 2nd weekend
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stayed on top of the box office charts during its second weekend in…
Continue Reading Israel court rejects petitions against Jerusalem cable car
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected four petitions that sought to derail controversial plans to build a cable car to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: ‘Neutral’ Europe recedes as NATO set to expand
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — With Finland and Sweden inching closer to applying for NATO membership amid Russia’s war in…
Continue Reading Some Shanghai businesses to reopen Monday, officials say
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Shanghai officials say they will allow some businesses to reopen Monday, even while it…
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