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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to dissolve a private government…
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to dissolve a private government…
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ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States unleashed some of its toughest actions against Russian President Vladimir…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell isn’t as pleased with the robust U.S. job market as you might…
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations including the U.S. and many local…
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than two years after he started work on it, Gov. Tom Wolf is set to enact the centerpiece…
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence a…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s finance minister says the country will…
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union officials are nearing agreement on a sweeping new law aimed at protecting internet…
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By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will ban exports of cooking oil and its raw materials to reduce domestic…
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Britain have urged Russia to declare an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, as British…
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express’ first-quarter profits fell roughly 6% from a year earlier, but the company saw…
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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from famed…
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By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New blasts at a Polish coal mine have injured 10 rescue workers and have forced…
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has announced that beginning next month, visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer have to…
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PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan in 2019 for…
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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai have promised to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering…
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By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slumped on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its biggest…
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says the state’s voters do not have the right to reject a massive…
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Philadelphia health officials say they’re ending the city’s indoor mask mandate, abruptly reversing…
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By ZEN SOO and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong has relaxed pandemic restrictions with Disneyland and museums reopening and…
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press California officials say as much as $30 billion is needed to protect the heart of the state’s farm country…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s flagship roastery in Seattle have voted to form a union, the chain’s latest location…
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators have extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Court records show a Seattle CEO who gained national attention for raising employees’ salaries and slashing his own is facing…
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Boston has urged people to start wearing masks, and the Biden administration is…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall…
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee. California-based toymaker…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is telling a judge there are multiple reasons why a lawsuit brought against it by…
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The Associated Press Stocks shed early gains and closed broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday after the head of the Federal Reserve said the central…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: American Airlines, Tesla rise; Xerox, Sleep Number…
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high…
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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida utilities would gradually increase their renewable electricity, reaching 100%…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Evans will retire early next year after 15 years as president of the Federal…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Remember all those thousands of passengers that airlines banned for not wearing face masks? Now…
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By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge is facing a host of controversial and complex issues as she weighs whether to…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after he admitted he…
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a…
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire…
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some U.S. Jewish families observing Passover are struggling to pay for…
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By TALI ARBEL and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its…
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The crowded field to buy Chelsea now features 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — U.S. airlines say they have hit a turning point: After a lousy first quarter, they expect to be…
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By SARAH SCHLICHTER of NerdWallet Smart-home technology isn’t just about comfort and convenience. Devices like water leak sensors, smart smoke…
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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A run-up in mortgage rates in recent weeks is threatening to pump the brakes on the housing…
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some farmers are wondering if it’s OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens…
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By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Amazon is extending benefits of a Prime subscription to online stores beyond its own site, a move geared toward…
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group is urging Sri Lankan…
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested 19 people following an international investigation of a major…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose for the seventh straight week, climbing to their highest level…
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