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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s leaders say the military’s laser defense system has successfully…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Health Access Initiative selected Dr. Neil Buddy Shah as its new CEO Thursday, a…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin cracking down on e-cigarettes that have…

Associated Press In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Four big banks reported noticeable declines in their first quarter profits on Thursday, as the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine was…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Air travel is expected to make close to a full recovery this year, and for airlines looking…

BOSTON (AP) — A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle allegations that it was illegally leasing dogs in…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose modestly in March, but higher prices for food, gasoline and other…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a…

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth month running even as surging inflation has…

By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say four people have been arrested and have been weapons seized in an…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter outright. He says the…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. U.S. health authorities…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth Group delivered a better-than-expected first quarter and raised its 2022 forecast, as growth in Medicare…

LONDON (AP) — British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva. The U.K. is the first country…

By The Associated Press The head of the European Central Bank says the bank would raise interest rates “some time after” ending its pandemic…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are sharing milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A top California state civil rights lawyer who was pursuing a discrimination case against video game giant Activision…

DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination suit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative group Project Veritas says the Justice Department had secretly obtained from Apple…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to Colorado River…

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 460,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a software problem that can inadvertently disable the electronic…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Delta, Fastenal rise; JPMorgan Chase, NanoString…

By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press CIUDAD DE GOSEN, Peru (AP) — Every day for more than two years, Cindy Cueto has woken up in the house she…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Multiple U.S. government agencies have issued a joint alert announcing the discovery of malicious…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon says it will add a 5% “fuel and inflation surcharge” to fees it charges third-party sellers who use…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the state has reached a settlement…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of…

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is dropping an extra charge for employees who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Delta said Wednesday that it…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major effort to overhaul care for people in the United States with mental health…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch bank ABN AMRO has apologized for historic links to the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, including…

Associated Press Amazon announced Wednesday its free streaming service IMDb TV will be renamed Amazon Freevee later this month. The retailer said the…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says a Japanese battery technology company will build a $2…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — European Union nations Finland and Sweden have reached important stages on their way to possible…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Inventory difficulties hurt Bed Bath & Beyond during its fiscal fourth quarter and will continue into the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The surging cost of energy pushed wholesale prices up a record 11.2% last month from a year…