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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s only electricity distribution company says it is restoring power to parts of the country after a widespread…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America is slashing the amount it charges customers when they spend more than they have in…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet The holidays are a popular time to get engaged, and that means many couples are diving into 2022 by touring wedding…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government says it will hire a U.S. company to bolster its cybersecurity. Prime Minister Edi Rama said Tuesday…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s new climate minister says the country faces a “gigantic” task if it wants to achieve its goals for reducing…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s health authorities say the country’s top leaders are self-isolating after being in contact with the…

MADRID (AP) — A spat over factory farming is causing tension in Spain’s left-of-center coalition government. The farm minister on Tuesday…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report based on U.S. trade data shows American companies are still importing teak from…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago scrapped classes for days in a confusing standoff with the teachers’ union over COVID-19…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that high inflation is a serious…

By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools will offer more COVID-19 testing and have standards to close…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — High inflation is taking a toll on American families. That acknowledgment comes from…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A second Starbucks store near Buffalo, New York, has voted to unionize. It’s one of a growing number of…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Mint said Monday it has begun shipping quarters featuring the image of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said he will step down on Friday, the third…

The Associated Press Stocks ended slightly lower on Wall Street Monday after recouping much of an early slide. Technology stocks bounced back after…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Take-Two, Lululemon fall; Jazz, BioMarin…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A man arrested in Alabama is accused of using a phone app in an attempt to hire someone to kidnap and rape a woman in…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 58-story luxury apartment building in San Francisco continues to sink and is tilting about 3 inches per year. The engineer…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation surging, unemployment falling and wages rising, some economists are…

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

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make California the first state to cover all low-income state…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has named Jesse Watters as host of a 7 p.m. Eastern opinion hour, leading in to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union crime agency has been ordered to erase information related to individuals with no proven link to crime. The…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year.…

By The Associated Press Airbus says aircraft deliveries are rising slightly and airlines are ordering more planes, showing that they are confident in…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union auditors say that the hundreds of millions of euros that the bloc has poured into six…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — In a few weeks, Robert Jordan will become the chief executive of Southwest Airlines, replacing…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish opposition senator whose phone was hacked with advanced spyware has filed a civil suit against Poland’s ruling…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is blaming the collapse of a shipyard business on its Malaysia-based owner Genting Group, saying the conglomerate refused to…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra is ordering Medicare to reassess a big premium…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is targeting the unvaccinated with a host of new coronavirus restrictions. As of Monday,…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has been easing coronavirus restrictions after a decline in new infections while the fast-spreading omicron…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says property developers must bear the cost of removing dangerous cladding…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Supply chain issues mean many people gave and received gift cards for the holidays. The more time that passes, though,…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has embarked on a fourth term. He leads a coalition…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Officials from Russia and the United States and its NATO allies will sit down for talks…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are sinking in cautious trading following a decline on Wall Street amid continuing…

The Associated Press The Labor Department issues its monthly index of consumer prices Wednesday. Delta Air Lines reports quarterly results Thursday.…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Students in the nation’s third-largest school district will resume classes this week after…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street fell on worries the Federal Reserve will raise…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago school leaders are canceling classes for a fourth day in the nation’s third-largest…

By KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top Russian diplomat has predicted “difficult” talks with the United…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 2 cents over the past three weeks to $3.39 per gallon. Industry…