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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will ease commercial restrictions on the Gaza Strip and expand entry of goods to the Palestinian enclave following…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank get to board an airplane these days. The…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will convene parliament next month to discuss efforts to salvage an economy strained by pandemic border…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Group has posted a $1.7 billion pandemic-related annual loss and forecast…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is suspending use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine after contamination was…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer “Vaccine passports” are digital or paper documents showing you were vaccinated against COVID-19, and…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Cruise companies are adapting to a changing landscape amid a rise in COVID-19…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has rejected a request by a gun owners group for a temporary injunction to require…

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Protesters descended upon the Minnesota State Capitol to rally…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Federal authorities say a northwest Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and accepted a 15-year prison sentence in…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A judicial decision from Spain has put a halt on an alternative plan to build a giant telescope in…

The Associated Press Stocks pushed higher again on Wall Street Wednesday, marking more milestones for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. The S&P 500…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people have marched toward Brazil’s Supreme…

The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Dick’s Sporting Goods, State Street rise; Nordstrom,…

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

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Purdue Pharma lawyer says states would get more money from settling with the company than if they were allowed…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Nantucket residents have filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of dozens of…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A report released on Wednesday says donations to racial and social justice causes ticked up…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to conserve more of the state’s…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer is seeking U.S. approval of a booster dose of its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The drugmaker announced Wednesday…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rent assistance meant to help tenants around…

By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters are trying to box in a California wildfire that is advancing toward Lake Tahoe and has…

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials have extended the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after Minnesota’s…

By CECILIA CLARK of NerdWallet Parent student loan debt has skyrocketed to over $103 billion with more than 3.6 million borrowers. And for many…

By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…

By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…

By RYAN ZUMMALLEN Edmunds To make room for new models, automakers bid adieu to older cars and SUVs each year. The models making their last appearance…

BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has declined for the second consecutive month as concerns about…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s foreign ministry said the country “regrets” the “completely unjustified” decision of neighboring Algeria…

By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stocks are slipping following a charge on Wall Street which drove indices to all-time…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says the possible remains of two missing subcontractors have been found on one of its oil…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News Channel was last week’s most-watched TV outlet on broadcast or cable. It was…

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app. Canadian e-commerce…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it…

HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association has announced it has canceled its annual meeting, which had been set to be held next month in…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state tech executive has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in…

DETROIT (AP) — One of Detroit’s iconic landmarks is on the market and in search of a new owner. Co-owner The Platform says Tuesday that the…

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — A small airplane has made an emergency landing on Interstate 5 north of San Diego after clipping cars and causing several…

The Associated Press Major indexes closed modestly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, enough to nudge the Nasdaq composite to a record high and past…

The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Palo Alto Networks, Best Buy rise; Walmart, Southern…

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring…

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

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declared a mistrial in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with…