‘Knock at the Cabin’ knocks off ‘Avatar’ at the box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in almost two months, the box office doesn’t belong to blue people. After…
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Ally Financial expands NASCAR spend with 2 new partnerships
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ally Financial has expanded its growing portfolio as a top NASCAR sponsor with a deal to…
Continue Reading Biden’s State of the Union to tout policy wins on economy
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use his second State of the Union address on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products,…
Continue Reading It wasn’t me: Ex-UK PM Truss blames ‘system’ for her failure
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her failure wasn’t her fault. Truss on Sunday…
Continue Reading EU migration impasse leaves many refugees out in the cold
By RAF CASERT and AHMAD SEIR Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Some refugees and asylum-seekers in Brussels have been spending months in between the…
Continue Reading India’s G-20 energy meet to balance renewables, fossil fuels
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Over 500 energy industry heavyweights will descend on the southern Indian city of Bengaluru…
Continue Reading Gas prices dip in NJ, around nation as cold weather returns
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices dipped in New Jersey and around the country at large as cold weather descended on parts of the nation following an…
Continue Reading Tesla hikes price of Model Y after US alters tax credit rule
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has raised prices on its Model Y in the U.S., apparently due to rising demand and changes in U.S. government rules that make…
Continue Reading Route to Super Bowl is long, dangerous for Mexican avocados
By ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico (AP) — It is a long and sometimes dangerous journey for avocados destined for…
Continue Reading Disney World unions vote down offer covering 45,000 workers
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Union members voted down a contract proposal covering tens of thousands of Walt Disney…
Continue Reading Why a new Alzheimer’s drug is having a slow US debut
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug to show that it slows Alzheimer’s is on sale, but treatment for most patients is still several months…
Continue Reading State of the Union: Biden sees economic glow, GOP sees gloom
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden sees a nation with its…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka marks independence anniversary amid economic woes
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has marked its 75th independence anniversary as a…
Continue Reading New California oil well ban put on hold for voters to decide
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on…
Continue Reading Florida lawmakers to meet next week on Disney, immigration
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers will meet next week to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney…
Continue Reading Feds say cyberattack caused suicide helpline’s outage
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline…
Continue Reading US board clears path for mini-union vote at big Nissan plant
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The federal labor board has decided that fewer than 100 employees out of thousands at…
Continue Reading Super Bowl prop betting increasing in popularity
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jay Kornegay was behind the counter in 2004 when someone approached with $5,000 to bet on the…
Continue Reading Ford, Starbucks fall; Clorox, Gilead Sciences rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Ford Motor Co., down $1.09 to $13.12. The automaker reported…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 2/3/2023
The Associated Press Wall Street’s rally hit a wall after a surprisingly strong jobs report fueled worries about inflation and higher interest…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell $2.49 to $73.39 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for April delivery fell $2.23 to…
Continue Reading AP source: MLB forms economic group as regional TV in peril
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has formed a new economic study committee in light of a possible bankruptcy…
Continue Reading G-7, Europe reach deal for price cap on Russian diesel
By RAF CASERT and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that industrialized countries in…
Continue Reading Treasury makes more electric SUVs eligible for tax credits
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made…
Continue Reading Skull found in ’97 in remote Alaska belongs to New York man
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997…
Continue Reading Nostalgia sells; nostalgia with a twist can be a smash
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Nostalgia sells and marketers know it, having used the brands of yesteryear fully aware that consumers will…
Continue Reading Wrexham to compete in 7-on-7 tournament in North Carolina
BOSTON (AP) — The fifth-tier Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will send a team to compete in a $1 million,…
Continue Reading Jury: Musk didn’t defraud investors with 2018 Tesla tweets
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISO (AP) — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets…
Continue Reading Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A major hospital system in northern Florida says it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries…
Continue Reading Missing Florida Lyft driver’s car found with slaying suspect
By FREIDA FRISARO and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The car owned by a missing 74-year-old Florida Lyft driver has…
Continue Reading Spanish court: Amazon violated labor law with delivery app
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court says Amazon broke labor laws by forcing more than 2,000 delivery drivers…
Continue Reading Activision Blizzard settles SEC charges for $35 million
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Government regulators announced Friday that videogame maker Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to…
Continue Reading An unexpected job surge confounds the Fed’s economic models
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Does the Federal Reserve have it wrong? For months, the Fed has been warily watching…
Continue Reading EU prepares more Russia sanctions; Kremlin readies offensive
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union will unveil its 10th package of sanctions against Russia on Feb. 24 to mark…
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US tells owners to park old Hondas until air bags are fixed
DETROIT (AP) — Honda and the U.S. government are urging owners of about 8,200 older vehicles not to drive them until dangerous air bag inflators…
Continue Reading Google, Apple, Amazon give investors reason to fret
Associated Press Wall Street had its eyes Friday on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial…
Continue Reading Microsoft: Iran unit behind Charlie Hebdo hack-and-leak op
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran’s ruling cleric, a…
Continue Reading Iraqis protest in Baghdad as currency crisis continues
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s currency has continued its slide and protesters are asking the government to…
Continue Reading Pakistan PM warns of ‘tough time’ to fulfill IMF conditions
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has warned of a “tough time” as his government struggles to comply…
Continue Reading Ford returns to Formula One in partnership with Red Bull
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Ford will return to Formula One as the engine provider for Red Bull Racing in a partnership announced Friday…
Continue Reading Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks
BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Germany and other…
Continue Reading NATO urges Russia to respect nuclear pact with the US
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is calling on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States to keep a lid on nuclear weapons expansion. The…
Continue Reading 8 dead migrants recovered off Italian island of Lampedusa
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s coast guard says that the bodies of eight migrants have been recovered during an…
Continue Reading Along Ukraine-Belarus border, a war of nerves — and drones
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BELARUS BORDER, Ukraine (AP) — On the Belarusian border, Ukrainian units are using drones to monitor a long…
Continue Reading China confirms offer to Sri Lanka of debt moratorium
BEIJING (AP) — China has confirmed it is offering Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on loan repayments as the Indian Ocean island nation struggles to…
Continue Reading Jailed leader of Greek far-right party faces election ban
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is seeking to ban a far-right political party led by a jailed…
Continue Reading Companies pledge millions in fed effort to stem road deaths
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits including rideshare companies Uber and Lyft and industrial giant…
Continue Reading Indian tycoon Adani hit by more losses, calls for probe
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Shares in troubled Adani Enterprises gyrated Friday, tumbling 30% and then rebounding after more…
Continue Reading Wall Street rally hits wall of hot jobs, cold earnings data
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s big rally to start the year wilted on Friday after a surprisingly strong jobs…
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