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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is making several changes at its domestic theme parks, including some easier reservations,…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports due to an hours-long computer outage. If a flight is…

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the European Union nation has decided to send a company of Leopard tanks to help…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Parliament official says the president of the EU assembly wants to clamp down on the…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hung in the balance Wednesday…

BERLIN (AP) — More than 244,000 people have applied for asylum in Germany last year and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees who have come to the…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s justice minister says a European judicial delegation from France, Germany, and…

By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds CES in Las Vegas gives us a glimpse of where automakers believe vehicles are headed in the future. Edmunds attended this…

By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russia’s still making plenty of money from oil sales…

By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet If you’re looking for a job or aiming to get a raise this year, a new factor may come into play. It’s called pay…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A South Korean solar panel maker says it will invest more than $2.5 billion in two Georgia factories.…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s center-right coalition government says it will present legislation which will enable the construction of new nuclear…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ERKELENZ, Germany (AP) — The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The founder of FedEx, Fred Smith, believes that if you’ve done well, you should give back to the public interest.…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A lawyer for jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai says her team has asked for an…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring. A lingering bird flu…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they’re going to require more operators that carry air passengers to adopt so-called safety…

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger announced Tuesday that it plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in and around…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain largely stuck in a holding pattern ahead of potentially market-moving reports…

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a former Coinbase product manager has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in what federal prosecutors have called…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 49 cents to $75.12 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery rose 45…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to take effect next year, the…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Outdoor Retailer trade show is back in Salt Lake City this week after a four-year run in…

By BERT WILKINSON The Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana says there’s 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil…

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle…

DETROIT (AP) — Traffic crashes in the U.S. cost society $340 billion in one year, or just over $1,000 for each of the country’s 328 million…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Investments in Israel’s tech sector dropped by nearly half in 2022, reflecting a global economic slowdown.…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — From a budget perspective, the first four years of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Cocaine is spreading at an alarming rate through Europe, much of it through the world ports…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union…