DC reaches $750K settlement in Trump inaugural lawsuit
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to…
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Employers post record 11.5 million job openings in March
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now…
Continue Reading Biden visits Lockheed plant as weapons stockpile strained
By AAMER MADHANI and BEN FOX Associated Press TROY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden is crediting the assembly line workers at a Javelin missile…
Continue Reading Spain govt says it has nothing to hide in spyware scandals
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it has nothing to hide amid mounting unease over national security controversies involving Pegasus spyware.…
Continue Reading German opposition leader visits Kyiv, Scholz refuses to go
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader has traveled to Kyiv for meetings with Ukrainian officials including President…
Continue Reading Strong BP profit renews call for energy sector windfall tax
LONDON (AP) — BP posted its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade thanks to surging oil and gas prices. The earnings report Tuesday…
Continue Reading Change at the top for Biogen after Alzheimer’s drug flops
By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press Biogen is looking for a new CEO less than a year after its launch of its Alzheimer’s drug…
Continue Reading Pope offers to meet Putin, still waiting to hear back
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try…
Continue Reading Pfizer profit soars in first quarter, revises 2022 forecast
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Sales of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pushed the drugmaker well past expectations in the first quarter,…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: A loved one owes you money. Now what?
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet You lent money to a friend or family member in need and they haven’t repaid the debt. Collecting money that a loved…
Continue Reading Hong Kong economy shrinks 4% under anti-virus controls
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory shut…
Continue Reading Slovakia, Hungary won’t back EU sanctions on Russian energy
By KAREL JANICEK, JUSTIN SPIKE and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia and Hungary say they won’t support…
Continue Reading New Zealand rocket caught but then dropped by helicopter
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck…
Continue Reading Heat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India’s coal usage
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, where…
Continue Reading Australian central bank hikes rate for 1st time in 11 years
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for the first time in…
Continue Reading 2 more survivors found 3 days after China building collapse
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago. The…
Continue Reading Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety
By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters say Russian forces have begun storming a sprawling…
Continue Reading Asian shares slip ahead of Fed interest rate decision
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with markets in China, Japan and some other markets still closed for…
Continue Reading Beijing preps COVID-19 hospital spaces, though new cases low
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a possible spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases…
Continue Reading Georgia sets $1.5B in aid for electric vehicle maker Rivian
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to…
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