Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender…
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UN: War in Ukraine to hurt poor nations importing grain
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that poorer countries in northern…
Continue Reading Argentina lawmakers pass IMF refinancing deal amid protests
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentine lawmakers have approved an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to…
Continue Reading EU leaders seek ways to give support amid high energy prices
By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday agreed to phase out our…
Continue Reading China’s premier promises 13 million jobs to reverse slump
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s No. 2 leader says the government hopes to generate as many as 13 million new jobs this…
Continue Reading Google, Meta face EU, UK probes into ad bidding agreement
By RAF CASERT and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — British and European regulators have threatened to crack down on an agreement…
Continue Reading Toyota scales back Japan production over chips, parts crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months…
Continue Reading Facing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…
Continue Reading US slashes Russia trade status, bans its alcohol and seafood
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that along with the European…
Continue Reading 11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown…
Continue Reading By the numbers: the giant COVID relief package, 1 year later
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant American Rescue Plan that provides $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief turns one year…
Continue Reading Biden relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been one year since President Joe Biden signed into law the…
Continue Reading Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of…
Continue Reading Stocks fall again as uncertainty over Ukraine war persists
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell again after another bumpy day of trading on Wall Street Friday, marking…
Continue Reading Saudi oil refinery attacked by drone, sparking small fire
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a drone attack started a small fire at an oil refinery in the capital, Riyadh, but it didn’t…
Continue Reading Facing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…
Continue Reading Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime…
Continue Reading China faces multiple challenges amid ‘rising uncertainties’
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader has warned of “rising uncertainties” and pledged tax cuts to shore up…
Continue Reading Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma join hydrogen hub chase
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas are getting together in hopes of becoming one of four “hydrogen hubs” supported by $8…
Continue Reading Georgia high court won’t halt spaceport vote certification
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court says it won’t interfere with local officials finalizing…
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