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China's factory activity rebounds as anti-virus curbs ease
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's factory output rebounded in May, adding to a recovery from the latest COVID-induced economic slump after controls that shut down Shanghai and othe...
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Asian stocks mixed ahead of Fed rate hike decision
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's announcement of how sharply it will raise interest rates to cool U.S. inflation. S...
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US report: Nearly 400 crashes of automated tech vehicles
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes over a 10-month period involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas...
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Union to vote on authorizing Atlantic City casino strike
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Workers at Atlantic City's nine casinos will vote Wednesday on whether to authorize a strike against the gambling halls, with whom they have n...
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EXPLAINER: Just how high is the risk of another recession?
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve has just made borrowing even costlier. And the economy actually shrank in...
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After Yellowstone, floodwaters menace Montana's largest city
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Devastating floodwaters that wiped out miles of roads and hundreds of bridges in Yellowstone National Park and swamped scores of homes in surround...
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Ryanair drops Afrikaans test that angered South Africans
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Budget airline Ryanair says it has scrapped its controversial Afrikaans language test for South African travelers aimed at weeding out people with phony pa...
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Independent booksellers grew in number, diversity in 2021
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking of a new career. 'œI was at home a couple of...
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Ikea to sell inventory, find new owners of Russia business
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Ikea said Wednesday that it is seeking new owners for its four factories in Russia and to liquidate its product inventory there because of the war in Uk...
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Owners of Huntley restaurant agree not to retaliate against workers
Jun 15, 2022 1:00 am - The owners of a Huntley restaurant agreed not to retaliate, discriminate, interrogate, withhold wages, fire or threaten to fire employees interviewed by investigators fr...