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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose $3.03 to $77.14 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $2.70 to $83.69 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 9 cents to $2.46 a gallon. March heating oil rose 13 cents $2.90 a gallon. March natural gas rose 12 cents

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — New clashes between protesters and security forces in southern Nigeria have left at least one person injured, amid demonstrations against a cash shortage. That was caused by the West African nation’s push to rapidly phase out its old currency notes. People on Tuesday attacked banks accused

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says most of its workers will get a 5% pay raise in April. The airline said Tuesday it will also increase the amount of money available for merit raises. The pay hikes are for non-union employees including flight attendants, who have been the target of several close organizing campaigns

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Philanthropy research organization Candid is leading a coalition of funders and grantees looking to standardize the collection of demographic information to help streamline donations to minority-led groups. Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang believes harnessing diversity data can advance racial equity and she plans to launch a nonprofit movement to

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A bevy of booze brands will be in the Super Bowl ad lineup this year, now that Anheuser-Busch has ended its exclusive advertising sponsorship after more than 30 years. In addition to celebrities hawking Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, viewers will see some famous folks touting

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The tech industry started the year with a wave of job cuts, around 50,000 in January alone, and there doesn’t appear to be any let up this month. The video-conferencing service Zoom said Tuesday that it is cutting about 1,300 jobs, or approximately 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence. The revamping of Microsoft’s second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that if the U.S. job market further strengthens in the coming months or inflation readings accelerate, the Fed might have to raise its benchmark interest rate higher than it now projects. Powell’s remarks followed the government’s blockbuster report last

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney’s government in Florida has been the envy of any private business, with its unprecedented powers in deciding what to build and how to build it at the Walt Disney World Resort, issuing bonds and holding the ability to build its own nuclear plant if it

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is taking up key aviation legislation just after close calls between planes at airports in New York and Texas. A House committee held the first hearing Tuesday on legislation that will govern the Federal Aviation Administration. That’s the agency responsible for managing air traffic control. Lawmakers praised the

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when community newspapers across the United States are dying at alarming rates, longtime activist Ralph Nader is giving birth to one. He’s bankrolling the start of the Winsted Citizen, covering the New England mill town where he grew up and still lives

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A jury has sat solemnly in a gilded hall in central London, presided over by a bewigged representative of the crown in flowing black robes, but there were no criminals in the dock. Britain’s coinage was on trial. In a ceremony that dates back to the 12th

Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Extremist rebels in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province have killed a worker for the international charity Doctors Without Borders, shortly after a former vice president of the organization was asked to produce a report into the humanitarian situation in the conflict-hit region. Mozambique’s Islamic extremist insurgency, which started in

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tickets for the first concert of Beyoncé’s upcoming “Renaissance” world tour sold out Tuesday, and concert management group Live Nation said a second concert in Stockholm was added because of the high demand. The tour starts in Sweden in May and is scheduled to include stops in London, Paris, Barcelona, Toronto and

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet While married couples usually have finances that are much more intertwined, it can still be beneficial for unmarried couples to open a joint bank account, especially if the couple lives together and has shared expenses. However, there can also be risks involved with combining finances if you don’t have the

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace that aimed to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030. The civil case echoes several other lawsuits brought by climate campaigners, including one against luxury car manufacturer BMW that was dismissed last week. German news agency

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BY JOHN SEEWER and PATRICK ORSAGOS EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Brittany Dailey stood outside her hotel watching black smoke darken the sky 10 miles to the east as crews burned toxic chemicals from tanker cars that derailed just down the street from her home. The faint smell of chlorine hung in the air Monday