Taxes fall, wages rise and jaywalking OK’d by new state laws
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new…
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Ukraine conflict casts shadow on Russia as it enters 2023
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and…
Continue ReadingUK problems won’t go away in 2023, Sunak warns
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. has had a tough 12 months and its problems will not “go away” in 2023. But he…
Continue ReadingChinese manufacturing weakens amid COVID-19 outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country…
Continue Reading‘Trailblazer’: Barbara Walters mourned as broadcasting icon
NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and…
Continue ReadingJudge temporarily blocks California fast food wages law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and…
Continue ReadingN. Carolina doesn’t pick electric mix to lower carbon levels
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators have told Duke Energy Corp. to carry out a series of…
Continue ReadingMGM Resorts sells land that was site of Las Vegas massacre
LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has sold land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.…
Continue ReadingGerman leader focuses on energy, Ukraine in new year message
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is celebrating Germany’s progress in freeing itself from reliance on Russian gas, urging people to keep…
Continue ReadingUS gets 1 bid for oil and gas lease in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press The U.S. government says it received one bid for the right to drill offshore for oil and gas in Alaska’s Cook…
Continue ReadingQueen guitarist, women’s soccer team top UK honors list
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Those at the forefront of the U.K.’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine joined…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Friday 12/30/2022
The Associated Press Stocks are closing out 2022 with more losses, giving the S&P 500 its worst year since 2008. The benchmark index fell 0.3%…
Continue ReadingWynn, Marathon Oil rise; Microsoft, Lowe’s fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Marathon Oil Corp., up 29 cents to $27.07. Energy stocks held…
Continue ReadingGoogle to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve privacy suit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State Attorney General Todd Rokita announces that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against…
Continue ReadingAlfalfa sprout recall tied to salmonella outbreak expanded
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company has expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after more than a dozen cases of salmonella were linked to the food.…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose $1.86 to $80.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for March delivery rose $2.45…
Continue ReadingTrump’s taxes: Takeaways from release of long-sought returns
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns show he maintained a bank account in China…
Continue ReadingMore European nations tighten COVID rules for China flights
PARIS (AP) — France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid…
Continue ReadingPain, few gains for investors as markets slumped in 2022
The Associated Press Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised…
Continue Reading5 killed at construction site in western Turkey
ISTANBUL (AP) — An official in Turkey says five people have been killed at a construction site on Friday. Izmir Gov. Yavuz Selim Kosger tweeted…
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