Twitter users can soon get blue check for $7.99 monthly fee
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has announced a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check…
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Rail union approves deal offering hope of avoiding strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another one of the 12 railroad unions narrowly approved its deal with the major freight…
Continue ReadingMusk’s past tweets reveal clues about Twitter’s new owner
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press He may be good with rockets and electric cars, but don’t turn to Elon Musk for public health predictions.…
Continue ReadingCalifornia tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls
By JANIE HAR Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Kim Carlson’s apartment has flooded with human feces multiple times, the plumbing never…
Continue ReadingEquipment that’s designed to cut methane emission is failing
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas, and it packs about 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon…
Continue ReadingInfluencers debate leaving Twitter, but where would they go?
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pariss Chandler built a community for Black tech workers on Twitter…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s firm reports $2.7B loss on investment drop
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company again reported a loss — this time only $2.7 billion — because…
Continue ReadingUK police say right-wing extremism influenced Dover attacker
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. counterterrorism police say a man who fire-bombed an immigration processing center in southern…
Continue ReadingClimate activists block private jets at Amsterdam airport
EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a…
Continue ReadingGerman rescue ship enters Sicilian port, disembarks minors
By COLLEEN BARRY and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a…
Continue ReadingPower blackouts hit Ukraine amid heavy Russian shelling
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and…
Continue ReadingFrench far-right party elects new leader to replace Le Pen
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An ambitious 27-year-old has been elected to replace Marine Le Pen as president of France’s…
Continue ReadingChina central bank deputy governor faces corruption probe
BEIJING (AP) — A deputy governor of China’s central bank is under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. The…
Continue ReadingBiden stumps on job growth, as voters dread inflation
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has notched an envious record on jobs, with 10.3 million gained during his…
Continue ReadingMedicare enrollees warned about deceptive marketing schemes
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mailers designed to look like official government forms. Buses sporting scam pitches for…
Continue ReadingNike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving and canceled its plans to release his next signature shoe,…
Continue ReadingMexican company to build $200M, 295-worker bakery in Georgia
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Mexican bakery will be turning out more bread in south Georgia, announcing a larger bakery to go with a smaller one that…
Continue ReadingArgentina adds another exchange rate — for tourists only
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In recent years, a moment often came when a visitor to Argentina suddenly grasped…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Friday 11/4/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street after another day of uncertain trading as markets weighed the latest reading on the jobs…
Continue ReadingExpedia, Starbucks rise; Carvana, Syneos Health fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Expedia, Starbucks rise; Carvana, Syneos Health…
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