Empty shelves or unaffordable food: Tunisia’s crisis deepens
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples in…
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Bank of England expands push to stabilize financial markets
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has expanded its emergency effort to stabilize the financial markets amid…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Virus Outbreak-Japan-Tourists story
TOKYO (AP) — In a story published October 11, 2022, The Associated Press published a story about Japan reopening to most tourists after pandemic…
Continue ReadingHigh court weighs California law on pigs, pork prices
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could…
Continue ReadingFlorida shrimpers race to get battered fleet back to sea
By JAY REEVES Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that…
Continue Reading6 wolves poisoned in northeast Washington, reward offered
COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Six wolves found dead this year in northeast Washington were poisoned and a reward is being offered for tips leading to a…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Monday 10/10/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street ahead of the beginning of the corporate earnings reporting season, which will provide insight…
Continue ReadingNvidia, Las Vegas Sands fall; Merck, Boeing rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Nvidia, Las Vegas Sands fall; Merck, Boeing…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.51 to $91.13 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for December delivery fell…
Continue ReadingLarge rail union rejects deal, renewing strike possibility
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S.’s third largest railroad union rejected a deal with employers Monday, renewing…
Continue ReadingDenial-of-service attacks knock US airport websites offline
By The Associated Press An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S.…
Continue ReadingSocial Security boost will help millions of kids, too
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-year-old Cassandra Gentry is looking forward to a hefty cost-of-living increase in her…
Continue ReadingAmerican invests in firm aiming to supply hydrogen to planes
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines says it’s investing in a company that hopes to supply hydrogen to planes. The move comes as the…
Continue ReadingAmazon to invest $972M for electric vans, trucks in Europe
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Monday it will invest 1 billion euros ($972.1 million) to add thousands of more…
Continue ReadingSmall business group files suit over Biden student loan plan
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden…
Continue ReadingGermany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to…
Continue ReadingAustria sues EU executive over green label for gas, nuclear
BERLIN (AP) — Austria says it has filed a legal complaint with the European Union’s top court over plans by the bloc’s executive branch to…
Continue ReadingProtests in Iran over woman’s death reach key oil industry
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at refineries crucial for Iran’s oil and natural gas production…
Continue ReadingGermany eyes possible political motive in railway sabotage
BERLIN (AP) — German police say they’re examining the possibility of a political motive in the suspected sabotage of a railway communication…
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