Prominent Native Hawaiians named to Mauna Kea authority
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor has appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian…
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Bill Gates: Technological innovation would help solve hunger
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the…
Continue ReadingUS inflation still stubbornly high despite August slowdown
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, but most…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi heads abroad to promote strategic role
By JOE McDONALD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start…
Continue ReadingEndangered status sought for snail near Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny snail half the size of…
Continue ReadingDubai court rejects Danish extradition request for financier
By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Emirati court has ruled that a British man suspected of masterminding a $1.7…
Continue ReadingLebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Central Bank has lifted its remaining subsidies on fuel. The spokesman of the…
Continue ReadingIn parts of Mideast, power generators spew toxic fumes 24/7
By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — They literally run the country. In parking lots, on flatbed trucks, hospital courtyards and rooftops,…
Continue ReadingGM’s Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors’ self-driving car company has announced plans to expand a robotaxi service into new markets in Arizona and…
Continue ReadingUS takes aim at some Trump offshore safety rule rollbacks
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior says it wants to reverse some Trump administration…
Continue ReadingOfficial: Idaho computer chip plant makes US more resilient
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chipmaker Micron’s planned $15 billion investment in a new factory in the…
Continue ReadingReal Madrid closes 2021-22 season with profit of 13M euros
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says it closed the 2021-22 season with a profit of 13 million euros and a cash balance of 425 million euros. The club…
Continue ReadingHard Rock spends $100M to raise pay for non-tipped US staff
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock International says Monday it is spending over $100 million to give significant…
Continue ReadingUS, Mexico to cooperate on semiconductors, electric vehicles
By MARÍA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A high-level United States delegation invited Mexico to participate in…
Continue ReadingInspections of chile imports heat up at New Mexico border
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s green chile season is in full swing as the aroma of fresh…
Continue ReadingNorth Sea nations plan huge expansion of wind power by 2050
BERLIN (AP) — Nine nations bordering the North Sea announced plans Monday to massively increase offshore wind power in the coming decades as part…
Continue ReadingFraud trial begins for founder of automaker Nikola
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the fraud trial of Trevor Milton. The founder and former executive chairman of Nikola Corp. is accused…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Monday 9/12/2022
The Associated Press Stocks rose again on Wall Street ahead of a high-stakes report that will hopefully show inflation hammered the economy less hard…
Continue ReadingBristol-Myers, Gilead rise, SVB Financial, BioMarin fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Bristol-Myers, Gilead rise, SVB Financial, BioMarin…
Continue ReadingProduction resumes at Indiana refinery shutdown after fire
WHITING, Ind. (AP) — Regular production has resumed at a northwest Indiana refinery that was shut down last month following an electrical fire. The…
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