US to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires burn year-round
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Friday following a weak jobs report, but gains for a handful of Big Tech companies…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive of Tinder-owner Match Group has sharply criticized a new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. She is…
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: MongoDB, PagerDuty, DocuSign rise; Yext…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency has added another fatality involving a Tesla to the list of…
Continue ReadingVANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A privately designed, unmanned rocket built to carry satellites into orbit exploded in a fireball off…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE and TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Detroit put a herd of UAW officials in prison. Now they’re…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Kraft Heinz Co. is agreeing to pay $62 million to settle charges of improper accounting of what it once claimed were cost…
Continue ReadingBy MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press SAN MARCOS DE COLON, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ push to form semi-autonomous development zones aimed at…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in the services sector, where most Americans work, slowed in August after setting…
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Foods is offering paid sick leave for the first time to its front-line workers.…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple is indefinitely delaying its plans to scan iPhones in…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The center-right Union bloc’s candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor…
Continue ReadingBy ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet Freelancing or consulting can grow into full-time self-employment. But to successfully make that leap, it’s…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German automaker Daimler has dismissed a “cease and desist” demand from two environmental groups to commit to ending the sale of…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says the world and especially urban areas experienced a brief and sharp drop…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca say they reached a deal to end a damaging legal battle…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The United Nations chief will convene a ministerial meeting in Geneva on Sept. 13 to seek a swift scale-up in funding to address…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become obsessed with collectibles, bidding up prices for trading cards, video games…
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