Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though only a small percentage of Walt Disney Co. workers…
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Alibaba raises buyback to $25B to boost slumping stock
BEIJING (AP) — Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, is increasing a share buyback to $25 billion from $15 billion to prop up a…
Continue ReadingEx-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of abuse
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, JIM SALTER and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The ex-wife of Missouri GOP Senate candidate Eric…
Continue ReadingOfficial guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering…
Continue ReadingJackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial record
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: Supreme Court nominee quizzed on race, crime
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown…
Continue ReadingChina Eastern crash is rare disaster for state-run airlines
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets…
Continue ReadingTornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ARABI, La. (AP) — A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night,…
Continue ReadingTentative deal to keep Canada’s Liberals in power until 2025
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A senior government official in Canada says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party and the…
Continue ReadingVideo shows rescue from New Zealand boat on which 5 died
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A video shot from a New Zealand rescue helicopter shows a man clinging to the…
Continue ReadingWallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash
By DAKE KANG and NG HAN GUAN Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of…
Continue ReadingNicaraguan judge sentences 2 children of former president
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Nicaragua has given an eight-year prison sentence to Cristiana Chamorro, a journalist, potential presidential…
Continue Reading$4M settlement deal reached in police death of Manuel Ellis
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The family of Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man killed by police two years ago as he pleaded for breath, has reached a $4…
Continue ReadingCrews rescue man stuck in underground storm pipe for 2 days
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a man who was trapped 15 feet underground in a San Francisco Bay Area storm pipe the width of a large pizza…
Continue ReadingNevada governor seeks no prosecution in restaurant encounter
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s governor says he doesn’t want two men prosecuted for accosting him and his family at a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia grocery workers vote on strike authorization
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers have started voting on whether to authorize their union to call a…
Continue ReadingDivide at UN over naming Russia aid resolution for Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France and Mexico are pressing U.N. members to mention Russia’s invasion in a…
Continue ReadingTenn. ‘divisive concept’ bill targeting colleges advances
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are nearing final passage of legislation allowing…
Continue ReadingThunderstorms, high winds pound North Texas; at least 4 hurt
DALLAS (AP) — Severe thunderstorms with reports of possible tornadoes have spread damage across parts of North Texas and injured at least four…
Continue ReadingGOP Indiana governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban
By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican governor has vetoed a bill banning transgender females from participating…
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