How to prepare your home and family, if new virus spreads
As the new coronavirus keeps turning up in more places, health experts say it’s wise to prepare for wider spread. But people shouldn’t panic or...
Italy quarantines northern regions to stop virus’ advance
ROME (AP) — Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of its population in a bid to limit...
Trump campaign files 3rd lawsuit against a news organization
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday for a column about the president and election help from...
SC Speaker: Move energy policy away from massive projects
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — House Speaker Jay Lucas sees South Carolina’s opportunity to sell or overhaul state-owned utility Santee Cooper as a chance to reshape...
Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit...
Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts
MILAN (AP) — The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region’s weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit...
China trade slumps as anti-virus controls close factories
BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell by double digits in January and February as anti-virus controls closed factories, while imports sank by a smaller margin....
Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine
Cruise ships hit by coronavirus outbreaks have quickly found themselves with no ports for thousands of passengers as countries on four continents have quarantined vessels...
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — From their keen taste for sun-ripened pot to their first meeting at a pro-marijuana rally in college in the 1990s, everything...
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of...
Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking
NEW YORK (AP) — A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the...
Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won’t be watching from inside...
IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India’s Modi
NEW DELHI (AP) — A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on Indian...
EU to revamp anti-smuggler mission for UN Libya arms embargo
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have agreed to “refocus” the mission of the bloc’s anti-migrant smuggler naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea so that...
IMF: Low rates and reduced trade tension to aid world growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Low interest rates and reduced trade tensions will likely buoy the global economy over the next two years and help nurture steady...
Changing tack, French militants turn off power to press govt
PARIS (AP) — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, union militants said they cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday,...
Major doctors’ group calls for US to assure coverage for all
WASHINGTON (AP) — With health care an election-year priority, a major doctors’ organization on Monday called for sweeping government action to guarantee coverage for all,...
The Latest: Nobel prize economist slams Trump’s Davos speech
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has...
Belarus starts importing oil from Norway after Russian halt
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus started importing oil from Norway Tuesday after its main oil provider —Russia — suspended supplies earlier this month amid stalled...
Trump claims credit for economy, jobs in New York speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite a slowing economy, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the United States was enjoying a “boom the likes of which...
Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their...
Lawsuit aims to kill stalled $2B methanol refinery project
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday aims to keep one of the world’s biggest methanol refineries from being built along the Columbia River...
Chinese buyer of British Steel looks to grow abroad
BEIJING (AP) — Jingye Group’s purchase of British Steel Ltd. gives the privately owned Chinese steelmaker a chance to grow outside a home market dominated...
Google’s health care ambitions now involve patient data
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google announced a partnership with a large U.S. health care system aimed at modernizing its information system and providing new tools...
McDonald’s workers say anti-harassment efforts fall short
A former McDonald’s employee is suing the company and one of its Michigan franchisees over sexual harassment. On Tuesday, Jenna Ries filed a class-action lawsuit...
Global stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks sank Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a trade...
No. 1 milk company declares bankruptcy amid drop in demand
Got milk? Increasingly, Americans don’t, and that led the nation’s biggest milk producer to file for bankruptcy Tuesday. Dean Foods blamed a decadeslong drop in...
Powell to testify before Congress as Fed pauses rate cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is due to testify Wednesday in Congress about the outlook for the U.S. economy, giving his perspective...
German government extends incentives for electric car buyers
BERLIN (AP) — The German government is supercharging subsidies for electric cars on the day the country’s biggest automaker began production of a new all-electric...
While losses mount, Uber CEO expects profitability in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The losses at Uber are mounting, but the ride-hailing heavyweight now predicts it will be profitable in about two years. CEO...
1 in 2 seriously ill Medicare enrollees struggles with bills
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of seriously ill Medicare enrollees face financial hardships with medical bills, with prescription drug costs the leading problem, according...
Second McDonald’s executive out after CEO fired
McDonald’s lost its top human resources executive Monday, days after the company’s CEO was fired for having a relationship with an employee. The Chicago-based burger...
Japan OKs 1st export to South Korea under new trade curbs
TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Thursday it has granted its first permit for a South Korea-bound shipment of chemicals to produce high-tech materials under Tokyo’s...
US long-term mortgage rates fall sharply: 30-year at 3.60%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell sharply this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan touching its lowest level since November 2016. Financial markets...
Celebs, members push for gym boycott over Trump fundraiser
Luxury gym Equinox and indoor cycling studio SoulCycle are facing a backlash from some members and celebrities over a fundraiser being held for President Donald...
GOP freezes Twitter spending after McConnell account locked
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations said Thursday that they are freezing their spending on Twitter to...
Technology companies power broad rally for US stocks
Technology companies powered stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday, driving the S&P 500 to its best day in more than two months and erasing...
Report: Facebook offering ‘millions’ to publishers for news
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is reportedly in talks with news publishers to offer “millions of dollars” for the rights to publish their material on...
Trump fundraiser puts billionaire host on defensive
WASHINGTON (AP) — A billionaire New York investor and owner of the Miami Dolphins who is hosting a high-dollar fundraiser for Donald Trump on Friday...
Trump calls on Fed to make ‘substantial’ rate cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is not letting up on his attacks on the Federal Reserve, calling for “substantial” Fed rate cuts to allow...
Uber posts biggest quarterly loss ever after stock payouts
NEW YORK (AP) — Uber lost $5.24 billion in the second quarter — its largest quarterly loss ever — after making huge stock-based payouts in...
UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry future
GENEVA (AP) — Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth’s land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a...
China lowers yuan’s trading range but currency stabilizes
BEIJING (AP) — China lowered the trading range for its currency for a fourth day on Thursday, showing its potential for use as a trade...
China imports from US fall 19% in July amid trade war
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese imports of American goods plunged in July as a tariff war with Washington intensified. Imports of U.S. goods fell 19% from...
Stocks end rocky month lower as Trump widens trade war
Wall Street is no fan of Tariff Man. The stock market stumbled Friday to its first losing month of 2019 in May, primarily due to...
China investigates FedEx for Huawei cargo error
BEIJING (AP) — China is investigating FedEx after it diverted packages sent by Chinese tech giant Huawei, state media reported Saturday. The missed deliveries drew...
Mexican avocado growers expect US consumers to bear tariffs
URUAPAN, Mexico (AP) — The baby avocados in Enrique Bautista’s vast orchard in western Mexico will grow to maturity, eventually, and be shipped out of...
Trump: UK should be ready to leave EU without a deal
LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the U.K. government to leave the European...
Anonymous bidder offers more than $4.5M to dine with Buffett
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder has offered more than $4.5 million to have a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, shattering the...
Trump digs in on Mexican import tariffs despite uproar
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pushback from U.S. business, Mexico and Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump is doubling down on his threat to slap a 5%...