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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given the strongest hint yet that he would like to pay less for Twitter than his $44 billion offer made last month
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Sweden will follow neighboring Finland and apply for NATO membership.
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Live updates | Ukraine hopes for Mariupol fighter exchange
Ukraine’s deputy defense minister expressed hope on Tuesday that the 264 Ukrainian fighters extracted from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war
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FAA to let United use jets grounded after engine failure
Federal safety officials are moving to let United Airlines resume using about 50 planes that have been grounded since the engine of one of them blew apart over Denver last year
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Nearly 43,000 people died on US roads last year, agency says
Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year
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World shares advance despite losses on Wall Street
Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors review an encouraging report on retail sales and a mixed batch of earnings from several big retailers
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UK raises stakes in EU feud with threat to break Brexit deal
The British government says it will pass a law to scrap parts of the trade treaty it signed with the European Union less than two years ago
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Walmart profit hit as inflation afflicts low-wage earners
Walmart reported stronger sales for the first quarter, but its profit took a beating as the nation’s largest retailer grappled with surging inflation on food and fuel and higher costs from a snarled global supply chain
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Retail sales rise 0.9% in April as consumers show resilience
U.S. retail sales rose 0.9% in April, a solid increase that underscores Americans’ ability to keep ramping up spending even as inflation persists at nearly a 40-year high
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FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 vaccine booster for healthy children ages 5 to 11
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Conspiracy theorists flock to bird flu, spreading falsehoods
An outbreak of avian flu is forcing farmers to cull their flocks and leading to concerns about even higher food prices
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Musk: Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal
Musk wants proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake.
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Ukraine's crowdfunding aims to keep donors' interest in war
Ukraine is marrying some digital marketing tools with crowdfunding and other incentives for giving to keep global attention trained on its war efforts against the Russian invasion
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Censure vote vs. Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers
Sri Lanka’s governing party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently debate a motion that would censure President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the nation’s worst economic crisis
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AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter has $42 million in assets
A new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. ended its last fiscal year with nearly $42 million in net assets
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Spain, Morocco reopen land border crossings as ties improve
The land borders between Spain and Morocco at Spain’s North African enclave cities of Ceuta and Melilla have reopened after being closed for more than two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and later a diplomatic crisis between the two countries
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Home Depot overcomes slow start to year, rising home prices
Home Depot’s fiscal first-quarter sales improved even as the chain faced a slower start to spring, and it raised its full-year guidance
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Yellen warns Europeans about working with China, urges unity
Even as Western allies grapple with how to counter Russia’s assault on Ukraine, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning that they also must take a wary and united approach to checking China and its business practices
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New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
A handful of U.S. hospitals are facing a financial crisis that officials say was caused by the federal government's rules for pandemic relief money
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New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
A handful of U.S. hospitals are facing a financial crisis that officials say was caused by the federal government's rules for pandemic relief money
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Asian shares advance despite losses on Wall Street
Shares are higher in Asia after another wobbly day on Wall Street extended a losing streak for markets
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Asian shares advance despite losses on Wall Street
Shares are higher in Asia after another wobbly day on Wall Street extended a losing streak for markets
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Buffett's firm reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup
Warren Buffett’s company has revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks
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Biden offers logistics support to ease formula shortage
President Joe Biden's administration has announced new steps to ease the national shortage of baby formula, including allowing more imports from overseas
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Musk hints at paying less for Twitter than his $44B offer
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given the strongest hint yet that he would like to pay less for Twitter than his $44 billion offer made last month
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May 16
Federal Election Commission deadlocks, won't punish Trump
The Federal Election Commission has decided not to take action against former President Donald Trump after commissioners deadlocked over whether his campaign broke the law by masking how it was spending cash during the 2020 campaign
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Judge: California's women on boards law is unconstitutional
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional
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BNSF tweaks attendance rules but unions still complain
BNSF railroad is tweaking its strict new attendance policy
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Stocks end mostly lower, extending losing streak for S&P 500
Stocks ended another wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street Monday, extending a losing streak for markets
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JetBlue goes hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines
It is asking Spirit shareholders to reject a $2.9B acquisition by Frontier.
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Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald's withdraws
Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s
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How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Stocks ended another wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street Monday, extending the market's losing streak
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JetBlue, Vulcan Materials fall; Carvana, ManTech rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JetBlue, Vulcan Materials fall; Carvana, ManTech rise
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A Bezos-Biden squabble: Can corporate taxes tame inflation?
Jeff Bezos this weekend became the latest centibillionaire to launch a political fight on Twitter by denouncing a tweet by President Joe Biden about corporate taxes as “disinformation” and “misdirection.”
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels
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Macron names Elisabeth Borne as France's new prime minister
Elisabeth Borne has been appointed France’s new prime minister
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Passenger, cargo trains collide in Spain; 1 killed, 85 hurt
A cargo train has smashed into a rush-hour passenger train in Catalonia, killing an engineer and injuring 85 people
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Starbucks to cover travel for workers seeking abortions
Starbucks says it will pay travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion or gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren't available within 100 miles of a worker’s home
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May 16
Bank of England governor rejects criticism on inflation
Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey has rejected criticism that the institution didn’t move quickly enough to quash inflationary pressures
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De-Arching: McDonald's to sell Russia business, exit country
McDonald’s says it's started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people
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EU's Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency
The European Union's efforts to impose new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine appear to have bogged down
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May 16
'Wagatha Christie' offers her side in whodunnit libel case
The woman known to British tabloid readers as Wagatha Christie has testified about the sleuthing techniques that led to her nickname
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May 16
Serbia's capital Belgrade paralyzed by numerous bomb threats
Belgrade has been targeted with a series of bomb threats, including threats against schools, bridges, restaurants and the airport
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May 16
Johnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won't
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that’s blocking the formation of a new government
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Live updates | Hungary to resist sanctions on Russian oil
Hungary’s prime minister has insisted that his country will not support any sanctions on Russian oil that would negatively affect Hungary’s energy security
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In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue
Major energy producing states from Alaska to Pennsylvania are reaping a windfall from soaring oil and natural gas prices, stoked by the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-led ban on Russian oil imports
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May 16
Sweden ends neutrality, joins Finland in seeking NATO berth
Sweden will follow neighboring Finland and apply for NATO membership.
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May 16
EU cuts forecast for economic growth as war's fallout widens
The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies
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Carlyle Group to acquire ManTech in $4.2B all-cash deal
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6 months in, Biden's infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects
It's been six months since President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure package into law
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Official: China's economy reviving as anti-virus curbs ease
A Cabinet official said the economy is reviving.
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