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New rules on coal power plants target pollution 'pushing our planet to the brink,' EPA Administrator Michael Regan says

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains

Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs

Union Pacific's first-quarter profit crept 1% higher and topped Wall Street expectations as the railroad tightened up on expenses even though it delivered slightly less freight

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflation

US growth slowed sharply last quarter to 1.6% rate, reflecting an economy pressured by high rates

American and Southwest airlines both say they lost money in the first quarter, and they're responding by trying to cut costs

A top European Union top military officer says a frigate that’s part of an EU mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping has destroyed a drone launched from an area in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels

Air passengers traveling to and from Paris have experienced significant disruptions Thursday, despite a decision by air traffic controllers to cancel a strike after last-minute negotiations

New weight loss drugs are reshaping a dieting industry built on eating less and exercising more

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's “pushing our planet to the brink.”

President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now — less so in 2024

A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden has come under attack, the latest assault likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

A technical problem caused aviation authorities in Norway to temporarily close the airspace over the south of the country, leading to significant delays at Oslo airport

Global automakers and EV startups are unveiling new models and concept cars at China’s largest auto show, with a focus on the nation’s transformation into a major market and production base for digitally connected, new-energy vehicles

Stocks are tumbling after a report suggesting flagging economic growth and still-high inflation hurt the hopes that have kept Wall Street high recently

Ramen noodles are so popular that they've become one reason to visit Japan

Spicy, steaming, slurpy, ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food

The fragile lagoon city of Venice has launched a pilot program to charge day-trippers a 5-euro or $5.35 entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents

The former Instagram influencer known as “Jay Mazini” has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting he stole millions of dollars in various investment scams

Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. has received President Joe Biden’s official signoff

The Connecticut Senate has passed one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm

A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year

Well-heeled home shoppers are increasingly paying cash, helping turbo-charge price gains for the most expensive U.S. homes

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak

Ford Motor Co.’s first-quarter net income fell 24% from a year ago as the company’s combustion engine vehicle unit saw revenue and sales decline

The nation’s economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers — the main driver of economic growth — kept spending at a solid pace

The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer

Southwest Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new contract that will boost their pay by about one-third over four years

The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish

A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system has hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle

The big U.S. aid package for Ukraine and other allies that President Joe Biden signed Wednesday also allows the administration to seize Russian state assets located in the U.S. and use them for the benefit of Kyiv

A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman has announced a deal with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to rehabilitate five aging oil fields

President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers

For millions of American workers, the government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 55 cents to $82.81 per barrel Wednesday

Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison says the business software giant’s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as its world headquarters and place it in a city that's a center of the health care industry

The North America’s Building Trades Unions has endorsed President Joe Biden

For the first time in more than a year, the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World’s governing district was back to being what many municipal government forums often are — boring

U.S. agriculture officials say dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus in an effort to track and control the growing outbreak

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Texas Instruments, Mattel rise; General Dynamics, Teledyne fall

TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features

About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who aren't yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income

The way a meal looks has been important to the dining experience since forever

Expectations are tempered for the financial prospects of summer of 2024 at the movies

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban noncompete clauses, which could affect one in five U.S. workers.

British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry

Norfolk Southern's first-quarter earnings report Wednesday gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw's strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him