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A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 54% of Americans judge the economy to be in poor shape

Pharmaceutical company BioNTech says it wants to use the mRNA technology behind its coronavirus vaccine to target malaria

Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Monday as investors pause after the market rallied to more record highs last week

Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another

Senators are running into new problems as they race to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal

Pope Francis has decried as criminal the existence of hunger in a world which can produce enough food for all

Savannah officials have reinstated an indoor mask mandate because of a sharp increase of COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant

The Green party candidate hoping to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s upcoming election warns that efforts to better prepare the country against climate-related disasters is going to be costly

Sales of new homes fell for a third straight month in June, dropping by 6.6%

With inflation uncomfortably high and the COVID-19 Delta variant raising economic concerns, a divided Federal Reserve will meet this week to discuss when and how it should dial back its ultra-low-interest rate policies

Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it has received a $400 million investment from a private equity firm

PerkinElmer will spend about $5.25 billion to acquire BioLegend, which makes antibodies used in gene therapy and reagents for drug discovery

Starbucks serves up its fiscal third-quarter earnings Tuesday

The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago

Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican’s modern history

A closely watched survey finds that German business confidence has dipped unexpectedly this month as increasing coronavirus infections help cloud businesses’ outlook for the coming months

Asian shares are mixed after stocks rallied to records on Wall Street Friday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time

France’s parliament has approved a law requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and mandating vaccinations for all health workers

Lawmakers racing to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal early this coming week are hitting a major roadblock over how much money should go to public transit

New coronavirus cases continue to grow in the major eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, with another 38 reported on Monday, bringing the total to more than 60 over recent days

An urgent demand from firefighting aircraft is adding to the problem.

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The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.22 per gallon

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Spain has an important asset as it tries to stamp out a wave of infections that is steadily filling hospitals with younger COVID-19 patients

Two Israeli airlines have launched their first commercial flights between Israel and Morocco, less than a year after the countries officially normalized relations

President Emmanuel Macron is visiting French Polynesia to showcase France’s commitment to the Pacific region

Tens of thousands of people across France are protesting new virus measures

PHA may provide a solution for the plastic pollution problem.

The Vatican closed out 2020 with a deficit of 66.3 million euros ($78 million), which was better than projected and even lower than pre-pandemic 2019

Environmental activists and landowners are skeptical.

Senators negotiating two colossal bills that would deliver more than $4 trillion for infrastructure, health care, environment and other initiatives keep insisting both bills will be fully paid for

Organizations representing long-term care facilities are urging lawmakers working on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to avoid dipping into COVID-relief funds to help pay for the roughly $600 billion in new spending sought for the public works buildout

Olympics host cities often offer the tens of thousands of visiting journalists excursions to advertise their tourist destinations

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told Congress that she will start taking emergency measures next week to keep the government from an unprecedented default on the national debt

Stocks rallied to records on Wall Street Friday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time

Wall Street notched more record highs on Friday, ending the week on a strong note after opening it with a stumble

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: American Express, Twitter rise; Boston Beer, Intel fall

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

Federal workplace safety officials are proposing nearly $1 million in fines against four companies following a January liquid nitrogen leak that killed six workers at a northeast Georgia poultry processing plant

Developers have decided to scrap plans to build the United States’ largest solar plant in the desert north of Las Vegas

Dozens of cities and counties and the state of California are experimenting with giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens

Germany is listing Spain and the Netherlands as “high-incidence areas.”

American Express Co.’s second-quarter revenue surged as people started spending more at a time when many are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and feel more comfortable going out to restaurants, shops and entertainment venues again

General Motors is recalling some older Chevrolet Bolts for a second time to fix persistent battery problems that can set the electric cars ablaze

Germany’s national railway operator has estimated that last week’s flooding caused damage worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to its network

Major companies tentatively scheduled to post quarterly earnings next week

Asian markets are mixed after major indexes edged higher on Wall Street, preserving their gains for the week

California has changed how it will pay unemployment benefits