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  • Pricey pot, few stores in Canada after 1 year of legal sales

    A year after Canada became the first major nation to legalize cannabis, the weed is expensive, the selection is limited, the black market persists,...

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  • Challenge in opioid trial: Finding jurors in a stricken area

    How to select a jury for a trial about the opioid crisis in an area particularly hard hit by addictions and overdoses?

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  • Netflix's US subscriber growth slowing as competition looms

    Netflix subscriber growth fall below management projections for 2nd consecutive quarter with tougher competition still looming

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  • Markets Right Now: Stocks close mostly lower on Wall Street

    Stocks are closing mostly lower on Wall Street as losses for technology and energy companies offset gains in other sectors.

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  • Spanish PM vows to stand firm amid Catalonia violence

    Spanish caretaker prime minister Pedro Sánchez says three straight days of violent clashes between protesters and police in Catalonia won't provoke...

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  • Brexit talks inch closer to deal before summit

    The European Union and Britain were inching ever closer to a Brexit deal, with the leaders of France and Germany saying they expected an agreement...

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  • The Latest: Spanish PM says he will stand firm amid violence

    Spanish caretaker prime minister Pedro Sánchez says authorities won't be provoked into taking drastic measures following clashes between protesters...

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  • US to require Chinese officials to report American contacts

    The Trump administration will soon require Chinese officials in the United States to notify the State Department ahead of any contacts they plan to...

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  • The Latest: EU negotiator: Brexit talks make "good progress"

    EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says Brexit talks with the UK are making "good progress" as both sides try to finalize a last-minute deal ahead of...

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  • Trump boasts that US would win tariff war with Europe

    President Donald Trump is voicing confidence that the U.S. could not lose a tariff war with the European Union as the U.S. prepares to impose trade...

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  • Macron and Merkel try to showcase unity as Brexit looms

    President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel have sought to show unity at a meeting in southern France, as the European Union and Britain...

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  • US stock indexes veer mostly lower as traders weigh earnings

    Technology companies are leading the major U.S. stock indexes mostly lower in afternoon trading, placing the market on track to give back some of its...

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  • GM and autoworkers union reach tentative deal

    More than a month after nearly 50,000 workers walked off their jobs, General Motors and United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal to end the...

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  • Fed survey finds US economy being hurt by trade battles

    Federal Reserve survey finds US economy being hurt by trade battles and slowing global growth

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  • GM and union reach tentative deal that could end strike

    The United Auto Workers and General Motors reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday that could end a monthlong strike that brought the...

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  • How Canada's legalization is shaping cannabis laws elsewhere

    Other nations have been paying attention in the year since Canada became the first major country, after the small South American nation of Uruguay, to...

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  • AP FACT CHECK: Dems flub details on climate, guns, Syria

    AP FACT CHECK: Democrats seeking the presidency tussled in a debate packed with policy, flubbing some details in the process

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  • Correction: Pregnancy Discrimination story

    Correction: Pregnancy Discrimination story

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  • Book: Trump mulled order to close parts of VA health system

    An upcoming book says President Donald Trump was eager for changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs and toyed with issuing an executive order...

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  • Retail worry: Will wine, cheese tariffs hurt holiday sales?

    The tariffs the Trump administration is imposing on wine, liquor and cheese from Europe couldn't come at a worse time for small retailers, just weeks...

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  • Clarification: Ukraine-Protests story

    Clarification: Ukraine-Protests story

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  • Berkshire Hathaway completes sale of smaller insurance unit

    Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has completed the sale of one of its smaller insurance companies

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  • General Motors and United Auto Workers union reach tentative deal

    Nearly 50,000 workers have been on strike since Sept. 16.

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Dutch farmers protest efforts to cut emissions, reduce herds

    Thousands of Dutch farmers, many driving tractors, poured into The Hague on Wednesday to protest government moves to rein in carbon and nitrogen...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Earthquake probed as possible cause of California fuel fire

    Officials are trying to determine if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel storage facility in the San Francisco Bay Area that...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Small Northern Irish party plays big role in Brexit talks

    The Democratic Unionist Party is a small Northern Irish political grouping with an oversized impact on the delicate Brexit negotiations.

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Drug distributor shares spike on word of opioid settlement

    Shares of big drug distributors soar on word of a possible settlement in first federal trial related to opioid crisis

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Stocks edge lower as investors weigh earnings, sales data

    U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading as investors weigh the latest corporate earnings and a weak report on retail sales

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • US retail sales dip 0.3% in September

    US retail sales fall 0.3% in September, biggest decline in 7 months

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• Oct 16

  • Worried about flying on a 737 Max? Your options may be few

    Passengers who refuse to fly on a Boeing Max won't be entitled to compensation if they cancel

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Worried about flying on a 737 Max? Your options may be few

    Passengers who refuse to fly on a Boeing Max won't be entitled to compensation if they cancel

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Italy's government to avoid widely criticized sales tax rise

    Italy's new government has reached agreement on a set of budget measures to avoid a hike in value-added tax that many feared would hurt the economy by...

    Oct 16

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  • Brexit ignites fears of renewed violence in Northern Ireland

    The peace process ushered in by the Good Friday accord is jeopardy, under pressure as never before as negotiators try to sort out the impasse over...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • 'Amazing': Meet the woman behind Jeep's rugged, boulder-climbing new pickup

    Elizabeth Krear oversaw the engineering team behind the new pickup truck.

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Bank of America hit by $2B charge, still tops expectations

    Bank of America 3Q profits fall 19%, largely due to one-time charge, still beating analysts' forecasts

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Global shares mixed as investors await more earnings

    Global shares mixed as investors await more earnings reports from U.S. companies

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• Oct 16

  • EU orders chipmaker Broadcom to change business practices

    European regulators have ordered chipmaker Broadcom to change the way it does business with key customers because it hurts competition

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Eurozone inflation revised down to near 3-year lows

    Inflation in the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest rate since November 2016

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Jury selection set to begin in landmark federal opioid trial

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the first federal trial over the opioids epidemic

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Pope on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity

    Pope Francis is calling for lifestyle and dietary changes to address the paradox of people suffering from malnutrition in some parts of the world and...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • UK inflation unexpectedly holds steady at 1.7% in September

    Official figures show that falling fuel and second-hand car prices helped keep consumer price inflation in Britain September unchanged at 1.7%, its...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • China's Huawei reports sales gain despite US sanctions

    Chinese tech giant Huawei says sales in first nine months of 2019 up 24.4% despite U.S. sanctions

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Dutch lighting company Signify buying Cooper from Eaton Corp

    Signify, the Dutch company formerly known as Philips Lighting, says it is buying Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton Corp. for $1.4 billion (1.27...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse

    Huawei deploys its facial recognition surveillance cameras in Serbia amid protests by rights groups

    Oct 16

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  • NKorea seen as weak link in swine fever's spread across Asia

    Snipers, drones, traps part of SKorean effort to stop spread of swine fever across border with North

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

    Australia's trade minister says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year, adding that the...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

    Australia's trade minister says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year, adding that the...

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• Oct 15

  • Stocks move higher as companies report solid earnings

    Asian shares are higher after a gain on Wall Street boosted by healthy earnings reports from U.S. companies

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • AP FACT CHECK: Claims from the Democratic debate

    AP FACT CHECK: Examining claims from the Democrats in their latest presidential debate

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • EU: Brexit deal in sight but UK must still do more

    EU officials are hoping a Brexit deal with Britain may be sketched out within hours, but negotiations have stretched into early Wednesday in the...

    Oct 15