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FILE - England players comfort teammate Bukayo Saka after he failed to score a penalty during a penalty shootout after extra time during of the Euro 2020 soccer championship final match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for three Black players, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who were on England's national team. Being subjected to a torrent of racial abuse on social media in the aftermath made it even worse. Saka, who has more than 1 million followers on Twitter, remains on social media despite the abuse after England's Euro 2020 loss. (Carl Recine/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Soccer players demand change for rampant online racist abuse, turn to AI for protection
Online racist abuse of soccer players is prolific on social media platforms. It's the latest form of racism blighting the world's most popular sport. It's technology-fueled, visual, permanently … more
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Crowd members listen to a speaker during the "Unions Strike Back" rally, Friday, May 26, 2023, near Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Union members from the tourism and hospitality, Hollywood, public sector, education and logistics industries mobilized for a display of collective solidarity. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Hollywood actors guild votes to authorize strike, as writers strike continues
Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted to authorize a strike if the major studios, streamers and production companies don’t meet their demands for a new contract by June 30. The … more
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FILE - A man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference, April 28, 2015, at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Microsoft will pay $20M to settle U.S. charges of illegally collecting children's data
Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console. The … more
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FILE - Posters of Fox News Channel personalities are displayed at the News Corp. headquarters in New York, April 19, 2017. Oregon's attorney general announced Monday, June 5, 2023, she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp., for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election, claims that cost the broadcaster almost $800 million in a lawsuit. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
Oregon’s attorney general has announced she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the … more
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FILE - A home burns as the Dixie fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, Calif., Aug. 16, 2021. Two insurance industry giants have pulled out of the California marketplace, saying that wildfire risk and the soaring cost of construction prompted them to stop writing new policies in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
California insurance market rattled by withdrawal of major companies
Two insurance industry giants have stepped back from the California marketplace. They say that wildfire risk and soaring construction costs have prompted them to stop writing new policies. State Farm … more
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FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train rolls through downtown Pittsburgh, on March 26, 2018. Norfolk Southern became the first major freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all of its workers Monday, June 5, 2023 but the other railroads are making progress with nearly 60% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit. All of the major freight railroads have said they're committed to resolving this key issue that nearly led to a strike last year. But most of those railroads are still negotiating with a number of their unions. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions
Norfolk Southern has become the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all of its workers. But other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail … more
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FILE - Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2007. The iPhone introduced the convenience of touchscreens at the time that a physical keyboard was still all the rage on the top-selling smartphone – the BlackBerry – when Jobs first took out what was all-in-one computer, camera and music player out of his pocket in 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
See Apple's pivotal product announcements through history
Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular category but still redefine the market. With the company unveiling a headset equipped with … more
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Anna Shay, fan favorite on 'Bling Empire,' dead at 62
Anna Shay, an heiress, philanthropist and breakout star of the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire,” has died. She was 62. A family statement provided to The Associated Press on Monday said Shay … more
FILE - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks during a watch party for Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District, in Schererville, Ind., Nov. 8, 2022. The fate of the Indiana attorney general’s lawsuit against the social media app TikTok is uncertain after a federal judge lambasted much of the case as “political posturing.” (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Federal judge calls Indiana attorney general's TikTok lawsuit largely 'political posturing'
The fate of an Indiana lawsuit against the social media company TikTok is uncertain after a federal judge lambasted it as “political posturing.” The case came before a federal judge at TikTok's … more
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A demonstrator throws a rock at police during a protest at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out later this week after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Senegal violence threatens country's stability as experts call on government to instill calm
Senegal experts have called on the government to instill calm after days of the country’s deadliest violence in years and concerns it could have lasting consequences. Days of clashes between … more
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FILE - The sign for Joint Base Andrews is seen on March 26, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. A wayward and unresponsive business jet that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2023, caused the military to scramble a fighter plane from Joint Base Andrews before the jet crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history
People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched a fighter jet on Sunday to intercept an unresponsive … more
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FILE - Sections of a USA Today newspaper are displayed Aug. 5, 2019, in Norwood, Mass. Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at publications owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. The mostly one-day strike, which will start Monday, June 5, 2023, aims to protest the company’s leadership and cost-cutting measures imposed since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest … more
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FILE - Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing, May 5, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kentucky officials say they won't start paying out $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why the U.S. Department of Energy abruptly rejected a $200 million loan for the project after some congressional Republicans argued the firm has improper ties to China. In February, Sen. Barrasso questioned whether the planned grant to Microvast would benefit China. Barrasso cited a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which Microvast said it may not be able to protect its intellectual property rights in China. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)
Kentucky pauses incentives for battery maker whose federal loan was nixed after claims of China ties
Kentucky officials say they won't begin paying $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why federal officials abruptly … more
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FILE - The Department of the Treasury's seal outside the Treasury Department building in Washington on May 4, 2021. The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova's democratically-elected government through protests in Moldova's capitol earlier this year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
U.S. sanctions Russia-backed actors over Moldovan destabilization protests
The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically elected government through … more
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FILE - Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao answers a question during a Zoom meeting interview with The Associated Press on Nov. 16, 2021. Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of misusing investor funds, operating as an unregistered exchange and violating a slew of U.S. securities laws in a lawsuit filed by the SEC. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit on Monday, June 5, 2023 lists thirteen charges against the firm — including commingling and divert customer assets to an entity Zhao owned called Sigma Chain. (AP Photo, File)
Binance mishandled funds and violated securities laws, according to SEC lawsuit
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of misusing investor funds, operating as an unregistered exchange and violating a slew of U.S. … more
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GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants
General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two manufacturing plants in Flint, Michigan, in order to to prepare them for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine … more
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FILE - Workers harvest wild blueberries at the Ridgeberry Farm Friday, July 27, 2012, in Appleton, Maine. The nation's production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers contended with drought. Maine is the only state in the U.S. where the blueberries are harvested commercially. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Wild blueberry production takes a dip in the face of drought
The nation’s production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers contended with drought. Wild blueberries are smaller than their cultivated cousins and are widely used in frozen … more
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FILE - President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde gives the laudatory speech for former German chancellor Angela Merkel, who is awarded the North Rhine Westphalian State Prize at a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, May 16, 2023. European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde said Monday June 5, 2023, that price pressures are “strong” and made clear that the bank will raise interest rates high enough to bring down inflation and keep them there “for as long as necessary.” (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
European Central Bank chief signals more rate hikes ahead with inflation still 'strong'
European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says inflation pressures are “strong." She made clear Monday that the central bank will keep raising interest rates to bring down inflation to its goal … more
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FILE - Men with Poland and European Union flags take part in a protest outside Poland's parliament building as lawmakers voted to approve the much-criticized legislation that allows politicians to fire judges who criticize their decisions, in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 23, 2020. The European Union stepped up its rule-of-law fight with member state Poland on Monday, June 5, 2023, when the bloc's highest court confirmed that Warsaw had refused to comply with EU rules on judicial independence for which it has already lost over half a billion euros in fines. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
EU top court says that Poland's justice reform infringes EU law
The European Union has stepped up its rule-of-law fight with member state Poland after the bloc’s highest court confirmed that Warsaw refuses to comply with the EU rules on judicial independence … more
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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, on Nov. 5, 2020. The Supreme Court says it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court to hear 'Trump too small' trademark case; man wants to trademark phrase mocking Trump
The Supreme Court says it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.” The Justice Department is supporting President Joe … more
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