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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and some …
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
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4/7/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target will spend a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to advance racial equity.
That's a significant increase in overall …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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4/7/21
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LONDON (AP) — Ryanair, Europe’s biggest discount airline, says earnings for the current fiscal year are likely to be “close to breakeven” as continued travel restrictions delay its recovery …
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4/7/21
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Kits for self-administered coronavirus tests began arriving in Greek pharmacies Wednesday, with each resident entitled to one free of charge per week as part of efforts to …
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By ELENA BECATOROS
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4/7/21
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit grew to $71.1 billion in February, as a decline in exports more than offset a slight dip in imports.
The February gap between what America buys …
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By MATT OTT
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4/7/21
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After a year of spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many homeowners are looking for ways to make their homes fit their new realities. Open floor plans are out; dedicated spaces …
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CAROL J. ALEXANDER of NerdWallet
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4/7/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Wednesday it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of , including 25 million payments that were primarily to Social Security beneficiaries …
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By JOSH BOAK
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4/7/21
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LONDON (AP) — Gig economy riders for the app-based meal delivery platform Deliveroo are set to join strikes in five U.K. cities Wednesday over pay and working conditions.
Union organizers expect …
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4/7/21
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HELSINKI (AP) — Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after …
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4/7/21
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LONDON (AP) — The European Union's medicines regulator will announce the conclusions of its investigation into the possible connection between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots …
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By MARIA CHENG
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4/7/21
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's environmentalist Greens will decide later this month which of their two co-leaders will make the party's first run for the chancellery in a national election in September, a …
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4/7/21
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PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings.
The French human …
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By LORI HINNANT
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4/7/21
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The EU statistical agency …
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4/7/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street took a breather, with major indexes edging lower.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.1% to finish at 29,730.79 and the …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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4/7/21
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has led the nation’s most populous state through the pandemic using complicated metrics, county-by-county rules and a color-coded tier system …
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By JANIE HAR AND KATHLEEN RONAYNE
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4/7/21
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization.
At the beginning of …
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4/6/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Trading in Toshiba stock was halted Wednesday after the Tokyo-based technology conglomerate confirmed it had received a preliminary acquisition proposal.
Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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4/6/21
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook said Tuesday it has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group and a troll farm in Albania.
The accounts posted content critical of Iran's …
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4/6/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos endorsed President Joe Biden’s focus on building up the country’s infrastructure Tuesday and said the company even supports a corporate tax …
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By KEVIN FREKING
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4/6/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting price.
The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 …
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4/6/21
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