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California lawmakers are preparing to vote on whether to allow penalties on oil companies for price gouging

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts has finally taken flight, but didn't last long

Approval of President Joe Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago to 38%

Starbucks workers and their supporters rallied outside the company’s Seattle headquarters Wednesday to protest what they describe as union-busting efforts by executives

The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks through dry farmland in Argentina that should be green and lush this time of year

Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so

The CEO of TikTok will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. Congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned

Many underperforming mall stores will close to strengthen standalone stores.

A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the U.S. Senate

One of the six oil executives with a Texas-based company who was imprisoned five years in Venezuela is suing his company for $100 million

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: GameStop, Greenbrier rise; Petco, PacWest fall

Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election

Officials say two employees of a rural west Tennessee town that resisted a takeover attempt by the state after Ford Motor Co. announced plans to build a truck plant nearby have been charged with the theft of town funds and official misconduct

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose $1.23 to $70.90 a barrel Wednesday

The comments came on Wednesday after the Fed raised interest rates 0.25%.

The Federal Reserve has raised its key rate by another quarter point, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years

Officials are investigating an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in suburban Houston that injured one person

The Chevrolet Camaro has for decades been the dream car of many teenage American males

Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier

Only 10% of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation’s banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds

As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again, credit card debt is already at a record high, and more people are carrying debt month to month

U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of blindness linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria

The battle between the U.S. and China over TikTok will come into full view when the social media platform’s CEO testifies before Congressional lawmakers

The fate of President Joe Biden's pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is in doubt

Pay is notoriously low for school support staff who shuttle America’s children to schools, feed them in cafeterias and provide classroom assistance to students who need the most help

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson begins defense at critical hearing over claims he misled Parliament

Credit Suisse's customers are feeling a range of emotions after the government orchestrated a takeover of the country’s second-largest bank by rival UBS

A Boston pizza shop owner accused by federal authorities of abusing employees who were not legally in the U.S. has been ordered held without bail

A dispute between Jack Daniel’s and the makers of a squeaking dog toy that humorously mimics the whiskey’s signature look gave Supreme Court justices a lot to chew on

Emergency workers say 25 people have been injured after a large ship in a dry dock in Scotland tipped over

The World Bank says it has approved a $7 billion loan to support Egypt’s push to empower the private sector and enhance its efforts to combat the impact of climate change

There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed

British lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s deal with the European Union to rewrite the rules on Northern Ireland trade

Meme stocks have soared after one of the most heavily traded off-brand stocks during the pandemic posted a surprise profit for the fourth quarter

Spain’s parliament has dismissed an attempt by the far-right Vox party to topple the governing leftist coalition

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party and its allies say they won’t field a candidate to run in the country’s May 14 presidential election

French President Emmanuel Macron says in TV interview that pension bill needs to be implemented by 'end of the year'

The European Union’s executive arm has proposed rules to protect consumers from businesses selling goods labeled as green which actually aren’t

TikTok is ramping up a public relations campaign to fend off the possibility of a nationwide ban by the Biden administration

European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says future interest rate decisions are open after upheaval in the global banking system has left the economic outlook more uncertain

Electric vehicles, or EVs, had their best-selling year in 2022

A German environmental group is suing Facebook’s parent company Meta over persistent death threats posted on the social network against its staff

French President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly resisting growing discontent on the streets of France

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted “hand on heart” that he did not lie to lawmakers about government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic

On a sunny afternoon in the center of Marseille in southern France, traffic was stopped as the sound of drumming and a swarm of rollicking beasts filled the streets. The city's unofficial yet infamous Carnaval de la Plaine had arrived — right on the precipice of a week filled with violent protests and discontent over French President Emmanuel Macron's move to force through an unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Organized by neighborhood residents, the independent carnival is rooted in the local community’s activism against gentrification and all forms of oppression. Residents of this ancient and diverse Mediterranean city take to the streets in the most wacky and elaborate costumes they can come up with, and exercise free rein to throw flour at anyone not in the know — or brave enough to show up in normal clothes. Most editions in recent memory end with riot police dispersing the feisty crowd with tear gas, making police intervention almost part of the...

The IMF and Ukraine have agreed on a new loan package aimed at shoring up government finances severely strained by Russia’s invasion

Japan’s prime minister has pledged to provide Poland with development support to help the European country assist neighboring Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia’s invasion

Britain’s inflation rate has risen for the first time in four months in February

UK inflation jumps to 10.4%, surprising analysts