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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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 rejected a $200 million loan. The loan rejection for Texas-based Microvast came after some congressional Republicans argued the

By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A broken thumb, a back injury, dabbling with drugs and dating girls. No event in the life of a young Prince Harry was too trivial or private for the journalists of Mirror Group Newspapers to resist, and the demand for such scoops led to

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern became the first major freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all of its workers Monday, 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

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. securities laws in a lawsuit filed by the SEC. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of

Associated Press FLINT, Michigan (AP) — 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 heavy-duty trucks. The Detroit-based company experienced a 38% year-over-year increase in heavy-duty pickup sales last year, with nearly 288,000

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day, a Moscow-installed official said Monday, as Russia’s Defense Ministry declared that it had foiled an assault in an illegally annexed region of the invaded country. Kyiv

By MATT OTT and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same and this time the disruption would be far greater. The 24 million packages UPS ships

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Agency says that the U.N. nuclear watchdog will “never politicize” its work in Iran. He insisted on Monday after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm.” Israeli Prime Minister

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following weeks of gains that rallied Wall Street to the edge of what’s called a “bull market.” The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading, and if it finishes the day

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has made its ambitious intentions in world soccer even clearer by announcing a “privatization project” for companies to spend more on clubs, as it continues a push to sign some of the world’s top players. Saudi public sector organizations are encouraged to invest in sports, with soccer teams

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday. EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the ability

By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street is relatively flat Monday following last week’s last surge propelled by U.S. jobs data that raised new questions about if or when a recession might arrive. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are essentially unchanged heading into a week

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges. Two more barges will house about 1,000 migrants alongside one that’s set to be docked in Portland in southern England within the next two weeks. The move is meant to help save

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The CEO of OpenAI says he is encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing. Sam Altman on Monday visited Tel Aviv, a tech powerhouse, as part of a

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By The Associated Press Albums from Janelle Monáe and Niall Horan, as well as a TV movie about a Frito-Lay janitor who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Deciding how to spend your first paycheck after graduating from college can be overwhelming, given the many competing demands on it. In addition to necessities like rent, food and transportation, new grads often also have student loans and credit card debt to pay down. Financial experts suggest first choosing the

BERLIN (AP) — The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year’s World Cup soccer tournament, has been elected president of the United Nations labor agency’s annual conference. Ali bin Samikh al-Marri was elected without dissent on Monday to preside over the International

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states just as the industry is increasingly relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs. The grants announced Monday will help eliminate more than three

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the merchant ship at