AP National Business

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will travel to Europe next week for a five-day trip. It will include stops in Norway and Switzerland, where Whitmer will meet with other leaders at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Whitmer is expected to promote the state’s

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicles took two of three categories for the first time in this year’s North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year awards. Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup won the truck category, while Kia’s EV6 battery-powered EV was named the top SUV. The Integra, a small sedan from Honda’s Acura

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine is hanging in the balance. Ukraine says its forces are holding out against a furious Russian onslaught in one of the fiercest and bloodiest recent ground battles of the nearly 11-month war. Soledar is under heavy

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The naming rights deal between FTX and Miami-Dade County has been terminated by a federal bankruptcy court. The move allows the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange’s brand to be stripped from the arena where the NBA’s Miami Heat play. The order means that before long all FTX signage

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Returning a kick or punt for a touchdown has never been rarer in the NFL with one coming on average every 30 games. So when there’s a moment like there was Sunday when Nyheim Hines electrified the crowd in Buffalo with not one but two kickoff return scores

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that has brought economic headaches and political turmoil to Northern Ireland. In a significant breakthrough this week, the two sides struck a data-sharing agreement that will give the EU access to real-time

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s postal service says it has been hit by a “cyber incident” that’s temporarily preventing it from sending letters or parcels to other countries. Royal Mail reported on its website Wednesday that international export services are “experiencing severe service disruption” without providing further details. The company said it’s “temporarily unable to dispatch

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The film “Devotion” reignited efforts to repatriate the remains of Jesse Brown, America’s first Black Navy pilot, who died in 1950 after having to crash land his damaged plane during the Korean War. Fred Smith, the founder of Memphis-based FedEx, financed the film about Brown because he thought Brown deserved

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the outlook for the U.S. economy has been a mostly bleak one: Inflation hitting a four-decade high, consumer spending weakening, interest rates surging. Most economists penciled in a recession for 2023. An economic downturn is still possible. Yet in recent weeks, with inflation showing

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is making several changes at its domestic theme parks, including some easier reservations, in order to improve the public perception of its business. Among the changes: it will cease charging for overnight self-parking at its Walt Disney World resorts; Walt Disney World annual passholders will

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed after a government system that offers safety and other information to pilots broke down. The problems on Wednesday stranded some planes on the ground for hours. The White House said there was

By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Farmers from southeastern Spain have protested against a government order to provide ecological protection for a river. They see it as a threat to  water resources they need for irrigating crops. Several thousand protesters rallied in front of Spain’s ministry for ecological transition. The

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s largest aircraft fleet was grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or cancelled thousands of flights across the U.S. before it was lifted Wednesday morning. The White House initially said that there was no evidence of a

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors get ready for a highly anticipated inflation update and several big corporate earnings reports later in the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% as of 2:20 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service struggles, thanks to tens of billions of new money from the Democrats’ climate and health law and the authority to hire more people. That word comes from an independent

BERLIN (AP) — More than 244,000 people have applied for asylum in Germany last year and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees who have come to the country looking for shelter from Russia’s war. The German government said Wednesday that the No. 1 country of origin for asylum-seekers was Syria followed by Afghanistan, Turkey and

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Parliament official says the president of the EU assembly wants to clamp down on the activities of former lawmakers and lobbyists in response to a major corruption scandal. The move would prevent lawmakers from representing businesses or governments soon after their term ends. The official

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine is hanging in the balance. Ukraine says its forces are holding out against a furious Russian onslaught in one of the fiercest and bloodiest recent ground battles of the nearly 11-month war. Soledar is under heavy