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By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services were operational following what security professionals are calling a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data. But the breach, apparently by a lone hacker, put the spotlight on an increasingly

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has rolled out a framework for fighting climate change that shows his proposed direction on the environment if he wins a second term. It’s a sweeping plan that would slash carbon emissions and speed the switchover to electric vehicles. Walz announced it

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/ Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of bills Friday to expand California’s reliance on clean energy and reduce carbon emissions, moves he said further establish the state as a global climate leader. The new laws include proposals aimed at reducing exposure to

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: FedEx, General Electric fall; Bowlero, FirstEnergy rise.

The Associated Press Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street, leaving the market with another week of sizable losses, as a stark warning from FedEx about rapidly worsening trends in the economy gave investors more to worry about. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday. The Nasdaq lost almost 1% and the Dow lost almost half a

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out the stock market’s worst week in three months with more losses Friday, as a stark warning from FedEx about rapidly worsening trends in the economy rattled already anxious investors. The S&P 500 fell 0.7%, with all but two of its 11

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s leader has warned that his government could “find someone else to work with” as French partner TotalEnergies faced mounting pressure to pull out of a partnership to construct a pipeline opposed by climate activists. The comments on Friday followed a resolution by the European Union’s

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services are operational following what security professionals were calling a major data breach. It said there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data. What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach on Thursday after

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won $470.6 million from gamblers in August, up more than 10% from a year earlier. The amount of money won from in-person gamblers at casinos was

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence that some of the dead were tortured, including bodies with broken limbs and ropes around their necks, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said Friday. The site near the northeastern city of Izium, recently recaptured from

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes on the country’s vital infrastructure if Ukrainian forces target facilities in Russia. Speaking to reporters Friday after attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Maryland company says it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in West Virginia. Officials say it was made possible by a recently signed law embraced by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin that gives tax breaks for alternative energy projects. Competitive

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite its latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes if Ukrainian forces target power plants and other infrastructure in Russia. Speaking to reporters Friday after attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan,

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors have stormed at least five banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling growing chaos amid the country’s economic meltdown. Friday’s raids were the most in a single day and the latest in a spate of bank break-ins that reflect public anger at the country’s strict

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Investigators searching through what appears to be one of the largest mass burial sites discovered in Ukraine have found evidence of atrocities, including torture, on land recently recaptured from Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said Friday. In a video he apparently rushed out to underscore the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PayPal said Friday that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part of the franchise when his suspension ends. PayPal said its current partnership deal with the Suns ends after the coming 2022-23 season, meaning it will expire during Sarver’s one-year suspension

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities unearthed bodies, some they said bore hallmarks of torture, from a mass burial site Friday in an area recently recaptured from Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited the site as an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to.” Digging in the rain,

By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork knuckles, pretzels the size of dinner plates, men in leather shorts and women in cleavage-baring traditional dresses. But while brewers are more than glad to

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, putting the market on track for another week of sizable losses. The latest discouraging news for traders came from corporate giants FedEx and General Electric, which warned about worsening trends in the economy hurting business.

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities began unearthing bodies Friday from a mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, including some that they said bore signs of torture. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the site was an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The site,