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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost well over $20,000. But the pandemic wiped out their savings, and they

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all missiles aimed at the capital, officials said. The bombardment, which targeted locations across Ukraine, included six Russian Kinzhal aero-ballistic hypersonic missiles, the most fired in

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems. “As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced a series of criminal cases tracing the illegal flow of sensitive technology, including Apple’s software code for self-driving cars and materials used for missiles, to foreign adversaries like Russia, China and Iran. Some of the alleged theft highlighted by the department dates

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors are hearing closing statements in the trial of a limousine company manager accused of acting recklessly and causing the deaths of 20 people in an upstate New York crash. The jury will decide Tuesday whether Nauman Hussain is guilty of either criminally negligent

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat running for Mississippi governor says he will push legislators to enact an ethics package that includes limits on campaign donations, frequent disclosure about lobbyists’ spending and a ban on former state officials quickly becoming lobbyists. Brandon Presley is trying to unseat Republican Gov.

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has reissued approval to build a controversial natural gas pipeline through national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia. That’s despite past federal appeals court rulings determining developers had “inadequately considered” environmental impacts. Monday’s decision will allow for construction of the $6.6

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is one step closer to having a long-planned new terminal. Officials from the airport and American Airlines — DFW’s main tenant — said Tuesday they have signed a new lease agreement. The deal includes $1.6 billion to build a new, sixth terminal, plus money to renovate one of

MILAN (AP) — U.S. designer Rhuigi Villasenor is leaving his position as creative director of Swiss fashion house Bally. The was announced Tuesday as a joint decision. Villasenior has led the creative team at Bally since January 2022. He helped boost the brand’s visibility with a return to the runway and front-row celebrity guests including

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rivers swollen by days of downpours flooded some towns in northern Italy on Tuesday, forcing some residents to rooftops, while in Venice, authorities prepared to activate a mobile barrier in the lagoon in hopes of sparing the city from a rare May high-tide flooding. After the Savio

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending modestly in April from March, particularly in dining out and online,  buoyed by a solid job market and easing inflationary pressures. A bump up in car sales also helped results, according to the Commerce Department report issued Tuesday. But shoppers

Associated Press A humanitarian aid worker who used an anonymous Twitter account to mock Saudi Arabia about its economy has filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against the social media platform, the kingdom and a number of individuals alleging an attempt to silence critics overseas. Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, was working for the Red Crescent in Riyadh in

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said. The bombardment included six Russian “Kinzhal” aero-ballistic hypersonic missiles — the most fired in a single attack

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking lower Tuesday after Home Depot warned of flagging sales, the latest discouraging signal for an economy under pressure. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 197 points, or 0.6%, at 33,150, as of

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett’s company bought another $127 million worth of Occidental Petroleum stock over the past week to give Berkshire Hathaway 213.9 million shares of the oil producer. Berkshire said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it bought another 2.2 million

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention “will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful” AI systems. “As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The 27 European Union countries have formally endorsed a law that should help the bloc reduce its contribution to global deforestation by regulating the trade in a series of goods. Under the new legislation, traders exporting or making available palm oil, cattle, wood, coffee, cocoa, rubber and

By LISA MASCARO, FATIMA HUSSEIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will discuss the debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and congressional leaders at the White House. It’s a high-profile Tuesday afternoon session with reverberations across the globe ahead of the president’s trip to the Group of Seven

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking lower after Home Depot warned of flagging sales, the latest discouraging signal for an economy under pressure. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower early Tuesday. The Dow was down 0.4% while the Nasdaq slipped 0.2%. Home Depot said its revenue fell by more than expected in the latest

NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will be in New York Tuesday night, along with Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, to receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award, as the nation’s oldest women’s foundation marks its 50th anniversary. The appearance is set to be her first public event since she