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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner has asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, frequent targets of Donald Trump’s ire during his presidency. IRS spokesperson Jodie Reynolds said Thursday the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A rights watchdog says former officials in Poland have been identified among the victims of attempted phone hacking with the use of the powerful Pegasus spyware developed by Israel’s NSO Group. Amnesty International says it confirmed the new victims of spying in collaboration with Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza daily. The daily identified

TORONTO (AP) — A report by the Royal Bank of Canada says the country is headed towards a recession in 2023, but it will be short-lived and not as severe as prior downturns. RBC economists say that soaring food and energy prices, rising interest rates and ongoing labor shortages will push the economy into a

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Reporter SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani of collaborating with disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in a massive fraud involving the blood-testing company that once enthralled Silicon Valley. The 12 jurors found Balwani guilty on all 12 felony counts of

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow melt and could produce “minor flooding.” A National Weather Service bulletin recommended moving livestock from low-lying areas but

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes’ former partner, found guilty in Theranos blood-testing fraud case.

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system awaits Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s expected signatures as he faces a Thursday deadline and a promised effort by public school advocates to block the bill he backs and ask voters to erase it during November’s election. The expansion

PARIS (AP) — The French government has unveiled a 20 billion-euro ($20.3 billion) package of measures meant to help struggling households cope with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, including rising energy and food prices. The proposed legislation was presented at a Cabinet meeting Thursday. The measures are to be debated in parliament later

WASHINGTON (AP) — The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service has asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and ex-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Both men were frequent targets of President Donald Trump’s anger. IRS spokesperson Jodie Reynolds says Thursday that IRS

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Parliament has passed amended legislation on border security that allows for the closure of crossing points with Russia. Lawmakers approved the changes Thursday amid fears that Moscow could choose to send large numbers of migrants to the frontier. It came just two days after NATO’s 30

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company’s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over “spam bots.” The Tesla CEO, who has offered to buy

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s oil minister says the government will take steps to enforce a recent court decision to annul oil contracts in the country’s northern Kurdish region. Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said on Thursday contracts between international oil companies and the semi-autonomous Kurdish-run northern region amounted to oil smuggling and

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The European Union’s plan to include natural gas in a list of activities considered sustainable could derail progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The decision from the EU comes despite the region’s history addressing global warming and despite climate scientists calling for dramatic reductions to climate-warming emissions. It allows

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign buyers. If U.S. exports were to

By SETH BORENSTEIN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press As Congress and now the Supreme Court stymie the Biden administration’s efforts to curb climate change, one thing the president doesn’t want – sky high gas prices – actually is nibbling away at emissions of heat-trapping gas. Gas prices in much of the United States shot past

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased again this week as the Federal Reserve remains likely to raise its benchmark borrowing rate in its ongoing battle to bring down inflation. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate fell to 5.30% from 5.70% last week.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, extending a winning streak that has the market on pace for a weekly gain. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% as of 2:36 p.m. Eastern. Roughly 75% of the stocks in the benchmark index rose. The

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow melt and could produce “minor flooding.” A National Weather Service bulletin recommended moving livestock from low-lying areas but

By SETH BORENSTEIN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press As Congress and now the Supreme Court stymie the Biden administration’s efforts to curb climate change, one thing the president doesn’t want – sky high gas prices – actually is nibbling away at emissions of heat-trapping gas. Gas prices in much of the United States shot past