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By JUAN LOZANO and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, leaving five workers hospitalized and sending up a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug Administration raised numerous concerns about drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell its decades-old pill over the counter. The

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that regulates pipelines has announced new rules aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from a network of nearly 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines that crisscross the country. The proposal Friday by the Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys have debated the proper jurisdiction for settling a legal challenge to the first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising during arguments before Maryland’s highest court. Meanwhile, an attorney for the state of Maryland appeared to surprise judges on the state’s Supreme Court when she said during Friday’s

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration is warning that deep cuts in federal spending could make summer air travel worse. FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen told Congress on Friday that deep spending cuts in a House-passed bill would cause his agency to stop training new air traffic

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The Associated Press Apple was at the head of a widespread rally on Wall Street after the stock market’s most influential company reported a better profit than expected. Stocks of beaten-down banks also leapt Friday to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The S&P 500 rose 1.8%. The Dow Jones

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Apple Inc., up $7.78 to $173.57. The iPhone maker beat Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter financial forecasts. Expedia Group, up $4.37 to $93.54. The online travel company reported strong first-quarter revenue. DoorDash Inc., up 7 cents to $62.90 The delivery service beat

ANN’S GROVE, Guyana (AP) — In a story published May 4, 2023, The Associated Press reported on how Guyana is poised to become Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world. The story should have made clear that although an interview with ExxonMobil’s top official in Guyana could not be

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party endured a drubbing in local elections that delivered a warning to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government, and a boost to the opposition, as a national election approaches. The opposition Labour Party and Liberal Democrats made significant gains. The Conservatives acknowledged it had been a

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple was at the head of a widespread rally on Wall Street Friday after the market’s most influential company reported a better profit than expected. Stocks of beaten-down banks also leapt to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The S&P

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Ed Sheeran, Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux co-starring in the comic Watergate-era series “White House Plumbers” for HBO, and Netflix hoping to convince Jewish singles to settle down in the series “Jewish Matchmaking.” Pete Davidson stars in a semi-autobiographical comedy series about

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