Protests subside, but economic aftershocks rattle Haitians
Port-au-Prince — The flaming barricades are mostly gone, protesters have largely dissipated and traffic is once again clogging the streets of Haiti’s ...
Nobel laureate: Face up to climate change, no escaping Earth
STOCKHOLM — An astronomer who shares this year's Nobel physics prize for discovering a planet outside the Earth's solar system is taking issue with pe...
Elon Musk cleared of defamation in ‘pedo guy’ tweet trial
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO ...
US firms keep hiring, easing worries of weakening economy
WASHINGTON — American businesses have complained for years that they can’t find the workers they need to fill available jobs. November’s robust hiring...
Trump complains low-flow toilets are flush with problems
WASHINGTON — When it comes to toilets, President Donald Trump just wants to let it flow.
Hitting the plastic: US credit card use jumped in October
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers ramped up their credit card spending in October.
Senators urge Medicare to allow seniors a drug plan do-over
WASHINGTON — Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they received inacc...
‘We’re going to be everywhere:’ Inside Bloomberg’s 2020 plan
AURORA, Colo. — For any other candidate, a crowd of just 38 voters at a high-profile policy announcement might be cause for panic. But Michael Bloombe...
Where’s my Amazon package? It may be late
NEW YORK — It’s just a week into the holiday shopping season, and Amazon is already having trouble getting packages to shoppers’ doorsteps on time.
Massive Polish coal mine sparks international dispute
UHELNA, Czech Republic — Polluted air, noise, dry wells.
China waiving tariff hikes on US soybeans, pork
BEIJING — China's finance ministry says Beijing is waiving tariff hikes on U.S. soybeans and pork while the two sides negotiate a trade deal.
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides i...
California to protect insurance policies in wildfire areas
Sacramento, Calif — California on Thursday temporarily banned insurance companies from dropping customers in areas affected by more than a dozen recen...
Wedding planning sites change policies on slave plantations
NEW YORK — Four major websites used for wedding planning are revising their policies on content referencing former slave plantations, responding to an...
Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits
WASHINGTON — The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thurs...
Boeing tries to reassure airline industry leaders about Max
DALLAS — Boeing is reassuring airline industry leaders about the safety of the grounded 737 Max as it continues working to get the plane back in servi...
Judge: Turkish bank can’t deny knowledge of criminal charges
NEW YORK — A judge cited a Rudy Giuliani-led effort to get top U.S. and Turkey political figures to intervene in a New York criminal case Thursday as ...
Correction: Capricorn Studio Renaissance story
ATLANTA — In a story Dec. 3 about Mercer Music at Capricorn, The Associated Press reported erroneously that one of the co-founders of Capricorn Record...
Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug
SAN DIEGO — A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists Thursday but left...
Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin
BOSTON — Members of the family that own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma say they will push to reverse Tufts University's decision to strip their name fr...
Paris police arrest scores amid strike over pension reform
PARIS — Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundr...
Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO — expected to be the biggest eve...
Young and old march in unity, fear at French pension change
PARIS — Anger, solidarity, tear gas and frozen noses.
US long-term mortgage rates steady; 30-year loan at 3.68%
WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates held steady this week amid mixed signs in the housing market. Rates remain at historically low levels as a ...
Holiday money-saving strategies that can backfire
Holiday marketers have your number, and they know how to entice you to spend.
United’s Kirby to take over for CEO Oscar Munoz
United Airlines will be under new leadership next year with the company's president, Scott Kirby, taking over as CEO for Oscar Munoz.
A look at France’s heated debate over pensions
PARIS — The planned overhaul of the French pensions system aims to streamline a complicated patchwork of provisions, but workers argue it will require...
OPEC debates deeper production cuts to push up oil price
VIENNA — The countries that make up the OPEC oil-producing cartel are meeting Thursday to decide whether to cut down on their production and push up p...
China says US must cut tariffs in trade deal
BEIJING — Washington must roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if the two sides reach a trade deal, China said Thursday, indicating Beijing i...
Global shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
TOKYO — Global shares were higher Thursday amid renewed hopes that a U.S. trade deal with China may be near despite recent tough talk from President D...