Amazon is raising free-shipping for some customers who don’t have Prime
Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping
"Adapt or die" - Restaurants find ways to evolve
When the coronavirus roared into New York, chef Anna Klinger wouldn’t let it put a fork in her restaurant
Southwest says flights are more full and fares are rising
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that bookings are improving and leisure-travel fares for June are approaching pre-pandemic levels, fur...
Target’s profit surges as Americans cast restrictions aside
Target’s sales and profits surged in the first quarter as Americans emerged from the pandemic eager to spend
ECB sees elevated risks to financial stability in Europe
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says risks to the stability of companies, banks and financial markets remain “elevated” due to the...
Indian navy recovers 22 bodies from barge that sank in storm
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy ships recovered 22 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as a cyclone blew ashore this week, offi...
AP Interview: Disinformation concerns mail voting expert
ATLANTA (AP) — Amber McReynolds, CEO of The National Vote at Home Institute, helped state and local election officials prepare for the record number o...
‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be wide awake aga...
Can monthly cash payments cut child poverty by nearly half?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her Child Tax Credit payments. Th...
NY attorney general says Trump Org probe is now criminal
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’...
California readies to prevent blackouts, but threats remain
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top energy regulators on Tuesday said the state is better prepared to avoid last summer’s rotating blackouts, b...
Broncos waive 2nd veteran who got hurt training on his own
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos waived receiver DaeSean Hamilton on Tuesday, four days after he seriously injured a knee while working out ...
Unions want priority rehiring of workers as Nevada reopens
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Laid-off casino and hotel workers picketed at the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday to demand state lawmakers pass a bill to requi...
Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest Tuesday as Israeli mi...
Biden back behind the wheel, zooming away in electric truck
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden is back behind the wheel. And now he’s gone, bolting down the track....
AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. ...
Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. said Tuesday that delays in completing testing means the first new unit at its Vogtle plant is now unlikely to start ...
Florida Senate passes gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sports betting in Florida is a step closer to legalization after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday approving a ...
US Space Force missile-warning satellite rockets into orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A $1 billion missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force rocketed toward orbit Tuesday....
Bill Gates’ leadership roles stay intact despite allegations
SEATTLE (AP) — Despite allegations suggesting Bill Gates inappropriately pursued women who worked for him, don’t expect changes to his roles at the tw...
Rocket from Gaza kills 2; Israel topples 6-story building
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A rocket launched from Gaza killed two Thai workers in southern Israel on Tuesday, police said, hours after Israeli airst...
US envoy: Fear of Taliban conquering Kabul are overblown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Predictions that the Taliban will quickly overrun Afghan government forces and conquer Kabul once U.S. and coalition forces have ful...
‘Shared roots’: West Virginia senators key to Biden agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s known her for as long as he can remember, once challenging “Shel” to a heart-pumping zipline race down a rugged mountaintop....
Vote? Not yet. Invest? Yes. Fidelity launches teen accounts
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking to draw in the next generation of investors, Fidelity Investments is launching a new type of account for teenagers to save, sp...
UK job market improving as lockdown measures are eased
LONDON (AP) — Further evidence emerged Tuesday to show that the British economy is recovering strongly, with the number of people on payroll increasin...
Israeli police: 2 killed in strike launched from Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said, ...
Israeli medics: 10 wounded, 4 seriously, in strike from Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday wounded 10 people in southern Israel, four of them seriously, Israeli medics repor...
Palestinians go on strike as Israel, Hamas trade fire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective action against Israel’s polic...
Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only “whitelisted” sites to quash oppos...
Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza; Palestinians go on strike
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building, and...