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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...
14:29 18 May 2021

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...
14:13 18 May 2021

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, ...
12:30 18 May 2021

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...
11:57 18 May 2021

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...
10:23 18 May 2021

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...
10:11 18 May 2021

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...
9:14 18 May 2021

Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza as war rages on

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 in d...
6:55 18 May 2021

Gambling bill dies as Alabama legislative session ends

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Monday ended the 2021 legislative session without a vote on a gambling bill, and Gov. Kay Ivey indicated ...
5:15 18 May 2021

Amid threats to members, House to vote on new security

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, says it took time for him to stop con...
4:09 18 May 2021

Prison group sues to keep immigrant detention center open

SEATTLE (AP) — Private prison corporation GEO Group has sued Washington state, saying a new law mandating the closure of the immigrant detention cente...
3:07 18 May 2021

Biden boosting world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the c...
2:09 18 May 2021

Asia shares rise despite ongoing pandemic, inflation worries

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, partly on bargain-hunting from the recent global market falls amid continuing pessimism about the conronavirus...
2:07 18 May 2021

Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu

President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...
0:28 18 May 2021

AP source: NTSB chairman to step down at end of June

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board will step down from his position at the end of June, and the Biden administ...
0:13 18 May 2021

California places Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ under review

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is reviewing whether Tesla is violating a state regulation by advertising its vehicles as...
0:02 18 May 2021

Canadian National’s $33.6B bid to buy US railroad hits snag

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Regulators on Monday dealt a procedural blow to Canadian National’s $33.6 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern railroad....
23:40 17 May 2021

Black elite family drama ‘Our Kind of People’ set for fall

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Affluent and well-connected Black families are the focus of “Our Kind of People,” a new Fox drama series from “Empire” creator Lee ...
22:20 17 May 2021

Arizona sheriff’s immigration patrols to cost public $200M

PHOENIX (AP) — The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a...
22:02 17 May 2021

Biden plan would pick winners, losers in move to green jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — In Georgia, school bus-maker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michiga...
19:43 17 May 2021

Cuomo set to earn $5M from book on COVID-19 crisis

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo disclosed Monday that he was paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last yea...
19:29 17 May 2021

Walz, legislative leaders reach $52 billion budget deal

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leaders of the Minnesota Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz announced a $52 billion deal for the state’s next two-yea...
17:28 17 May 2021

At Athens Varsity, answer to ‘What’ll ya have?’ is bulldozer

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Chili dogs, onion rings and frosted orange milkshakes could soon be in shorter supply for students at the University of Georgia....
17:05 17 May 2021

Indiana ending enhanced pandemic jobless aid next month

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is dropping out of a federal program that provides an extra $300 in weekly payments to unemployed workers and other progra...
16:04 17 May 2021

US officials seek big fines against more airline passengers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are continuing to pursue large penalties against a few airline passengers accused of disrupting flights....
14:46 17 May 2021

Downtown stores, businesses await their customers’ return

NEW YORK (AP) — In many downtown areas where companies closed their offices and commuting ground to a halt, sandwich shops, bakeries and other small b...
12:07 17 May 2021

Israeli strikes hit Gaza tunnels as diplomats work for truce

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15 kilomete...
11:56 17 May 2021

As prisons close, communities look to repurpose buildings

One shuttered prison in Connecticut has been repurposed for document storage. Another is used to process and train newly hired correction officers. A ...
11:14 17 May 2021

Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15 kilomete...
7:17 17 May 2021

Asian stocks mixed after Taiwan, Singapore anti-virus curbs

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Taiwan and Singapore tightened anti-coronavirus restrictions and Wall Street turned in its ...
5:26 17 May 2021