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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned to court Thursday for the third day of witness testimony in his hush…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial…

Honda plans to invest $11 billion, with the help of joint venture partners, to build out its electric vehicle efforts…

Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia and will continue his career as…

Former President Donald Trump and his legal team are putting the foundational belief that no one is above the law, not even the president, to the test on Thursday when the high court takes up Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part…

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA deepened its ties to Saudi Arabia by confirming a sponsorship on Thursday with the kingdom’s state…

ATLANTA (AP) — Workers at auto plants in the South should be free to unionize without pressure from employers or…

That request was denied by New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the trial on the hush money scheme that was meant to prevent harmful stories about Trump from surfacing in the final days of the 2016 campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are tumbling Thursday after a dispiriting cocktail of data suggested both that the economy’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New rules on coal power plants target pollution ‘pushing our planet to the brink,’ EPA Administrator Michael…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Congo ’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals”…

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. (AP) — Amazon ’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (CFR) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $135.7 million.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Well-heeled home shoppers are increasingly paying cash, helping turbo-charge price gains for the most expensive U.S.…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB (KOF) on Wednesday reported net income of $295 million…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific’s first-quarter profit crept 1% higher as the railroad tightened up on expenses — particularly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy slowed last quarter, growing at an annual rate of 1.6% in a sign that…

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Ladder Capital Corp. (LADR) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $16.6 million.…

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates…

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $34…

FAIRFIELD, N.J. (AP) — FAIRFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Kearny Financial Corp. (KRNY) on Thursday reported earnings of $7.4 million in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — US growth slowed sharply last quarter to 1.6% rate, reflecting an economy pressured by high rates.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Heritage Financial Corp. (HFWA) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $5.7 million.…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Independent Bank Corp. (IBCP) on Thursday reported net income of…

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NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $991 million.…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (BFH) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of…