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China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs
BANGKOK (AP) - China on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as "trying to catch the ...
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Wall Street leaps nearly 3% as markets worldwide rally
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are leaping Wednesday as a worldwide rally comes back around to Wall Street following updates from President Donald Trump about his plans for the Federal Reserve and his trade war that investors found encouraging. The S&a...
Apr 23, 2025
Gold soars to a new high as economic uncertainty deepens. Here's what to know
NEW YORK (AP) - As economic uncertainty deepens worldwide, gold prices have notched more and more record highs. That's because gold sales can rise sharply when anxious investors seek "safe havens" for parking their money. Gold's current rally arrives...
Apr 22, 2025
Wall Street rallies to recover some of its sharp losses as the dollar and US bond market steady
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday as companies report fatter profits than expected, and other U.S. investments are also steadying themselves a day after sliding sharply on worries about President Donald Trump's trade war and his attacks ...
Apr 22, 2025
US and global economic outlook deteriorates in Trump trade war, IMF says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and global economies will likely slow significantly in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs and the uncertainty they have created, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. The IMF said that the global economy ...
Apr 22, 2025
Federal report due on Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina's path to recognition as a tribal nation
PEMBROKE, N.C. (AP) - Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that, as soon as this week, could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation. In January, President Donal...
Apr 22, 2025
The Latest: Karen Read supporters arrive at court in advance of her second trial
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The second murder trial of Karen Read, whose case has sparked a national debate on police accountability and won her legions of devoted fans, will begin Tuesday with both sides laying out conflicting theories of how her Boston po...
Apr 22, 2025
Vance calls for greater ties with India, hails progress on trade talks
NEW DELHI (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called for enhanced engagement with India and said the South Asian country should buy more defense equipment and energy from the U.S. and allow Washington greater access to its market, lending ...
Apr 22, 2025
Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement
Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which said that it illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances. The nationwide drugsto...
Apr 22, 2025
Lori Vallow Daybell gives closing argument at her trial on charge she conspired to kill her husband
PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors argued Monday in their final statement to jurors that the shooting death of Lori Vallow Daybell's estranged husband in suburban Phoenix was staged to look like a case of self-defense. Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with do...
Apr 21, 2025