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Warren Buffett donates again to the Gates Foundation but will cut the charity off after his death

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts Friday,...

Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online

NEW YORK (AP) — Tractor Supply is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts, a move...

A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage...

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from more betting slips to the last debate

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now, no doubt to the relief of...

Shares of Trump Media swing wildly after first US presidential debate, fall 10%

Trump Media fell more than 10% Friday after the first U.S. presidential debate, demonstrating another...

Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures easing further

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflatio...

Turkey welcomes removal from a key money-laundering watchlist, hoping to boost foreign investment

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Friday welcomed a decision by an international watchdog to remove it...

High-stakes French legislative election hits torrid final stretch before first-round voting begins

PARIS (AP) — With their own and France's fates in the balance, candidates were making their last campaign...

Stock market today: Stocks edge lower on Wall Street, ending a 3-week winning streak for the S&P 500

Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and finished lower Friday, ending a three-week winning streak...

A father who lost 2 sons in a Boeing Max crash waits to hear if the US will prosecute the company

As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to pu...

Law limiting new oil wells in California set to take effect after industry withdraws referendum

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes an...

California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers to sue employers over labor violations

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature approved bills Thursday that would amend a 20-year-old...

Market for newly built homes slows as elevated mortgage rates put off many home shoppers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilders who bucked the worst of last year’s housing slump may be seeing their...

Panel's approval of liquefied natural gas export terminal puts more pressure on Biden to block it

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas won...

Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vas...

US economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a 1.4% annual rate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy expanded at a 1.4% annual pace from January through March, the...

US weekly jobless claims fall, but the total number collecting benefits is the most since 2021

Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of Americans collecting...

Walgreens to take a hard look at underperforming stores, could shutter hundreds more

Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its U.S. business that could result in closing hundreds of additional...

Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here's how to avoid the rush

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating...

Judge tells Prince Harry to explain how communications with ghostwriter were destroyed

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was hit with a hefty legal bill Thursday and ordered to explain how communications...

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