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By DAN FRIO Edmunds Looking for a car to inspire adventure on the open road for spring break and beyond? Edmunds has gathered a few picks that can handle rocks, ruts and the highway rest stops with ease. For around $30,000 or less, you can find a used Honda Ridgeline, Jeep Wrangler, Lexus GX 460

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet When discussing a multigenerational family trip, have a plan to avoid arguments around topics like when to travel, where you’ll go, what you’ll do there or how you’ll split bills. With groups, it’s often best for each family unit to book their lodging and transportation. Keep costs in line with

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Communist Party says Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after a little over a year in the job. That makes him the latest senior official to leave office amid an intense anti-corruption campaign. The party’s Central Committee approved his resignation, writing in a statement

PARIS (AP) — France’s competition watchdog has hit Google with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news. The French Competition Authority said Wednesday that it issued the $272 million penalty because of Google’s failure to comply with some commitments it made in a negotiating framework. The

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press the federal tax collector will expand its pursuit of high-wealth tax dodgers with new initiatives in the coming months. Werfel says the IRS is using tools like artificial intelligence to ferret out abuses and

By YAYAN ZAMZAMI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen who rescued six people. The survivors said more people were still on the boat. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The six,

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden is celebrating an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants nationwide. The Democratic president talked up the investment Wednesday in the political battleground of Arizona.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it was investigating a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales ’ medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. The Information Commissioner’s Office said: “We can confirm that we

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have agreed to renew Ukraine’s import rates, which have been in place since shortly after Russia invaded while adding protective measures for agricultural products such as grain and honey to address the concerns of farmers across the 27-nation bloc. Farmers angry at red tape

By The Associated Press The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the gold Mega Ball was 7. The estimated jackpot was $893 million with a cash

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — No bidders appeared at a court-ordered auction of the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, where she had been held under house arrest for nearly 15 years. Many in Myanmar view the house as a historical landmark of Suu Kyi’s nonviolent struggle

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The school year in Afghanistan has started but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education. The U.N. children’s agency says more than 1 million girls are affected by the ban. It

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say the death toll has risen to 14 in the crash of a bus into a tunnel wall on an expressway in northern China. Broadcaster CCTV said Wednesday that 37 other people were injured. The accident happened Tuesday afternoon on a major expressway in Shanxi province. There was no

By ROSS D. FRANKLIN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage Tuesday evening at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a triumphant reboot of the Boss’ postponed 2023 world tour. In September Springsteen, 74, announced his tour would be delayed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice as

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Price rises in the U.K. eased more than anticipated in February, raising expectations that the Bank of England may start cutting interest rates in the next few months. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, fell to 3.4%,

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say twelve miners have been killed in a explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan. Authorities rescued eight miners and recovered all the bodies after the explosion in the min in Harnai, a district in the Baluchistan province. A local mine inspector said Wednesday investigators were still working to

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the Federal Reserve’s i ndication that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.6% to 40,676.77 after the government reported exports grew nearly 8%

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have reached a preliminary agreement for the release of $1.1 billion from a $3 billion bailout following dayslong talks in Islamabad. Officials said Pakistan will receive the final tranche from the bailout that was approved by the IMF in July to

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean tanker has capsized off an island in southwestern Japan. Authorities said the capsizing has killed eight people on board. One crew member survived, and the fate of two others was unknown. The Japan Coast Guard said it received a distress call from the chemical

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation’s border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for