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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan to send U.S.-made anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. The United States fully endorsed the move amid Ukraine’s escalating tensions with Russia. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a tweet on Saturday that Washington saluted the

By ROB GILLIES and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Haiti’s spiraling insecurity and growing concerns about its ability to hold general elections following the killing of President Jovenel Moïse prompted two dozen international senior officials to meet amid a pressing need to take action. Canada hosted the more than three-hour-long meeting Friday with

By JON GAMBRELL and MAAD AL-ZIKRY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says a prison hit by an airstrike, killing at least 70 detainees, hadn’t been reported to either the U.N. or the Red Cross as a site needing to be protected. The comment came early Saturday from Saudi

NEW YORK (AP) — Weber picked the wrong day to suggest grilling meatloaf. The Illinois-based outdoor grill company apologized on Friday for sending a recipe-of-the-week email earlier that day featuring instructions on how to prepare “BBQ Meat Loaf.” The email coincided with news of the death of Marvin Lee Aday, best known as rock superstar

NEW YORK (AP) — Weber picked the wrong day to suggest grilling meat loaf. The Illinois-based outdoor grill company apologized on Friday for sending a recipe-of-the-week email earlier that day featuring instructions on how to prepare “BBQ Meat Loaf.” The email coincided with news of the death of Marvin Lee Aday, best known as rock

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An official says the man fatally shot by police officers at the San Francisco International Airport was carrying two toy replica guns. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, who initially took over the investigation because the airport is in his county, told The San Francisco Chronicle Friday that the man

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks fell again on Wall Street Friday, capping off the worst weekly drop for the S&P 500 since the start of the pandemic. The S&P 500 fell 1.9%, and notched its worst weekly performance since March 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3% and the Nasdaq lost

By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel says it will invest $20 billion to build a factory in central Ohio in an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage of chips that power everything from phones to cars to home appliances. The announcement Friday also signals the giant

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Netflix, SunPower fall; Peloton, Bank OZK rise.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks extended their losses on Wall Street Friday as major indexes finished with another weekly loss. The S&P 500 fell 1.9%, and notched its worst weekly performance since March 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3% and the Nasdaq lost 2.7%. Technology and communications stocks fell. Netflix

By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is poised to announce next week major electric vehicle investments in Michigan. It plans to spend $6.5 billion and create up to 4,000 new jobs at two plants in the state. According to a meeting agenda, Michigan’s economic development board is

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is blocking some flights by Chinese airlines in retaliation for China canceling more than a dozen flights there by American carriers. The U.S. Transportation Department issued an order Friday to block 44 flights by four different Chinese airlines. The move is a response to China recently canceling flights by

By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste. The spill in southwestern Colorado fouled rivers with a sickly

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks extended their losses on Wall Street Friday as major indexes headed for another weekly loss. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1%. The Nasdaq fell 2.2%, slipping further into a correction, or more than 10% below its peak. Technology and communications

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 in an unrelated campaign finance case. Igor Fruman pleaded guilty in September to charges that he solicited

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration has announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math. It’s part of the broader effort to make the U.S. economy more competitive. Senior Biden administration officials say the State Department will let eligible visiting students in those fields complete up to

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Total Energies and Chevron, two of the world’s largest energy companies, are planning to exit Myanmar. The companies are citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the country’s military overthrew the elected government. The announcement came Friday just a day after Total called

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that workers voted 19-8 in favor of a union

In a story published Dec. 9, 2021, and in prior stories on the same topic, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Starbucks store in Buffalo was the first to unionize in the company’s history. The United Food and Commercial Workers union represented workers at six stores in the Seattle area for several years in