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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled the pop singer’s life and money for nearly 14 years. The move by Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny capped a stunning odyssey that saw Spears publicly demand the end

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ independence day may have arrived. At a hearing in Los Angeles Friday, a judge will decide whether to terminate the conservatorship that has controlled the pop superstar’s life and money for nearly 14 years. With no significant opposition, it appears likely Judge Brenda

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street on Friday, but still marked their first weekly loss in six weeks. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 1%. Johnson & Johnson gained ground

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold another chunk of his stock after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold about 640,000 shares for roughly $687.3 million, according to two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales will help Musk pay

NEW YORK (AP) — Spectrum Brands, Flowers Foods rise; Lordstown, Loews fall.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street on Friday, but still marked their first weekly loss in six weeks. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 1%. Johnson & Johnson gained

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. envoy says Lebanon is a failing state that has also failed its people, leaving them struggling with converging crises that have impoverished the population and eroded trust in authorities. Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. special rapporteur on poverty, sounded the alarm in an interview

By FRANK JORDANS, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Going into overtime, negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow are still trying to find common ground on phasing out coal, when nations need to update their emission-cutting pledges and, especially, on money. Talks are at a “bit of a stalemate,”

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 0.9%. Every major index is on track

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his stock Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold about 640,000 shares for roughly $687.3 million, according to two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales will help Musk pay

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers could be playing football again less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19 while unvaccinated. Whether the off-field consequences of this situation on the reigning MVP’s public persona have a similarly short shelf life remains uncertain. Rodgers

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company said Friday that the division selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep the Johnson & Johnson name. The new

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union have inched away from a diplomatic cliff edge but remain miles apart in a post-Brexit spat that risks escalating into a cross-Channel trade war. Chief negotiators David Frost for Britain and Maros Sefcovic for the EU failed to make much progress

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his stock Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold about 640,000 shares for roughly $687.3 million, according to two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales will help Musk pay

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Every major index is on track

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday led by the information technology and healthcare sectors. Johnson & Johnson shares are rising on news it’s splitting its Band-Aids and Listerine business from its medical device and prescription drug business. The S&P 500 is up less than 0.1%, and is