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BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of the coronavirus. The subway authority in a brief message said only that the closure of 40 mostly downtown stations was being taken as part of epidemic control measures. No date

By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials and the United Nations held out hope for more evacuations from the bombed-out steel mill in Mariupol as scores of civilians reached relative safety after enduring weeks of Russian shelling against the city’s last pocket of resistance. While the evacuees savored

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday, with markets in China, Japan and some other markets still closed for holidays. Hong Kong and Seoul fell more than 1% and oil prices were higher. On Tuesday, stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street as investors waited for Wednesday’s decision

By BRIAN WITTE and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks as the nation’s federal transportation secretary, died Tuesday. He was 90. John Flaherty, Mineta’s former chief of staff, said

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party is demanding a no-confidence vote aimed at ousting the Rajapaksa-led government. It blames Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet for failing to provide decent living standards amid the nation’s economic crisis. Protesters have been demanding Rajapaksa and his brother,

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have passed legislation that would hike the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2028, potentially the highest in the nation. Advocates say the raise is badly needed in a state that routinely tops lists for most expensive housing and cost of living. But

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Leonard Ignelzi, who produced breathtaking images of Hall of Fame careers, wildfires and major news events over 37 years as an Associated Press photographer in San Diego, has died. He was 74. Ignelzi was a gifted storyteller and a highly versatile photojournalist, but

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a man killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is speaking out against the company. At a press briefing in Edwardsville, Deon January said DeAndre Morrow was only working because he was called in on his day off. And her attorney

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal regulators are recommending that the Army Corps of Engineers decline to reissue a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The Environmental Protection Agency says the project could raise levels of mercury and other pollutants downstream from the site in northeastern Minnesota. It’s just a recommendation, but Minnesota

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks’ sales climbed to a record $7.6 billion in its fiscal second quarter, but its profits took a hit from climbing labor costs. And those costs are set to go even higher as the company tries to head off a growing union movement. Starbucks said Tuesday it will spend

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS declared itself the most popular prime-time television network for the season, even though there are still more than three weeks to go. CBS’ announcement on Tuesday came despite a close race with second place NBC — CBS is averaging 6.35 million to NBC’s 6.25

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive painkillers, the nation’s three largest opioid distributors have agreed to pay the state $518 million. Most of the money will be directed toward easing the addiction epidemic. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man claiming to be a film financier has been convicted in South Florida of participating in a scheme to steal more than $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for movies and Broadway shows. Court records show a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale found Jason Van Eman

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by U.S. labor investigators. The U.S. Labor Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement agreement with LinkedIn to resolve allegations of “systemic, gender-based pay

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb is getting a boost from the rebound in travel. The lodging-reservations company said Tuesday that while it lost $19 million in the first quarter, that was much better than the $1.2 billion loss it suffered in the same quarter last year. Airbnb says bookings are up, and revenue

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: BP, Clorox rise; Chegg, Expedia fall.

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks’ sales climbed to record levels in its fiscal second quarter, but its profits took a hit from climbing labor and ingredient costs. The Seattle coffee company __ which welcomed back former CEO Howard Schultz last month as its interim leader __ said revenue rose 15% to a record

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of the country is stopping short of bringing back restrictions amid deep pandemic fatigue. For weeks,

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company’s president, will succeed him. Weisberg has been in publishing for more than 40 years. He joined Macmillan as president in 2016 and had been CEO since early 2021. Macmillan authors

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal water officials have announced they’ll keep hundreds of billions of gallons of Colorado River water inside Lake Powell instead of letting it flow downstream to southwestern states and Mexico. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Water and Science Tanya Trujillo said Tuesday the move will allow