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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Anti-poverty group Oxfam says companies making big profits as inflation surges should face windfall taxes to help cut global inequality. That’s one of the recommendations in a report the group released Monday as the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of political and business elites gets underway

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Leading Sunday services on the lawn outside his tornado-damaged Crosspoint Christian Church, the Rev. David Nichols told his congregation there was much for which to be grateful despite the destruction around them. The tornado that ravaged Selma hit the church’s daycare. It destroyed much of the

By COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — People worldwide are more gloomy about their economic prospects than ever before and trust business far more than governments, nonprofits and the media in an increasingly divided world. That’s according to a survey from public relations firm Edelman released Sunday to coincide with the World Economic Forum’s

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — People protested outside a Memphis police station over a man’s death after a confrontation with police officers during a traffic stop. Family, friends and supporters of Tyre D. Nichols released balloons Saturday to honor the life of the 29-year-old Memphis man and protested outside a police station near the site of

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Women who serve in the Missouri House will face a tougher dress code when they return to the floor this week after a debate that Democrats panned as a pointless distraction from the issues facing the state. The new rules require female legislators and staff members to wear a jacket

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia Monday morning. But there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake was centered 48 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Singkil, a coastal district in Aceh province at a depth of 48 kilometers (30 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and four others were wounded as dozens of shots were fired outside a Houston club early Sunday morning. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says that officials believe that just after 2 a.m. Sunday, shooters got out of a vehicle and opened fire at people who were

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The Milan menswear runway is full of spare looks for next fall and winter, as if the fashion world is taking a deep breath, to see what happens next. Prada opened its runway show with tailored, slightly blocky suit jackets with sharp, wing-like collars that flapped

By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid. The move announced Sunday marks the beginning of the end for Puerto Rico’s Electric Power

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say that a former Texas trooper has been found guilty of assaulting two women while he was on duty in the Houston area in 2020. Prosecutors said Friday that a jury found that 33-year-old Lee Ray Boykin Jr. deprived two separate victims of their right to bodily integrity while acting

By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico say two suspected drug traffickers have been killed in a shootout with federal agents off the U.S. territory’s northeast coast. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Jeffrey Quiñones tells The Associated Press that the incident occurred early Sunday when authorities

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway and another that was preparing for takeoff. “(Expletive)! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!” an air controller said in

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Marine animal welfare officials say the most recent whale found dead on a New Jersey shoreline had apparently been struck by a vessel. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Sunday that preliminary results of a necropsy on the humpback whale that washed up Thursday on the North End Natural Area in

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JOHN WAWROW ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, cheered via Twitter from home Sunday during Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins. “My heart is with my guys as

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More rain and snow fell during the weekend in storm-battered California, making travel dangerous and prompting evacuation warnings over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento. Bands of gusty thunderstorms started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close behind Sunday, the National

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway and another that was preparing for takeoff. “(Expletive)! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!” an air controller said in

By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence. “We have

DALLAS (AP) — Police investigating after a clouded leopard escaped her enclosure at the Dallas Zoo say a cutting tool was used to intentionally make an opening in the fence of the small cat’s habitat, and a similar cut was found at a habitat for small monkeys. Dallas police said Saturday evening that they did

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Upgraded murder charges have been filed against a Minnesota mom who is accused of fatally shooting her 6-year-old son and stashing his body in the trunk of her car last spring. Julissa Thaler was already charged with second-degree murder in the May 20 death of Eli Hart. The suburban Minneapolis mom was

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has handed down life prison sentences to 38 people, including a self-exiled businessman whose social media posts helped to spark anti-government protests. The Egyptian criminal court handling case on Sunday tried in absentia 23 of those sentences to life jail terms, including Egyptian businessman Mohamed Ali. A series of