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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice to lead enforcement of competition laws at the Justice Department has won Senate approval. The vote comes as Biden’s administration pursues action against outsized market power it has condemned in several industries, including Big Tech, health care, airlines and agriculture. The vote

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden last month announced a deal to operate the Port of Los Angeles around the clock to break a massive backlog of cargo that’s driving up prices for consumers. But it hasn’t happened yet. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miramax is suing director Quentin Tarantino over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on his work on “Pulp Fiction.” In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the entertainment company alleges that Tarantino’s offerings violate the copyrights it holds to his

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about a wealthy American family whose actions helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($67,000) Baillie Gifford Prize during a

By MICHAEL TARM, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury deliberated a full day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial after two weeks of testimony in which they were given starkly different portrayals of his actions the night he shot three men on the

By ED WHITE Associated Press Hospitals in Michigan and Minnesota are reporting a wave of COVID-19 patients not seen in months. Beds are filling with unvaccinated people, and health care providers are warning that staff are being worn down by yet another surge. Michigan had slightly more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals this week

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection says there is still time for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to comply with a subpoena before the panel moves forward with a vote to hold him in

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he made clear to China’s Xi Jinping that his administration stands firmly behind the United States’ longstanding “One China” policy. But he also said Tuesday that the self-ruled island of Taiwan ultimately makes it own decisions. White House officials said the two leaders

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders are pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. The House is expected to vote later this week and the Senate is vowing to follow by Christmas. The Democratic leaders outlined the schedule Tuesday in hopes of boosting the party’s standing and

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says a Las Vegas man’s admission that he voted twice in November 2020 in a case that state Republicans seized on to claim voter irregularities amounted to “a cheap political stunt” that backfired. Judge Carli Kierny in Las Vegas said Tuesday that Donald

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ask people to voluntarily cut water use by 15%. Data released Tuesday shows most aren’t doing that. Californians reduced their water by 3.9% in September. That’s down from 5.1% in August. Overall, California has reduced its water