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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s leaders say the military’s laser defense system has successfully…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Health Access Initiative selected Dr. Neil Buddy Shah as its new CEO Thursday, a…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin cracking down on e-cigarettes that have…

Associated Press In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Four big banks reported noticeable declines in their first quarter profits on Thursday, as the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose modestly in March, but higher prices for food, gasoline and other…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine was…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Air travel is expected to make close to a full recovery this year, and for airlines looking…

BOSTON (AP) — A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle allegations that it was illegally leasing dogs in…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a…

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth month running even as surging inflation has…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The first of four men accused in a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant in Vermont…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. U.S. health authorities…

By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say four people have been arrested and have been weapons seized in an…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter outright. He says the…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth Group delivered a better-than-expected first quarter and raised its 2022 forecast, as growth in Medicare…

LONDON (AP) — British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva. The U.K. is the first country…