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Jeep maker Stellantis to lay off an unspecified number of factory workers in the coming months

Jeep maker Stellantis is planning to lay off an unspecified number of workers at its U.S. factories in the coming months to deal with a rapidly changing global auto market, the company said Tuesday
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FILE - The Stellantis sign appears outside the Chrysler Technology Center, Jan. 19, 2021, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Jeep maker Stellantis is planning to lay off an unspecified number of workers at its U.S. factories in the coming months to deal with a rapidly changing global auto market, the company said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Caitlin Clark is set to sign a new Nike deal valued at $28 million over 8 years, reports say

Caitlin Clark appears to be on the cusp of setting another record
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Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark holds her jersey following a WNBA basketball news conference, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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GoFundMe expands into Mexico as part of for-profit crowdfunding platform's international growth

GoFundMe is expanding into Mexico, the company announced Tuesday
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GoFundMe Chief Executive Officer Tim Cadogan poses for a photo in Altadena, Calif. on Friday, April 19, 2024. Mexican fundraisers can now solicit donations on GoFundMe, the company announced Tuesday, under an expansion that the crowdfunding giant hopes is the first of additional entrances into untapped Latin American markets. Mexico marks the 20th country serviced by GoFundMe. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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A legal challenge over the UK's role in arms sales to Israel will go ahead

A judge says a legal challenge over the British government’s role in allowing weapons to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court later this year
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Novartis, Danaher rise; Nucor, Cadence Design Systems fall, Tuesday, 4/23/2024

Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday: Novartis, Danaher rise; Nucor, Cadence Design Systems fall
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The world's largest 3D printer is at a university in Maine. It just unveiled an even bigger one

The university that boasts the world’s largest 3D printer developed one even bigger
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The University of Maine's first 3D printed home sits on Oct. 12, 2023, in Orono, Maine. The printer that created the house can cut construction time and labor. An even larger printer unveiled on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, may one day create entire neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Kevin Bennett)
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UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack

UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business
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FILE - Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover “a substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business. The company said Monday, April 22, 2024 after markets closed that it sees no signs that doctor charts or full medical histories were released after the attack. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
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These apps allow workers to get paid between paychecks. Experts say there are steep costs

More people are using so-called Earned Wage Access apps to get money to pay bills and buy groceries in between paydays
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Sheri Wilkins talks about her experience using the DailyPay app outside of the clubhouse at her apartment complex in College Station, Texas on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)
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Baltimore port to open deeper channel, enabling some ships to pass after bridge collapse

Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to access the city’s port starting on Thursday
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The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge lays on top of the container ship Dali, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Baltimore. The FBI confirmed that agents were aboard the Dali conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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As airplane makers struggle to meet demand, Morocco wants to become a manufacturing hub

Moroccan officials are aiming to turn the country into an aviation hub, luring investors aiming to spread out their supply chains to more nations with available and affordable workers
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A worker repairs aircraft parts inside Safran Aircraft Engines repair plant outside of Casablanca, Morocco, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Moroccan officials are aiming to turn the country into an aerospace hub, luring investors and manufacturers who have aimed to spread out their supply chains and find willing workers since the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo)
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Cyberattacks are on the rise, and that includes small businesses. Here's what to know

Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses
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FILE - A person works on a laptop in North Andover, Mass., on June 19, 2017. Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses. It’s a troubling trend that can be very costly and time consuming if owners don’t have a plan to deal with them. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

An activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war
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A person rides past the Google sign outside the Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Google has fired 28 employees who were involved in protests over the tech company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. The workers held sit-ins at the company’s offices in California and New York over Google’s $1.2 billion contract to provide custom tools for Israeli’s military. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
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PepsiCo beats Q1 revenue forecasts as price increases moderate

PepsiCo reported better-than-expected revenue in the first quarter on strong international demand for its snacks and beverages
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FILE - Boxes of Pepsi are displayed in a grocery store, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. PepsiCo reports earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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General Motors reports strong first-quarter profits

Despite a small dip in U.S. vehicle sales, General Motors’ first-quarter net income rose more than 25% on strong deliveries of pickup trucks and other higher-profit vehicles
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FILE - In this April 23, 2018, file photo, the logo for General Motors appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. General Motors reports earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Rise of the superfake: Hermès Birkins, Louis Vuittion brands being copied flawlessly

Counterfeit purses have been flooding the market for several decades.
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In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, street vendors sell counterfeits goods like bags, sunglasses, belts and watches, in New York.
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Are lab-grown diamonds as sustainable as advertised?

Over 60% of lab-grown diamonds are produced in China and India.
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Lab-grown diamonds arranged at the Diam Concept laboratory in Paris, France, Thursday, March 16, 2023.
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Stock market today: Wall Street rallies and adds to its hot start to the week

Stocks are rallying on Wall Street and adding to their hot start to the week
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FILE - The "Fearless Girl" statue stands in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
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Facing pressure from rights groups, World Bank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism project

A U.S.-based rights group says the World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that allegedly caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers
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FILE - Giraffes and zebras congregate under the shade of a tree in the afternoon in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania on March 20, 2018. The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor Relations Board
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FILE - Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor Relations Board. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
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Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church
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FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Tech billionaire Elon Musk accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
April 23

US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower

The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S. That's assuming it can withstand anticipated legal challenges from conservationists who fear it will lea...
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FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Mining impacts to Tiehm's buckwheat habitat in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, June 1, 2019. Just days after U.S. wildlife officials declared the Nevada wildflower endangered at the site of a proposed lithium mine, federal land managers are initiating the final stage of permitting for the project the developer says will allow the mine and the flower to co-exist. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
April 23

America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees

The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees
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Adriane Burnett reads to her son Karter Robinson on Saturday, April 14, 2024 in Birmingham, Ala. Women's participation in the American workforce has reached a high point, but challenges around child care are holding back many working class parents. When women without college degrees face an interruption in child care arrangements – whether it's at a relative's home, a preschool or a daycare center – they are more likely to have to take unpaid time or to be forced to leave their jobs altogether, according to an Associated Press analysis. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
April 23

Trump called this visa 'very bad' for Americans. Truth Social applied for one

The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, center, walks through the courthouse, as his attorney, Todd Blanche, left, looks on, on the first day of his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)
April 22

Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for US companies in China, report says

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China
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FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers a speech during the AmCham China Fireside Chat at the Baiyun International Conference Center (BICC) in southern China's Guangdong province, April 5, 2024. Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)
April 22

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide
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Workers scoop paddy rice into the mouth of a vacuum tube on a boat for processing at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The Mekong Delta, where 90% of Vietnam's exported rice is farmed, is one of the world's regions most vulnerable to climate change. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
April 22

Wall Street is looking to Tesla's earnings for clues to Musk's plan to restore company's wild growth

Faced with falling global sales and a tumbling stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system
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FILE - The logo for the Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Buford, Ga, April 22, 2021. Faced with falling global sales and a tumbling stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system. Tesla releases first-quarter earnings Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
April 22

Federal Trade Commission sues to block Tapestry's $8.5B acquisition of Capri

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block Tapestry, Inc.’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings Ltd
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FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission sued to block Tapestry, Inc.’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings Ltd., saying that the deal would eliminate direct head-to-head competition between the fashion companies' brands like Coach and Michael Kors in the so-called affordable luxury handbag arena. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
April 22

Baltimore leaders accuse ship's owner and manager of negligence in Key Bridge collapse

Baltimore's mayor and city council are calling for the owner and manager of the cargo ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge to be held fully liable for the deadly collapse
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Salvage work continues on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Baltimore. The FBI confirmed that agents were aboard the Dali conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
April 22

Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands

A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened
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A respiratory therapist left, conducts a pulmonary test on a woman at the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, April 4, 2024, in Libby, Mont. The clinic has diagnosed thousands of people with asbestos-related disease following contamination from a nearby mine for vermiculite. A federal jury on Monday, April 22, said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths in 2020 of two people who were exposed to asbestos in the Libby area decades ago. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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Jury says BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in a Montana town where decades of asbestos exposure sickened thousands

Jury says BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in a Montana town where decades of asbestos exposure sickened thousands
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Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

With cameras not allowed at former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York, live news blogs are coming into their own as an important news tool
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Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
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How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 4/22/2024

U.S. stocks have clawed back some of their losses from last week
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Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation

Alex Popken was a trust and safety executive at Twitter, leaving in 2023 after a decade at the social media company focusing on content moderation
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For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees' new NFL jerseys

Employees of the company tasked with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit
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A framed Los Angeles Rams Jared Goff jersey hangs on the the wall at STAHLS' in St. Clair Shores, Mich., Monday, April 22, 2024. STAHLS' rapidly personalizes jerseys for each first-round pick as they are announced at the NFL draft. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
April 22

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell 29 cents to $82.85 per barrel Monday
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Tennessee's GOP governor says Volkswagen plant workers made a mistake in union vote

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize under the United Auto Workers in a landslide election
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FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attends the Tennessee Titans groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the team's new NFL football stadium, Feb. 29, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Lee and some other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
April 22

What would a TikTok ban mean? 

A measure banning the popular social media platform would likely result in significant legal challenges citing the First Amendment, experts say.
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A measure banning the popular social media platform would likely result in significant legal challenges citing the First Amendment, experts say.
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California reject bill to crackdown on how utilities spend customers' money

A crackdown on how California utilities spend customers' money has failed to pass the state Legislature
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FILE - Paul Standen, senior director of underground regional delivery, second from right, and project manager Jeremy Schanaker, right, look on during a tour of a Pacific Gas and Electric crew burying power lines in Vacaville, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. A California legislative committee will consider a bill that aims to crack down on investor-owned utilities spending money from ratepayers on advertising and political lobbying. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Vista Outdoor, Salesforce rise; Tesla, Cardinal Health fall, Monday, 4/22/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday:
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Congress seems poised to pass potential TikTok ban in US. How would it work?

The measure sailed through the House as part of a foreign aid package.
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The TikTok logo is displayed outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023.
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Delta Air Lines, facing another union attempt to organize flight attendants, is raising their pay

Delta Air Lines is raising pay for flight attendants and other nonunion workers by 5%
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FILE - A Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Delta is raising pay for flight attendants and other nonunion workers by 5%. And the airline is boosting starting pay for all its U.S. jobs to at least $19 an hour. Delta CEO Ed Bastian announced the pay raises in a memo Monday, April 22, 2024 to employees. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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FILE - The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Boston. European Union regulators said Wednesday, April 17, 2024, they're seeking details from TikTok on a new app from the video sharing platform that pays users to watch videos. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
April 22

Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags

A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court to charges of smuggling c...
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Celebrity handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez hides under an umbrella as she walks with her lawyer Andrea Lopez outside the federal courthouse Monday, April 22, 2024, in Miami. The Colombian designer, whose bags were purchased by celebrities like Britney Spears and the cast of the "Sex and the City" TV series, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Monday for leading a smuggling ring that illegally imported into the U.S. crocodile handbags for sale at high end showrooms using couriers on commercial flights. (AP Photo/Josh Goodman)
April 22

Express files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announces store closures, possible sale

Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the fashion retailer is seeking to sell the majority of its stores
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FILE - A storefront of Express, Inc. a fashion apparel retailer, shown Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the fashion retailer looks to sell the majority of its stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Express, which is also the parent of Bonbons and Upwest brands, is shuttering a handful of its operations in the process. In an announcement Monday, April 22, 2024, the company said it planned to close 95 of its Express stores and all UpWest stores. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
April 22

Supreme Court allows soccer promoter's antitrust suit over FIFA policy on league matches to proceed

The Supreme Court is allowing a soccer promoter’s antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries
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Barcelona players react as they leave the field at the end of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
April 22

Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators

Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons say they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger
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Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that was struck down by lower courts
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FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
April 22

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more.

The Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People's Fund of Maui, an initiative started by Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires in Maui, has given away almost $60 million
April 22
FILE - Dwayne Johnson attends the world premiere of "Black Adam" in New York on Oct. 12, 2022, left, and Oprah Winfrey appears at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans on June 30, 2023. The nonprofit Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People's Fund of Maui, which was started by Winfrey and Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires last summer, has given away almost $60 million over six months to 8,100 adults. (AP Photo)
April 22

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation is “enormously valuable” but hasn't lived up to its potential
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Pages from the CyberTipline website are seen on a computer in New York on Friday, April 19, 2024. A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation is “enormously valuable” but hasn't lived up to its potential. That’s what a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory released on Monday, April 22, 2024 has found. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
April 22

A ban on single-use plastics takes effect in Hong Kong in a bid to reduce pollution

Hong Kong has passed a legislation to stop the sale and distribution of Styrofoam products and single-use plastic cutlery as a way to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the city
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A pedestrian carries takeaway food plastic bag in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 11, 2024. Hong Kong has long been a major producer and consumer of great food, and a great amount of plastic and Styrofoam to go with it. That’s going to change as new legislation aiming to stop the sale and distribution of Styrofoam products and single-use plastic cutlery went into effect on Monday, April 22, 2024.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)