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Homeowners spend on renovations and repairs despite the uncertain economy and higher prices

U.S. homeowners are boosting spending on home renovation projects, bucking a broader pullback by consumers amid diminished confidence in the economy
38 minutes ago
FILE - A Home Depot logo sign hands on its facade, Friday, May 14, 2021, in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
2 hours ago

US investment firm Redbird agrees to buy Britain’s venerable Telegraph newspaper

A consortium led by U.S. investment firm Redbird Capital Partners has agreed to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old Daily Telegraph newspaper for about $674 million
2 hours ago
FILE -The Daily Telegraph newspaper with the front page of French President Emanuel Macron is seen at a supermarket in London, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
May 23

Germany's economy grew by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. That's double the initial estimate

The German economy, Europe’s biggest, grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing
May 23
Containers are pictured at a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
May 23

'Investment, not tariffs,' says Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump before 3rd round of talks

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussion at an upcoming tariff talks between the two sides
May 23
FILE - Workers, back, unload vehicles while a car, center front, is moved to another location of the area, where export vehicles are parked at the Daikoku vehicle terminal center in Yokohama, near Tokyo, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
May 23

This redundant aviation safety net helps keep planes safe when controllers lose contact

News that air traffic controllers directing planes into New Jersey’s busiest airport twice lost both their radar and radios is alarming
May 23
Switches in the cockpit of a United Airlines flight simulator are lit up at the company's training campus in Denver, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
May 22

World stocks are mixed and oil prices slip after Treasury yields ease

World shares are mixed as U.S. Treasury yields ease after a rocky week due to worries in the bond market over mounting U.S. government debt
May 22
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, May 23, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
May 22

Louisiana stifles community air monitoring with threat of million-dollar fines, federal lawsuit says

A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by restricting them from sharing information about air quality
May 22
FILE - The community of Geismar is seen in the shadow of a chemical and petroleum industrial corridor, that is a known source of ethylene oxide emissions, in Ascension Parish, La., Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
May 22

Stars convene for amfAR gala to raise millions for AIDS research

Artwork by Adrien Brody and James Franco and a chance to sit courtside at a Knicks game with director Spike Lee were among the starry offerings at the annual amfAR Gala to raise money for AIDS research
May 22
Coleman Domingo poses for photographers upon arrival at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 78th Cannes international film festival, Cap d'Antibes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
May 22

FTC dismisses lawsuit against PepsiCo

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that the previous commission filed in the waning days of the Biden administration
May 22
FILE - In this photo taken May 16, 2011, the Pepsi logo is seen on a delivery truck at Walmart in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
May 22

Argentina's Milei unveils bold plan to lure billions in undeclared dollars back home

Argentina’s government has unveiled an ambitious scheme to bring billions of undeclared U.S. dollars tucked under mattresses or stashed in foreign bank accounts back into the crisis-prone country
May 22
Argentina's President Javier Milei arrives to vote in city legislatures elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
May 22

Weight-loss drugs may lower cancer risk in people with diabetes, a study suggests

Researchers are beginning to wonder if blockbuster drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound could play a role in preventing cancer
May 22
FILE - The injectable drug Ozempic is shown, July 1, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
May 22

What we know about a private plane's fatal crash into a San Diego neighborhood

Authorities say a private plane clipped power lines before slamming into a home in San Diego
May 22
Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
May 22

Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits

The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago
May 22
In this image from video, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., announces the final vote total after the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after an all-night session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (House Television via AP)
May 22

Here's a look at recent aircraft tragedies, mishaps and close calls

At least three people were killed when a private jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday morning, adding to the long list of aviation disasters this year
May 22
Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
May 22

Bitcoin hits record high, past $110,000 for 1st time

Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, jumped 6%. The $TRUMP memecoin, a cryptocurrency launched by President Donald Trump in January, increased by nearly 6%.
May 22
Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, jumped 6%. The $TRUMP memecoin, a cryptocurrency launched by President Donald Trump in January, increased by nearly 6%.
May 22

Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.86%, its highest level since mid-February

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed this week to its highest level since mid-February, a setback for home shoppers that threatens to slow sales further this spring homebuying season
May 22
FILE - A sign announces the sale of a new home, Jan. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
May 22

RFK Jr.'s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugs

A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F
May 22
President Donald Trump, seated and center, listens during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 22

Mercedes-Benz will establish its North American HQ in Georgia, moving hundreds of jobs

Mercedes-Benz plans to establish its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta, where the automaker will expand its existing U.S. corporate hub by adding hundreds of jobs relocated from other cities
May 22
May 22

Senate votes to block California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035

The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
May 22
Traffic converges on a freeway Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
May 22

Bitcoin hit a record high. Here's why.

The price of bitcoin surged past $110,000 for the first time.
May 22
Golden Bitcoin coins lie on a US dollar banknote.
May 22

EU foreign policy chief calls on Serbia to make a 'strategic choice' between West and East

European Union’s foreign policy chief says that membership candidate Serbia faces a “strategic choice” of direction
May 22
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addresses the media after talks with Serbia's top officials in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
May 22

April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in April, as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective home shoppers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for the housing market
May 22
FILE - A sale sign stands outside a home on the market Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in the east Washington Park neighborhood of Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
May 22

FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter
May 22
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 22

US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week

The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic uncertainty over U.S. trade policy
May 22
FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
May 22

A wave of new owners brings fresh energy to independent bookselling

Amber Salazar is the kind of idealist you just knew would end up running a store like Banned Wagon Books
May 22
This photo provided by Amber Salazar shows books at the Third Annual Winter(ish) Market hosted by Lost Friend Brewing Company, Nov. 30, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Amber Salazar via AP)
May 22

Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Yingluck ordered to pay for losses from a rice subsidy program

A Thai court has ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than $304 million to compensate for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy program that her government had implemented more than a decade ago
May 22
FILE -Former Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra talks to reporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court for last day of the hearing in Bangkok, Thailand, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
May 22

Trump's big tax bill has passed the House. Here's what's inside it

House Republicans have taken a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda
May 22
President Donald Trump gestures during a business roundtable, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 22

Fewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the UK in 2024

Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. — the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number of those moving abroad — in 2024
May 22
FILE - A passenger arrives from a flight at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in London, Aug. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
May 22

US tariff hikes, Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda

The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top the agenda of a two-day Southeast Asian summit next week
May 22
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a media briefing in the government capital of Putrajaya, Malaysia, ahead of a series of summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next week, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Eileen Ng)
May 22

Crypto industry saw Trump as a champion, now fear he's putting personal profits first

President Donald Trump has hosted top investors for one of his cryptocurrency projects at his luxury golf course in Northern Virginia
May 22
Demonstrators protest near Trump National Golf Club Washington DC before the arrival of President Donald Trump in Sterling, Va., Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
May 22

Kenyans worry a US duty-free trade deal might end and expose them to Trump's tariffs

It’s crunch time for the maker of Levi’s and Wrangler jeans in Kenya’s capital
May 22
FILE -A label reading "Levis" on a pair of Levi Strauss & Co jeans is displayed at a production line at United Aryan EPZ Limited in Ruaraka on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, March. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku, File)
May 22

Here's the late changes Republicans made to Trump's big bill

Republicans have made several late changes to their tax cut and immigration bill
May 22
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., center, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, talk as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
May 21

Senate clears way to block clean air standards in California, including vehicle emission rules

Senate Republicans have voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back clean air standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
May 21
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 21

Asian shares slip as worries about U.S. debt send Wall St tumbling

Asian shares have followed Wall Street lower after shares slumped under pressure from the bond market due to worries over U.S. debt
May 21
Traders Fred Demarco, left, and Peter Tuchman, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
May 21

Industry leaders urge Senate to protect against AI deepfakes with No Fakes Act

Tech and music industry leaders testified about the dangers of deepfakes made with artificial intelligence on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would protect people’s voices and likenesses from replication without consent
May 21
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law Chair Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during a hearing on AI deepfakes, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 21

Dow closes down 800 points as bond sell-off rattles markets

The bond sell-off coincided with deficit concerns over a tax cut bill.
May 21
Traders Fred Demarco, left, and Peter Tuchman, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 20, 2025.
May 21

Why are more shoppers struggling to repay 'buy now, pay later' loans?

Short-term lender Klarna says more customers are having trouble repaying their “buy now, pay later” loans
May 21
FILE - People shop for shoes in a Nike store on Nov. 25, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
May 21

Saying Trump exceeded his authority, 12 states ask court to strike down his sweeping tariffs

Twelve states on Wednesday urged a federal court to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports, saying he had exceeded his authority, left U.S. trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos
May 21
May 21

Dow plunges 800 points as Bitcoin hits new all-time high

Stocks closed down significantly on Wednesday as bond yields spiked amid deficit concerns centered on a tax cut measure under consideration in the U.S. House.
May 21
VIDEO: Dow plunges 800 points as Bitcoin hits new all-time high
May 21

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 5/21/2025

Wall Street slumped under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S. government’s spiraling debt and other concerns
May 21
May 21

Tariffs, inflation and leery customers are hitting retailers in different ways

Retailers are trying to navigate their way through economic uncertainty in 2025
May 21
The logo for Target is displayed above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
May 21

Bitcoin hits new price highs as crypto industry scores wins

Bitcoin hit a new all-time high as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency reached price levels not seen since President Donald Trump’s inauguration
May 21
A one bitcoin token reflects as it is placed on a mirror in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
May 21

Target CEO says tariffs risk 'massive' costs, but price hikes a 'last resort'

The company reported a drop in sales in its most recent quarter.
May 21
A shopper wheels a cart through the parking lot after making a purchase at the Target store, Feb. 27, 2023, in Salem, N.H.
May 21

UK retailer Marks & Spencer puts cyberattack cost at $400 million with disruptions ongoing

British retailer Marks & Spencer estimates that a cyberattack that stopped it from processing online orders and left store shelves empty will cost it about 300 million pounds, or $400 million
May 21
FILE - A bus passes a branch of Marks and Spencer in London, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
May 21

Target sales drop in 1st quarter and retailer warns they will slip for all of 2025

Sales at Target fell more than expected in the first quarter and the retailer warned they will slip for all of 2025 year as its customers, worried over the impact of tariffs and the economy, pull back on spending
May 21
File - A shopper wheels a cart through the parking lot after making a purchase at the Target store, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Salem, N.H. Target is recalling almost 5 million candles over laceration and burn hazards, according to a Thursday notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
May 21

USAID funding cuts hit local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands
May 21
Sidi Yaya Sangare, left, teaches Bambara in a makeshift classroom in the village of Mountougoula, Mali, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Saydou Camara)
May 21

Japan's exports slow in April as Trump's tariffs dent shipments to the U.S.

Japan's exports to the United States, its largest single trading partner, fell nearly 2% in April as tariff hikes imposed by President Donald Trump hit home
May 21
FILE - Tokyo Container Terminal is seen in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
May 21

Trump drafts America's business titans to burnish his image at home and abroad

President Donald Trump isn’t the only one who wrapped up a Middle East tour in recent days
May 21
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chairman and CEO of GE Aerospace Larry Cup Jr. during an event about investing in America in the Cross Hall of the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 20

What to know about the US Senate's effort to block vehicle-emission rules in California

The U.S. Senate is moving forward with an effort to block California's nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions
May 20
FILE - Charging bays are seen at the new Electrify America indoor electric vehicle charging station in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
May 20

Migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from a supplier to Japanese companies

Around 280 Bangladeshi migrant workers are demanding unpaid wages from a Malaysian firm which was a supplier to big Japanese companies
May 20
A Bangladeshi migrant worker rests on a dormitory bed in Klang, Malaysia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Azneal Ishak)