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FILE - Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are shown on the assembly line during a media tour at the Boeing facility in Renton, Wash., June 25, 2024. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool, File)

A Boeing strike is looking more likely. The union president expects workers to reject contract offer

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There might be a strike at Boeing this week after all. The president of the machinists' union local district in Seattle says he expects workers to vote down a contract negotiated by the union and the … more

By The Associated Press | 9/10/24

FILE - German federal police officers check a van at the Austrian-German border crossing point in Kiefersfelden, Germany, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Germany's expansion of border controls is testing European unity

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The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next … more

By VANESSA GERA | 9/10/24

Cancer patient Steven Manetta sits for a portrait Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in his Lemont, Ill., home. Manetta takes at least a dozen pills daily to keep a form of the blood cancer leukemia in remission. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Limits to anti-nausea pill coverage wear on cancer patients and doctors

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Some cancer patients are hitting coverage limits on a cheap anti-nausea pill that can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment. Doctors say restrictions on the number of tablets can hurt care. … more

By TOM MURPHY | 9/10/24

FILE - A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

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Authorities in Congo say 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States have arrived in the country. The arrival on Tuesday came a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union. … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 9/10/24

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet sits at a gate at the Tulsa International Airport Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Tulsa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Southwest Airlines under pressure from a big shareholder shakes up its board

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Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and the chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan after a meeting with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 9/10/24

This cover image released by Random House shows "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout. (Random House via AP)

Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout's 'Tell Me Everything' as her latest book club pick

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Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer … more

By HILLEL ITALIE | 9/10/24

FILE - People wait in front of the Apple store in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2015. The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

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The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an … more

By KELVIN CHAN | 9/10/24

This image made from a SpaceX video shows the launch of the Polaris Dawn mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday Sept. 10, 2024. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk

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A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 9/10/24

FILE - Police officers check authorizations at a checkpoint, July 18, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some of its businesses

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Parisian business owners and hotel managers were promised a summer like no other. Millions of tourists would flood the French capital for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, generating billions of … more

By DIANE JEANTET | 9/10/24

FILE - Cranes and transporters work at an automated container port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, on July 7, 2024. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

China's August exports grow a robust 8.7%, beating forecasts while imports soften

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China’s exports grew for a fifth consecutive month. It's a sign of growing demand abroad even as imports fell amid a slowing Chinese economy. Data released by China's customs office Tuesday showed … more

9/10/24

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares echo Wall Street rally as investors gauge inflation data

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Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street that regained some of the losses from the market’s worst week in nearly a year and a half. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Sydney, … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 9/10/24

Eddie Russell, master distiller, and son of 89-year-old Jimmy Russell, the "Buddha of Bourbon" talks about having three generations of the Russell family involved in the bourbon industry at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ky., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky bourbon icon Jimmy Russell celebrates his 70th anniversary at Wild Turkey

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When bourbon fans enter the Wild Turkey visitors’ center in Kentucky, they might be welcomed by Jimmy Russell. But he's no ordinary greeter. Russell has lived through much of the distillery’s … more

By BRUCE SCHREINER | 9/10/24

A street light is seen during a sunrise in Dili, East Timor Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

In diesel-dependent East Timor, renewable energy transition remains slow despite government pledges

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The small Southeast Asian nation of East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. The country has made international and domestic pledges to reduce its carbon footprint through untapped solar … more

By VICTORIA MILKO | 9/9/24

Therapist and survivor advocate Shannon Moroney, centre left to right, Peter Nygard, Nygard's lawyer Gerri Wiebe, Justice Robert Goldstein and Crown lawyer Neville Golwalla are seen in a courtroom sketch in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. A(lexandra Newbould/The Canadian Press via AP)

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault

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Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been sentenced in a Toronto courtroom to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women. The judge Monday called the 83-year-old a “sexual … more

9/9/24

FILE - In this photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wildlife officials release five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Colo., Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Colorado Natural Resources via AP)

Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated

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Colorado wildlife officials have captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program. Officials said Monday that a … more

By MATTHEW BROWN | 9/9/24

FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million Ohio train derailment settlement

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Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite reservations about whether the deal offers enough. So lawyers who … more

By JOSH FUNK | 9/9/24

The new iPhone 16 is displayed during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)

The iPhone 16, new AirPods and other highlights from Apple's product showcase

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Apple has squarely shifted its focus toward artificial intelligence with the unveiling of its hotly anticipated iPhone 16 along with a slew of features coming with the next update to the device's … more

9/9/24

FILE - This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File)

Ex-employees of Titanic submersible's owner to testify before Coast Guard panel

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Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify in front of a Coast Guard investigatory board at … more

By PATRICK WHITTLE | 9/9/24

FILE - Norfolk Southern Railroad CEO Alan Shaw speaks during an interview Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Norfolk Southern railroad says its CEO is under investigation for alleged ethical lapses

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Norfolk Southern's board has confirmed that the railroad's CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad declined to offer any … more

By JOSH FUNK | 9/9/24

FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, baggage carts are towed to the Boeing 737 jet at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark., June 19, 2014. Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

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Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes, and that is raising safety concerns because of the fire danger. The risk is coming from lithium-ion batteries that power all kinds of … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 9/9/24