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People whose houses were demolished on public health grounds collect water in the Gesco neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Rapid urbanisation has led to a population boom and housing shortages in Abidjan, where nearly one in five Ivorians reside, many of them in low-income, crowded communes like the ones in the Gesco and Sebroko districts being demolished on public health grounds. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

Homes are demolished in Ivory Coast's main city over alleged health concerns. Thousands are homeless

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Authorities in Ivory Coast's largest city are demolishing homes in low-income areas over what they say are public health concerns, leaving thousands without shelter and with nowhere to go. Each year, … more

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA | 4/17/24

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures upon the arrival for a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Apple CEO says company is 'looking at' manufacturing in Indonesia

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Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing in Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday. Widodo’s administration has worked for years to … more

By EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM | 4/17/24

FILE - An airplane flies over a sign on Boeing's 737 delivery center, Oct. 19, 2015, at Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing will be in the spotlight during back-to-back hearings Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as Congress examines allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Boeing in the spotlight as Congress calls a whistleblower to testify about defects in planes

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Boeing will be in the spotlight on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Congress is holding two hearings to examine allegations of major safety failures at the aircraft maker. The witnesses will include two … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 4/17/24

FILE - A container ship is loaded and unloaded at a container terminal at a port of Kawasaki near Tokyo on March 9, 2022. Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year ended in March, the government said Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as costs of energy and other imports rose amid a weakening yen. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan records a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year despite recovering exports

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Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak. The data released Wednesday showed the deficit was $38 … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 4/16/24

A member of staff from Sotheby's poses for the media with a portrait of the iconic former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, painted by Graham Sutherland in 1954, at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The portrait will be sold at auction on June 6 with an estimated price of 500-800,000 pounds sterling (US621, 000-1,000,000). Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on Nov. 30, 1874. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction

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A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed is going up for auction. The painting by modernist artist Graham Sutherland was made in preparation for a large … more

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, from left, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and cabinet ministers pose for a photo before the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Justin Trudeau's government raises taxes on wealthiest Canadians in federal budget

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal government. The budget proposes to increase the capital gains inclusion rate, which … more

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FILE- Mike Gilpatrick, who as a teenager was incarcerated at the Youth Development Center, poses on the front steps of his home, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Nashua, N.H. Gilpatrick testified Tuesday in the first civil trial seeking to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for alleged abuse at its youth detention center. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

A former youth detention center resident testifies about 'hit squad' attack

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Jurors deciding whether to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for alleged abuse at a youth detention center are hearing from a former resident who says his house leader and another staffer … more

By HOLLY RAMER | 4/16/24

In this image taken from Uber dashcam video released by the Clark County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office, William Brock, right, holds a weapon to Uber driver Loletha Hall outside his home in South Charleston, Ohio, on March 25, 2024. Brock, 81, who authorities say fatally shot Hall who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both, was indicted on a murder charge, Monday, April 15, 2024, by a Clark County grand jury. Hall had no knowledge of the calls made to Brock, authorities said. (Clark County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Ohio man fatally shot Uber driver after scam phone calls targeted both of them, authorities say

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An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge. Eighty-one-year-old … more

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FILE - Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield bangs the gavel, April 24, 2020, in the House chambers in Lansing, Mich. Prosecutors plan to announce charges Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in an investigation of the former leader of the Michigan House, the attorney general's office said. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

Former Michigan House leader and wife charged with misusing political funds

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Prosecutors have filed financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife. They're accused of milking political accounts for travel, housing and other personal benefits … more

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE | 4/16/24

FILE - A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. United Airlines reports their earnings on Tuesday, april 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

United Airlines reports $124 million loss in a quarter marred by grounding of some Boeing planes

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United Airlines says it lost $124 million in the first quarter, and it's blaming Boeing. United said Tuesday that the grounding of its Boeing Max 9 jetliners after a panel blew out of an Alaska … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 4/16/24

This artist sketch depicts Salah Al-Ejaili, foreground right with glasses, a former Al-Jazeera journalist, before the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Al-Ejaili, a former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, has described to jurors the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce exhaustion and pain. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Retired general's testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

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An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison has testified that a civilian contractor instructed prison guards to “soften up” … more

By MATTHEW BARAKAT | 4/16/24

FILE - Then Attorney General William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country. Barr says the committee’s report “uncovered persuasive evidence” that China’s government is “knee deep” in sponsoring and facilitating the export of fentanyl precursors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

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A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of … more

By KEVIN FREKING | 4/16/24

FILE - Jeff Skoll arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" at the Arclight Hollywood, July 25, 2017, in Los Angeles. Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, that they were winding down company operations. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Participant, studio behind 'Spotlight,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ shutters after 20 years

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Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners and socially conscious documentaries, is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 4/16/24

FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

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On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and some other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in … more

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Fed's Powell: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 4/16/24

FILE - Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, April 20, 2023, in Washington. The Labor Department moved Tuesday to better protect miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory disease commonly known as “black lung.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease

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The Labor Department issued a new rule Tuesday intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory … more

By MATTHEW DALY and LEAH WILLINGHAM | 4/16/24

FILE - The New York Rangers and fans celebrate a shootout victory over the New York Islanders in an NHL hockey game April 13, 2024, in New York. As the NHL playoffs begins this weekend, ushering in the most exciting hockey of the year, business is booming and the league has bounced back in a big way from the pandemic. (AP Photo/John Munson, File)

Hockey business is booming as the NHL bounces back from the pandemic in a big way

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As the NHL playoffs begin this weekend, ushering in the most exciting hockey of the year, business is booming and the league has bounced back in a big way from the pandemic. Backstopped by new U.S. … more

By STEPHEN WHYNO | 4/16/24

FILE - A airline agents helps a travelers in the departures area of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York. The U.S. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday, April 16, 2024, that it will give the states power to investigate complaints about airlines and ticket sellers, and then refer cases to the federal government for enforcement. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The Biden administration recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws

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The Biden administration is enlisting officials in 15 states to help enforce consumer-protection laws covering air travel. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that it will give the … more

By DAVID KOENIG | 4/16/24

Dr. Martens dour US revenue outlook for the year sends stock of iconic bootmaker plunging

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Chunky bootmaker Dr. Martens is warning of a tough year ahead. Dr. Martens shares plunged more than 30% Tuesday after the trendy British brand forecast that wholesale revenue in the U.S., its largest … more

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS | 4/16/24

Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, overseen by UAE's national security adviser

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Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country’s powerful national security adviser. Microsoft and the technology holding … more

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