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Boxes of recounted ballots from the recent Pennsylvania primary election are stacked at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court is allowing elections officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time. The unsigned order Thursday applies to a Lehigh … more

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ADDS CONTEXT AND DETAIL THAT THESE BULLET HOLES ARE FROM A PRIOR SHOOTING - Blood is seen at the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022, where bullet holes on a storefront window from a prior shooting can also be seen. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

2 arrested, facing murder charges in Philadelphia shooting

Officials say two men are facing murder charges and have been arrested in Virginia in the deaths of two bystanders in last weekend’s shooting in a busy entertainment district in Philadelphia. City … more

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President Joe Biden speaks during the inaugural ceremony of the Summit of the Americas, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden pushing to lower ocean shipping costs, fight inflation

President Joe Biden is launched a renewed push to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans. It's a major challenge for retailers that the White House said has pushed up prices as the world … more

By JOSH BOAK | 6/9/22

A cargo Boeing 777 of China Southern Airlines flying from Amsterdam to Shanghai is silhouetted against the sun as it flies over the village of Podolye, 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2021. An industry group representing most major airlines criticized the European Union's Parliament on Thursday, June 9, 2022 for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to all departing flights. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Airlines blast EU plan to expand emissions rule for flights

An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union's Parliament for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to long-haul flights. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday that existing … more

By FRANK JORDANS | 6/9/22

FILE - A 2021 Model 3 sedan is connected to a charger at a Tesla dealership on June 27, 2021, in Littleton, Colo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday, June 9, 2022, that it's upgrading the probe into an engineering analysis, another sign of increased scrutiny of the electric vehicle maker and automated systems that perform at least some driving tasks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

US advances probe of Teslas running into emergency vehicles

A U.S. investigation into Teslas operating on partially automated driving systems that have crashed into parked emergency vehicles has moved a step closer to a recall. The National Highway Traffic … more

By TOM KRISHER | 6/9/22

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki briefs the media during a joint news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the headquarters of Poland's Power Grid in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, Thursday, June 2, 2022. The independence of Poland's courts is at the heart of a dispute with the European Union, which has withheld billions of euros in pandemic recovery funds. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Poland's leaders discuss the matter. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Poland's PM pushes for more coal to lower heating costs

Poland's prime minister has vowed to support higher production at the nation's coal mines in order to bring down heating and energy prices. Fuel costs have soared amid the war in Ukraine and European … more

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FILE - Volker Wissing, now Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, arrives in a BMW car in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Germany's transport minister said Thursday that he opposes plans to ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines across the European Union in 2035, arguing this would discriminate against vehicles powered with synthetic fuels. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday to back the measure that requires automakers to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 100% by the middle of the next decade, effectively prohibiting the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

German transport minister opposes EU combustion engine ban

Germany’s transport minister has announced strong opposition to an European Union plan that bans the sale of new cars with combustion engines across the bloc in 2035. The plan backed by EU … more

By FRANK JORDANS | 6/9/22

A woman walks past a price sign at a petrol station in London, Thursday, June 9, 2022. The average cost of filling up a typical family car has exceeded 100 pounds ($125) for the first time in Britain, as Russia's war in Ukraine drives gasoline prices higher. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Average cost of filling up car in UK hits record 100 pounds

The average cost of filling up a typical family car has exceeded 100 pounds, or $125, for the first time in Britain as Russia’s war in Ukraine drives gasoline prices higher. The average price of a … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 6/9/22

FILE - New $1 bills with the signatures of U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are cut and stacked at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, Nov. 15, 2017. More workers are following experts' advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel precarious. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Savings incentives: How 401(k)s get us to do the right thing

More workers are following experts' advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel precarious. It’s happening because 401(k) plans are using a simple human trait to guide us: our … more

By STAN CHOE | 6/9/22

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness. The group created ads with … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY | 6/9/22

FILE - Job seekers line up outside the New Hampshire Works employment security job center, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Manchester, N.H. More Americans applied for jobless aid last week but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment remains at a five-decade low. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 27,000 to 229,000 for the week ending June 4, the most since mid-January, the Labor Department reported Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment remains at a five-decade low. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 27,000 to … more

By MATT OTT | 6/9/22

FILE - President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. raises hands with Senate President Vicente Sotto III, left, and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco during his proclamation at the House of Representatives, Quezon City, Philippines on May 25, 2022. A top State Department official met Thursday, June 9, 2022 with Marcos in Manila, part of an ongoing diplomatic outreach in the Asia-Pacific region that Washington has undertaken to try and blunt growing Chinese influence. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

US official meets Marcos in Philippines in diplomatic push

A top State Department official has met with Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila, part of an ongoing diplomatic outreach in the Asia-Pacific region by Washington to try and … more

By DAVID RISING | 6/9/22

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President President Tsai Ing-wen, right pose with French Senator Joel Guerriau, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Armed Forces during a visit at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, June 9, 2022. A French parliamentary delegation pledged support for Taiwan during a meeting Thursday with the president of the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory with no right to diplomatic recognition. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

French lawmakers pledge support for Taiwan on island visit

A French parliamentary delegation has pledged support for Taiwan during a meeting with the president of the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory. Senator Joel Guerriau, vice … more

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FILE - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, May 20, 2022. Grossi said Thursday, June 9, 2022, that Iran is removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites in the country. Grossi made the comments at a suddenly called news conference in Vienna on Thursday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

UN watchdog says Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment

Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium. That's according to a statement Thursday from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog. The … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 6/9/22

FILE - A man walks by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, Oct. 5, 2015. A top European Union court rejected on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday, June 9, 2022 that British citizens living long-term in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for office in the bloc unless they have obtained a European nationality. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

EU court says UK residents in EU nations can't vote there

The European Union’s top court says British citizens living in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for office in the bloc unless they have obtained a European nationality. The … more

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FILE - Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission says she’ll continue to lead a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard the data privacy of children online. The work will include toughened enforcement of protections under a long-standing law governing kids’ online privacy and paying attention to the algorithms used by social media platforms that target young people. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

FTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids' data privacy online

The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard children’s privacy online. The ongoing work will include toughened … more

By MARCY GORDON | 6/9/22

FILE - A man walks on a floating swimming pool resting on dry ground of the water depleted Zezere River due to drought near, Pampilhosa da Serra in central Portugal, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May, the country’s weather service said Thursday, June 9, 2022. The month of May was the hottest in the southern European country for the last 92 years, weather service IPMA said in its monthly climate report. (AP Photo/Sergio Azenha, File)

Almost all of Portugal in severe drought after hot, dry May

Portugal's weather service says that almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May. The weather service said in its monthly climate report Thursday that the month of May was … more

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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Europe's 1st rate hike in 11 years looms amid high inflation

It's decision time again for the European Central Bank. But key steps have been announced in advance by bank President Christine Lagarde and her top officials. That's likely to mean an announcement … more

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South Korean rescue teams and firefighters work at the scene in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, June 9, 2022. At least seven people were killed and dozens of others were injured Thursday in a fire that spread through an office building in South Korea's Daegu city, local fire and police officials said. (Lee Mu-yeol/Newsis via AP)

Fire caused by suspected arson in S. Korea kills at least 7

A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building in South Korea’s Daegu city, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens of others, local fire and police officials say. … more

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FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a container ship from Japan is anchored at the container dock of Shanghai's Yangshan Port in east China on April 27, 2022. China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers began to ease, according to a customs agency statement on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Chen Jianli/Xinhua via AP, File)

China's trade rebounds in May as anti-virus curbs ease

China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers began to ease. The customs agency said exports surged 17% over a year … more

By JOE McDONALD | 6/9/22