SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state Treasurer John Chiang on Wednesday called for an independent investigation amid questions about the educational background of the head of the nation’s largest public pension...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco official says $2 billion transit center closed over cracked support beam has second beam showing cracking.
Read MoreNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans has thrown out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s rules for fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the agency lacked authority to make them....
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — Ford CEO Jim Hackett says the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will cost the company $1 billion. Ford says the figure is a year-over-year increase from March through 2019....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has modestly raised a key interest rate for the third time this year in response to a strong U.S. economy and signaled that it foresees another rate hike before the year ends. The Fed on...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will sign a spending bill to avert a looming government shutdown set to begin next week. Speaking at the United Nations, Trump told reporters, “We’re...
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — General Motors is moving its Cadillac brand headquarters from New York back to Michigan, four years after heading to the big city to become more cosmopolitan. The move to the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan,...
Read MoreCHICAGO (AP) — Following years of reformulating at McDonald’s, most of the burgers it serves in the U.S. are now preservative-free. As of Wednesday, the world’s largest burger chain says classics like the Big Mac and...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s “Grand Central of the West” is closed out of safety concerns after workers discovered a crack in a support beam of the $2 billion transit terminal that opened just last...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a spending bill that averts a federal government shutdown (all times local): 2:30 p.m. President Donald Trump says he will sign a spending bill to avert a looming government shutdown set to begin...
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