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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI says a Chinese man was kidnapped after a business meeting in the Los Angeles-area last month, but authorities haven’t heard from the kidnappers since they demanded a $2 million ransom. Officials...

CHICAGO (AP) — Drugmaker AbbVie is donating $100 million to Ronald McDonald House Charities, which help provide housing to pediatric patients and their families throughout the U.S. The donation announced Monday is the single...

BUFFALO, S.D. (AP) — The company planning the Keystone XL oil pipeline is moving to condemn private land in South Dakota. TransCanada Corp. has filed eminent domain petitions in state court against parcels of Harding County land...

The older the current bull market gets, the more stories you’re likely to read about how this is an awful time to retire. Yes, we’re due for a correction that trims 20 percent or more from stock values. That could be...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Silicon Valley CEO will lead one of the oldest organizations dedicated to promoting women in the workplace. Lorraine Hariton becomes CEO at Catalyst in an era when the #MeToo movement has ensnared major...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Frontier Airlines says it has suspended a pilot accused of threatening on Facebook to harm a 12-year-old transgender girl for using the girls bathroom at her Oklahoma school. Frontier spokesman Jonathan...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest retail sales report from the government augurs well for small and independent retailers for the fourth quarter, with one possible snag: the impact of trade tariffs. Overall retail sales rose 6.4...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s transport minister says the country has reliable procedures for checking bridges “that I trust and citizens can trust too.” Andreas Scheuer told the weekly Bild am Sonntag that while the...

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A 7-year-old New York boy is back selling lemonade and raising money for a friend in need after a state health inspector put the squeeze on him last month. Brendan Mulvaney raised more than $900 on...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Melania Trump is encouraging technology and social media companies to provide more opportunities for children to share ideas on how to be good citizens online. Opening a federal conference on cyberbullying,...