MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican government officials are still tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant it is already...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks declined Tuesday as investors watched U.S.-North Korean tensions after a fall in tech shares dragged down Wall Street. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.3 percent to 20,334.99 and Hong...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has approved a revision to its 30-to-40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear plant, delaying by two more years the removal of radioactive fuel rods in two of the three reactors...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico while the Trump administration sought to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen short of it efforts in...
Read MoreThe lights are back on at a couple major hospitals, but most of Puerto Rico is still in the dark — and likely to remain without power for days, weeks or even months. Hurricane Maria smashed a power grid that would be considered...
Read MoreCLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Clinic’s chief executive says he’s opposed to the Republican health bill in the U.S. Senate because he believes it will burden hospitals, throw people off insurance and fail to address...
Read MoreSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Every night since Hurricane Maria hit, Miguel Martinez and his family have slept on mattresses on the porch to escape the heat inside their dark, stifling home. But it’s nearly impossible to...
Read MoreTechnology stocks slammed into reverse on Monday, and the losses overshadowed gains in other areas of the market to send broad U.S. indexes lower. On Monday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 5.56 points, or 0.2...
Read MoreOnly one thing is certain for insurance shoppers if the latest attempt to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law succeeds: Uncertainty. Will you be able to get coverage? How much will it cost? Will it...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — American military contractors operating in Iraq are accusing Baghdad of employing strong-arm tactics to make them pay exorbitant income taxes, a practice they’ve warned the Trump administration is...
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