MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google announced new privacy tools Tuesday intended to give people more control over how they’re being tracked on the go or in their own home, part of a broader effort by big tech companies to...
Read MoreBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Beverly Hills considering ban on most tobacco sales (all times local): 11 p.m. The Beverly Hills City Council moved a huge step closer to banning almost all sales of tobacco in this...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (AP) — A developer could be hit Wednesday with a record $25 million in fines and fees for constructing a high-priced hotel on the Southern California coast after obtaining a permit for a property with moderately...
Read MoreBANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 470 points overnight amid mounting trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting a 4% dip in profit for January-March after vehicle sales fell in North America. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its quarterly profit was 459.5 billion yen, or $4.2...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (AP) — When California voters broadly legalized marijuana, they were promised that a vast computer platform would closely monitor products moving through the new market. But 16 months after sales kicked in, the...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — As he cranks up the pressure on China in pursuit of a new trade accord, President Donald Trump is putting his deal-making persona on the line and injecting new risk into his bid for another four years in the...
Read MoreDENVER (AP) — The Latest on a Denver vote to decriminalize magic mushrooms (all times local): 10:55 p.m. An effort to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” appears to be losing...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are planning to turn off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese direct investment in the United States dropped 83% last year, pushed down by growing mistrust between the world’s two biggest economies. In a report out Wednesday, the Rhodium Group research firm...
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