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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for JD.com founder Richard Liu said Monday that surveillance video showing the Chinese businessman in an elevator and walking arm-in-arm with a woman who has accused him of rape provides a...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Avianca Brasil is canceling 1,045 domestic flights this week because it has to return 18 aircraft to leasing agencies. Brazil’s National Aviation Agency says the planes needed to be returned Monday to...

Major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Monday, as losses in banks and other sectors offset solid gains in energy companies following a surge in crude oil prices. The price of crude oil rose to its highest level since...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Kimberly-Clark Corp., up $6.70 to $130.25 The maker of Kleenex tissues and other consumer products reported a surge in profit that beat forecasts....

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined PokerStars $10,000 for taking bets on New Jersey college basketball teams in violation of the state’s sports betting law. The state Division of Gaming...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s transport minister says Qatar Airways’ request to fly through Syrian airspace has been approved. Airlines have avoided Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, causing long detours....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Wegmans will eliminate single-use plastic grocery bags at its New York state stores by year’s end — just before a state ban on the packing takes effect, the grocery store chain announced Monday. The...