A company CEO says a school board president has rejected his offer to pay overdue lunch bills in a district that warned parents their children could end up in foster care if they didn’t pony up. La Colombe...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — British Airways has failed to win a temporary injunction from a U.K. court to halt strike by pilots demanding better pay. Britain’s High Court rejected the application Tuesday for an interim injunction to...
Read MorePARIS (AP) — Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has told lawmakers at France’s lower house of parliament that they need to listen to scientists on the issue of climate change and act now to avert a catastrophe....
Read MoreAlison Fitzgerald Kodjak, an award-winning reporter and editor, will join The Associated Press as its Washington investigations editor. Kodjak, currently a health policy correspondent at National Public Radio, will manage a team...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — The Austrian branch of McDonald’s says it will paste over a slogan that drew the ire of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on posters in an Italy-themed ad campaign. McDonald’s put up posters with...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior senators — a Republican and a Democrat — unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health...
Read MorePlant lovers have long gotten together to trade seeds and growing advice, and the latest generation is following suit with modern plant swaps. The swaps (sometimes called plant exchanges) for amateur horticulturalists are...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Tuesday on Wall Street as several major companies reported solid second quarter earnings. Corporate earnings are now in full swing after last week’s relatively...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales tumbled 1.7% in June, with rising prices and a scarce supply locking out many Americans from ownership. The National Association of Realtors says homes were sold last month at a seasonally...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — US home sales sank 1.7% in June; down 2.2% over past year given high prices and low supply.
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