Author: Associated Press

(AP) — Congress has taken a new step toward reining in the market dominance of Big Tech. Bipartisan legislation

The Biden administration on Friday announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math

(AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value

The University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles has a lot in common with urban areas across the U.S.: A

(AP) — California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm

(AP) — Last month’s wet winter storms led California officials on Thursday to announce they’ll release more water than

A late-afternoon sell-off wiped out gains for stocks on Wall Street Thursday and sent major indexes deeper into losing

(AP) — Disability rights activists and advocates for Britney Spears backed a California proposal Wednesday to provide more protections

(AP) — San Diego police have determined the causes of death of a 40-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son

(AP) — Most fraternities at the University of Southern California will be allowed to start having parties again in

(AP) — The Federal Reserve on Thursday released a highly anticipated report on central bank digital currencies that suggested

McDonald’s is expanding sales of its meatless McPlant burger to hundreds of locations. The company said the McPlant __

(AP) — First, Amazon competed with malls. Now, it’s moving inside one. The online retailing giant said Thursday that

Stocks continued to fall on Wall Street Wednesday as investors review the latest corporate earnings and prepare for higher

Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a policy it announced earlier

In a wealthy enclave nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains that is a haven for celebrities, residents now face

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7

(AP) — A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an

(AP) — Florida is on pace to produce the smallest crop of oranges in more than 75 years, according

(AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests,

Stocks fell to a new low for the year on Wall Street Tuesday and bond yields surged amid renewed

(AP) — Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle was resolved Tuesday after a federal judge signed a plan that

(AP) — Crews made railroad repairs in Los Angeles Monday after a train derailed near the location where thieves

AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near key airports after the nation’s largest airlines said the

(AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual

(AP) — In just two weeks, the cost of pecans for the pies at Peggy Jean’s Pies in Columbia,

(AP) — China is showing no signs of slowing its demand for American lobster this year despite disruption to

(AP) — On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are

(AP) — Their state budgets flush with cash, Democratic and Republican governors alike want to spend some of the

(AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern California

A late-afternoon recovery in technology stocks helped erase most of the market’s losses Friday, but it wasn’t enough to

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook

(AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, taking packages belonging

(AP) — Martin Shkreli must return $64.6 million in profits he and his former company reaped from jacking up

(AP) — China’s politically volatile global trade surplus surged to $676.4 billion in 2021, likely the highest ever for

 (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated safe handling policies at a helium plant in the Texas

A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s revised antitrust suit against Meta, formerly known as Facebook,

(AP) — Police are treating a fire at the home of a San Diego County leader and his wife,

(AP) — Navient, a major student loan collecting company, agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in debt owed by more

2021 was an unusual year for the automotive industry. While customer demand for new cars rebounded from the economic

(AP) — Seven years after purchasing San Diego’s Saint Archer Brewery, Molson Coors has discontinued the brand and sold

(AP) — A medical transport plane struck power lines in cloudy weather before it crashed last month near San

(AP) — Inflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7% spike from a

Stocks shook off an early slide and closed higher Tuesday as Wall Street welcomed more modest moves in the

(AP) — Bank of America slashed the amount it charges customers when they spend more than they have in

Stocks on Wall Street fell again Monday, though the market ended up bouncing nearly all the way back from

(AP) — This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the

(AP) — California would be the first state to provide health coverage to all immigrants in the country illegally

(AP) — A 58-story luxury apartment building in San Francisco continues to sink and is tilting about 3 inches

As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide