Italy opens again amid hopes for real economic relaunch Italy’s gradual reopening after six months of rotating virus closures is satisfying no one: Too cautious for some, too hasty for others By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press April 26, 2021, 7:14 PM •...

US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check The White House says the U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press April 26,...

Academy Awards television audience plummets to 9.85 million The Nielsen company says its preliminary estimate shows the Oscars audience on ABC dipped to slightly under 10 million viewers By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer April 26, 2021, 9:08 PM • 5 min...

Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, it will have to undertake a vast transformation toward r...

Kansas City Southern in talks on dueling rail takeover bids As deal talks begin, Canadian National railroad says it is receiving broad support for its $33.7 billion bid to buy Kansas City Southern By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer April 26, 2021, 10:59 PM...

Tesla posts $438M 1Q profit on strong electric vehicle sales Charged up by strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla has reported its seventh-straight profitable quarter By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer April 27, 2021, 12:05 AM • 5 min read Share...

Italy's 'epochal' recovery plan targets women, youth, south Italian Premier Mario Draghi is presenting a 222.1 billion euro ($268.6 billion) coronavirus recovery plan to Parliament By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press April 26, 2021, 4:03 PM • 5 min re...

The Associated Press FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2020 file photo, worker Javad Memarzadeh, of Needham, Mass., right, dusts washers on a display, at a Home Depot location, in Boston. Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. fa...

The Associated Press FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019 file photo a gambler makes a sports bet at Resorts casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Sunday, April 25, 2021, British gambling company Super Group announced a deal to become publicly traded and enter the U....

EU launches legal action against vaccine-maker AstraZeneca The European Commission says it has launched legal action against vaccine maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract with the EU By LORNE COOK Associated Press April 26,...