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Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated

Colorado wildlife officials have captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program
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FILE - In this photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wildlife officials release five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Colo., Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Colorado Natural Resources via AP)
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Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million Ohio train derailment settlement

Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite reservations about whether the deal offers enough
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FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
September 09

The iPhone 16, new AirPods and other highlights from Apple's product showcase

Apple has squarely shifted its focus toward artificial intelligence with the unveiling of its hotly anticipated iPhone 16 along with a slew of features coming with the next update to the device's operating system
September 09
The AirPods Max are displayed at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
September 09

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 9/9/2024

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, ending a four-day losing streak
September 09
September 09

Apple touts AI in latest product updates

The company is releasing new versions of its iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods.
September 09
VIDEO: Apple touts AI in latest product updates
September 09

Apple unveils iPhone 16 for $799

Analysts say the product updates are a "big deal."
September 09
A man poses with an Apple iPhone 12 in a mobile phone store in Nantes, France, Sept. 13, 2023.
September 09

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been sentenced in a Toronto courtroom to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women
September 09
Therapist and survivor advocate Shannon Moroney, centre left to right, Peter Nygard, Nygard's lawyer Gerri Wiebe, Justice Robert Goldstein and Crown lawyer Neville Golwalla are seen in a courtroom sketch in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. A(lexandra Newbould/The Canadian Press via AP)
September 09

Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams, the FBI says

The FBI says Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency
September 09
FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 09

Norfolk Southern railroad says its CEO is under investigation for alleged ethical lapses

Norfolk Southern's board has confirmed that the railroad's CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses
September 09
FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train passes a train on a siding as it approaches a crossing in Homestead, Pa, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
September 09

New York site chosen for factory to build high-speed trains for Las Vegas-California line

A site in New York state has been chosen to build trains for a new high-speed rail line being constructed between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area
September 09
FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)
September 09

SEC settles with 7 companies it says violated whistleblower protection rules

Seven companies settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that they violated rules protecting whistleblowers who report potential misconduct to the regulatory agency
September 09
FILE - The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seen at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
September 09

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes, and that is raising safety concerns because of the fire danger
September 09
FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, baggage carts are towed to the Boeing 737 jet at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark., June 19, 2014. Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
September 09

A capsule has been propelled through a hyperloop test tube in a step forward for the transit system

Hyperloop has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands
September 09
Technicians work in the control room at a testing ground for a high-speed transit system during a press tour of an European test center for hyperloop transportation technology in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
September 09

Givenchy names Sarah Burton new creative director

The Paris luxury fashion house Givenchy has named Sarah Burton creative director for women’s and men’s collections, with immediate effect
September 09
FILE - Sarah Burton arrives for the British Fashion Awards 2011 at a central London venue, on Nov. 28, 2011. French luxury fashion house Givenchy names Sarah Burton new creative director. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)
September 09

LL Flooring reverses course and will keep hundreds of stores open after bankruptcy filing

After securing a last-minute buyer, LL Flooring is reversing course on shutting down all of its stores
September 09
FILE - Specialist Anthony Rinaldi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 1, 2016, adjacent to the post that handles Lumber Liquidators. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
September 09

US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries
September 09
FILE - Unsold 2024 Escalade utility vehicles are parked at a Cadillac dealership on June 2, 2024, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
September 09

US agency, seeking fewer pedestrian deaths, seeks design changes largely for increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks

US agency, seeking fewer pedestrian deaths, seeks design changes largely for increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks
September 09
September 09

US investigating reports that some Jeep SUVs and pickups can catch fire after engines are turned off

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks with the ignition turned off
September 09
FILE - A Jeep logo is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Jan. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
September 09

Mario Draghi has solutions for Europe's sluggish economy. Will EU governments listen?

A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe’s economy from weak growth and red tape is in
September 09
FILE - Italian Premier Mario Draghi attends a debate at the Senate in Rome, on July 20, 2022. A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe’s economy from weak growth and red tape is in. Lead author Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank and former Italian prime minister (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
September 09

Big Lots files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, plans to sell assets to Nexus Capital

Discount retailer Big Lots has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it contends with a pullback in consumer spending and soft sales
September 09
FILE - A shopper leaves the Big Lots store on Dec. 4, 2012 in Berlin, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)
September 09

The EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from the US, a major report says

European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, much of it U.S.-made, and failing to invest in joint military projects, a landmark report is warning
September 09
FILE - U.S.-made Abrams tanks purchased by Poland take part in a military parade in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 15, 2023. European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two thirds of it in the United States, and failing to invest enough in joint military projects, a landmark report on EU competitiveness warned on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, .(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 09

Oman state-run oil firm OQ will make initial public offering and potentially seek billions

An Omani state-run oil and gas company says it will make an initial public offering of its exploration and production business, potentially seeking billions in a major move toward privatization in the sultanate
September 09
This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)
September 09

Former Lebanon central bank chief to remain in jail while facing corruption charges

A Lebanese judge has ruled that the country’s former central bank chief will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state coffers
September 09
A Lebanese police officer blocks protesters from entering the court building, as they protest against Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 09

Black Caucus issues new guidelines for DEI policies

The Congressional Black Caucus has issued new guidelines for corporations to use in adopting their diversity, equity and inclusion policies
September 09
FILE - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, center, speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they visit the site of George Floyd's death in south Minneapolis on June 4, 2020. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP, File)
September 09

Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company
September 09
Eric Mahr, left, a lawyer representing Google in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against the tech giant, returns to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia after a lunch break in the trial, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 09

Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to claw back some of last week's sharp loss

U.S. stocks climbed Monday to claw back some of the losses from their worst week in nearly a year and a half
September 09
FILE - People pass the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
September 08

Spanish prime minister visits China during dispute over electric vehicles

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials during his second trip to China in a year and a half that comes during a spat over electric cars
September 08
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, attends his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at Diayoutai in Beijing, China,Sept. 9 2024. (Andrés Martínez Casares/Pool photo via AP)
September 08

A blockbuster Chinese video game sparks debate on sexism in the nation’s gaming industry

A blockbuster new Chinese video game is smashing records
September 08
A man holds up an umbrella against the rain as he walks past an ad promoting the latest blockbuster new Chinese video game "Black Myth: Wukong" in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
September 08

Japan's economy is growing, but political uncertainty is among the risks

Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending
September 08
FILE - People walk along a pedestrian crossing at Ginza shopping street in Tokyo, on March 31, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
September 08

DirecTV files complaint against Disney with FCC as impasse enters 2nd week

The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week
September 08
FILE - The ESPN logo is seen, Sept. 16, 2013, prior to an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)
September 08

Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58

Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle House and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Foundation, has died at age 58
September 08
FILE - Walt Ehmer, president and CEO of Waffle House, speaks on the phone after landing at the Wilmington airport with an emergency response team in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
September 08

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ jolts box office with $110 million opening weekend

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” drummed up $110 million in its premiere weekend, becoming the second biggest September opening of all time
September 08
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Jenna Ortega in a scene from "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
September 08

Boeing says it has a deal to avoid a strike by more than 30,000 machinists

Boeing has a tentative agreement with its largest union on a new contract for factory workers that could avoid a threatened strike
September 08
FILE - A Boeing machinist and union member leads cheers during the "stop work meeting" and strike sanction at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, July 17, 2024. (Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP, File)
September 08

AI industry uses light lobbying touch to educate Congress from corporate perspective

Education has become a primary goal of artificial intelligence interests in Washington
September 08
FILE - The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
September 08

Starbucks turns to a celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for an era of mobile orders

Fifty-three years after its founding, Starbucks is unhappy with what it’s become – and trying to figure out how to meet customers’ changing needs without losing its coffeehouse roots
September 08
FILE - Cars drive through the pick-up window at a Starbucks store on May 29, 2024, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FILE)
September 08

Talks between Boeing and its biggest union are coming down to the wire - and a possible strike

Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers
September 08
FILE - A Boeing machinist and union member leads cheers during the "stop work meeting" and strike sanction at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, July 17, 2024. (Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP, File)
September 08

As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren't the only ones worried

Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history
September 08
Employees protest before the start of a works meeting in a hall at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Volkswagen has announced that it will tighten its austerity measures due to the tense situation of the core brand. Redundancies and plant closures can no longer be ruled out. (Moritz Frankenberg/pool photo via AP)
September 08

Huge payout expected for rare coin bought by Ohio farm family and hidden for decades

Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value
September 08
This undated image provided by GreatCollections shows a 1975 proof set dime mistakenly made without the San Francisco Mint’s letter S mintmark. (GreatCollections via AP)
September 07

Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino

It allowed unlicensed money transfers from around the world to reach gamblers.
September 07
FILE - The Wynn Las Vegas is framed under a Las Vegas Boulevard street sign, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
September 07

Greece's prime minister says he will keep spending under wraps in a keynote speech

Greece’s prime minister says he will not allow excessive spending to derail the country’s recovery from the lengthy financial crisis that required an unprecedented infusion of funds from its creditors
September 07
September 07

Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death marks fourth in the state this year

Gov. Jim Justice says a coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night
September 07
September 07

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania say they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network
September 07
FILE - People walk at Baltic train station, with the Stenbock House, left, and St Mary's Cathedral, top, in background, in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
September 07

Recreational marijuana sales begin on North Carolina tribal land, drug illegal in state otherwise

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina
September 07
September 07

Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $800 million

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million
September 07
FILE - A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
September 07

Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio

Mining raw materials, like nickel, for batteries harms the environment, and new mines are very difficult to get approved, so the search is on to recycle metals that have already come out of the earth
September 07
A sign stands outside Nth Cycle, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Fairfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
September 07

Stellantis recalls 1.5M Ram trucks to fix software bug

Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.5 million Ram pickups worldwide to fix a software problem that can disable the electronic stability control
September 07
FILE - This Feb. 13, 2020 photo shows the Ram truck logo at the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
September 07

AP PHOTOS: A ferocious blaze scars the land outside Greece’s capital

In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts. In August, a ferocious wildfire swept through the mountains north of Athens, Greece's capital, pushing into the city and coming within feet of where Ilias created made-to-order tombstones, statues and other items out of white marble. The flames ignited a gasoline-filled generator at his workshop, which burned for two days before he could get near the property. A bust of a Greek Orthodox saint was spared and now rests in front of the gutted and soot-covered site in the suburb of Halandri. “It’s not the financial cost. I’ve lost my work — something spiritual,” Ilias said. “I’ve been doing this for 35 years, since I was a kid, aged 14.” The Aug. 11-13 wildfire tore through more than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) of forest and scrubland and scorched the shores of the city’s main water reservoir at Marathon, where an ancient battle inspired the modern distance...
September 07
A man with a motorcycle passes Drosopigi village on Parnitha mountain which had been burned in an Aug. 2021 wildfire, in the outskirts of Athens, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
September 07

Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell

A wave of odd-colored lobsters has showed up in fishers' traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year
September 07
Marine sciences professor Markus Frederich holds Tamarind, a two-toned lobster he is studying at the University of New England, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
September 07

Boeing's troubled space capsule ends mission with a landing in the New Mexico desert, leaving two astronauts in orbit

Boeing's troubled space capsule ends mission with a landing in the New Mexico desert, leaving two astronauts in orbit
September 07
September 06

By the Numbers: Million-dollar homes

Owning a million-dollar home in years past was a status symbol. But now in many markets, that money can only buy a starter home. We take a look at home prices in “By the Numbers.”
September 06
VIDEO: By the Numbers: Million-dollar homes