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A person reads an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting on Shohei Ohtani to move to the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Tokyo. Ohtani agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
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Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel … more
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FILE - Trucks carry aluminum alloy frames to Adani Green Energy Limited's Renewable Energy Park near Khavda, Bhuj district near the India-Pakistan border in the western state of Gujarat, India, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28
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The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in … more
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Make-up artists prepare a model, center, to show the Belgian-Argentine label Sadaels collection backstage in a Parking Gallery at Zaryadye Park near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. An international fashion forum in Moscow has brought together designers from Brazil, China, India, South Africa and other countries, an event that underlined Russia's shift away from the West amid the fighting in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
AP PHOTOS: Moscow hosts a fashion forum with designers from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
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MOSCOW (AP) — An international fashion forum in Moscow has brought together designers from Brazil, China, India, South Africa and other countries, an event that underlined Russia’s shift away … more
An activist demonstrates for financing farming now at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
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This year’s global climate summit in Dubai set aside Sunday to spotlight food and agriculture, a sector that accounts for about a third of the world’s emission. More than 100 world leaders agreed … more
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FILE - Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws during a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Anaheim, Calif., June 21, 2023. Ohtani agreed Saturday, Dec. 9, to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Shohei Ohtani joins big-money club with massive contract with Los Angeles Dodgers
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Shohei Ohtani, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Patrick Mahomes and Mike Trout are among the world’s top athletes, each with a long list of epic accomplishments. Well paid, too. Ohtani has cashed … more
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FILE - The commencement address is given during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on May 12, 2018. The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal released Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked pay raises and Republicans refused to release money for the engineering building earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans to reduce diversity positions
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The regents of Universities of Wisconsin have narrowly voted to reject a deal with Republican lawmakers to freeze hiring for diversity positions, drop an affirmative action faculty hiring program at … more
Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
Polish truck drivers are blocking the border with Ukraine. It's hurting on the battlefield
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Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. Pickup trucks and … more
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National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, left, and Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, shake hands after unveiling Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region
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The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich … more
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The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. Europe's yearslong efforts to draw up AI guardrails have been bogged down by the recent emergence of generative AI systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT, which have dazzled the world with their ability to produce human-like work but raised fears about the risks they pose. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules
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European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules. The announcement paves the way for legal oversight of emerging technology used in … more
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FILE - The Amazon logo is seen, Sept. 6, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif. Attorneys for Amazon on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the retailer, arguing the agency is attacking policies that benefit consumers and competition. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Amazon asks federal judge to dismiss the FTC's antitrust lawsuit against the company
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Attorneys for Amazon have asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant. It argues the agency is attacking policies that benefit … more
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FILE - Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Southwest Airlines flight attendants have voted down a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union. The Transport Workers Union Local 556 said Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 that the proposal was voted down 64% to 36%. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines reject a contract their union negotiated with the airline
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Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline. The Transport Workers Union Local 556 announced the results Friday. Union … more
File - Social worker Lupita Armijo-Garcia works at her desk in the Ottawa County, Mich., Department of Public Health office, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Holland, Mich. On Friday, the U.S. government issues its November jobs report. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman, File)
A 'soft landing' or a recession? How each one might affect America's households and businesses
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The solid hiring revealed in Friday’s jobs report for November, along with a raft of other recent economic data, is boosting hopes that the U.S. economy will achieve a “soft landing” next year … more
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File - Drivers refuel at a Chevron gas station, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in South Miami, Fla. A big explanation for the recent decline in gas prices is seasonality — with prices at the pump almost always easing at this time of year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
FTC opens inquiry of Chevron-Hess merger, marking second review this week of major oil industry deal
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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Chevron’s acquisition of Hess oil company, the second inquiry the independent agency has opened this week of a major oil industry merger. Chevron and … more
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Delorese Butley-Whaley brings her purchases of milk and bread to the register of a specially modified bus that serves as a mobile supermarket in Atlantic City N.J. on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Virtua Health and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority are operating a service to bring fresh groceries and produce to Atlantic City, where plans for what would be the city's first supermarket in nearly 20 years recently fell through. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and hospitals create mobile groceries
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Five billion dollars worth of gambling gets done each year in Atlantic City. But the seaside resort still does not have a grocery store. A state agency and two hospital systems are sending mobile … more
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File - Advocates for a union for Starbucks employees watch as company founder Howard Schultz leaves a hearing after testifying to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the Capitol in Washington on March 29, 2023. Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year. The move Friday is major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its U.S. stores. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
In a reversal, Starbucks proposes restarting union talks and reaching contract agreements in 2024
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Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year. The move Friday is major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the … more
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Jalen Matthews sits on her yoga mat in her home in Louisville, Ky., Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. She was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth and had her first pain crisis at age 9. Three years later, the disease led to a spinal cord stroke that left her with some paralysis in her left arm and leg. “I had to learn how to walk again, feed myself, clothe myself, basically learn how to do everything all over again,” said Matthews, who is now 26. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Two gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in US
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U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Doctors hope they can cure the painful inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. One treatment … more
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Jessica Taylor, right, and Nick Rutherford, left, protest at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near the DHL Express Hub Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Erlanger, Ky. More than 1,000 union members at DHL walked off the job at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, a critical logistics hub for the package delivery company, during the busiest time of the year. The Teamsters say they are protesting unfair labor practices at the DHL Express hub. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Unionized DHL Express workers strike at critical Cincinnati air cargo hub
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More than 1,100 unionized DHL Express workers walked off the job at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), a critical logistics hub for the package delivery company, during the … more
FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott publicized some $2.1 billion that she's made in charitable donations since November 2022, in a post Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, on her website Yield Giving.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals the groups that got some of her $2.1 billion in gifts in 2023
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $2.1 billion in donations since November 2022, she said in an online post, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019.  Scott wrote … more
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This video game image released by Nintendo shows a scene from "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom." (Nintendo via AP)
Baldur's Gate, The Legend of Zelda and Cocoon shine brightest in a stellar year for video games
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It’s been a terrific year for video games. Developers hit their stride on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S consoles, particularly with ambitious role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate III and … more
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People visit Masdar City near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as Dubai hosts the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
On sidelines of COP28, Emirati 'green city' falls short of ambitions, but still delivers lessons
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A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark. It offers a cautionary tale about … more
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