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The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket after fixes

NASA is counting down toward a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, its second attempt in a week. Fuel leaks and a bad engine sensor foiled Monday's try. Managers say they've fixed the leaks and … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 9/2/22

The head of Ukraine's powerful National Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, speaks to The Associated Press in an interview at his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Sept. 2. Danilov appealed for additional assistance in the making the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant safe as the site remains caught in the middle of heavy fighting. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova

Ukraine security chief: Nuclear plant a threat to the world

The head of Ukraine’s powerful National Security Council says his government is still not fully aware of the situation, including potential threats, inside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and HANNA ARCHIROVA | 9/2/22

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, center, speaks during the "Open Balkan" economic forum for regional cooperation in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage

Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states have agreed to help each other with potential food or energy shortages. Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania are also … more

By JOVANA GEC | 9/2/22

Nicaraguan asylum-seekers meet to film a short video that will be part of video showing Nicaraguans in exile worldwide, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Since the summer of 2021 when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Fleeing Nicaraguans strain Costa Rica's asylum system

Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa … more

By MOISES CASTILLO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | 9/2/22

People relax on a beach in front of the stricken Tuvalu-registered OS 35 cargo ship that collided with a liquid natural gas carrier in the bay of Gibraltar last Monday in Gibraltar, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Gibraltar authorities say that a small amount of heavy fuel oil has leaked from a bulk carrier ship stranded since colliding Monday with another ship near the Bay of Gibraltar.  A government spokesman said that the situation was under control and the cargo ship was not in danger. He said there has been no environmental impact so far. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Gibraltar says heavy fuel yet to be removed from cargo ship

Gibraltar authorities say 80 percent of the diesel from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship has been removed but that some 180 tons of heavy fuel is still on board. The ship was ordered … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 9/2/22

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a White House event launching the Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Raimondo is announcing Friday $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors. The grants will go to 21 regional partnerships. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden administration awards $1 billion for economic projects

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is announcing $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors. The grants announced Friday will go to 21 … more

By JOSH BOAK | 9/2/22

A Lufthansa aircraft rolls to the parking position at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Lufthansa pilots will go on strike on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Lufthansa flights grounded as pilots up pressure over pay

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights have been canceled as pilots stage a one-day strike to press their demands for better pay and conditions at Germany’s biggest carrier. The airline said about 800 … more

9/2/22

FILE - Hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Highland Park, Ill., Thursday, July 14, 2022. Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to shine despite weakening elements of the U.S. economy. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Aug. 27, fell by 5,000 to 232,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Fed is hoping August hiring report will show slowdown

Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it’s come to this: If Friday’s jobs report for August were to show a significant hiring slowdown, the Federal Reserve — and even the White … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 9/2/22

A child waves a souvenir flag while waiting on the Max Brewer Bridge to view the launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis I mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Titusville, Fla. The launch was scrubbed. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Once in the doldrums, Florida coast hums with space launches

A decade ago, Florida’s Space Coast was in the doldrums. The space shuttle program had ended, and with it the steady stream of space enthusiasts who filled the area’s restaurants and hotel and … more

By CODY JACKSON and MIKE SCHNEIDER | 9/1/22

This photo provided by Nissan shows the 2023 Nissan Leaf, a small electric hatchback with an EPA-estimated range of up to 215 miles. (Jay K. McNally/Courtesy of Nissan North America via AP)

Nissan eager to leverage US tax credit on electric vehicles

Nissan says it's aggressively pushing electric vehicles to take advantage of a new U.S. law that gives up to $7,500 in tax credits. President Joe Biden signed the landmark law last month. The tax … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 9/1/22

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil speaks at the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. O'Neil announced it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current fiscal year as the nation grapples with skills and labor shortages. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia lifts permanent immigration by 35,000 to 195,000

Australia has announced it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000 as it grapples with skills and labor shortages. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil announced on Friday … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 9/1/22

FILE - One of Pacific Gas & Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008. California legislators and Gov. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group of legislators reached a late-hour compromise bill released late Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, to extend the lifespan of the state's last operating nuclear plant by up to five years, but the proposal faces an uncertain future even if it manages to clear the Legislature in the final days of a two-year session. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

California's last nuke plant to seek US OK for extended run

The utility that oversees California’s last operating nuclear power plant is taking steps to seek federal approval for an extended lifespan, just hours after the Legislature opened a pathway for a … more

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | 9/1/22

FILE - A Starbucks sign hangs outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh on June 26, 2019. The coffee giant said Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, that longtime PepsiCo executive Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1, after relocating from London to Seattle, where Starbucks is based. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Starbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO

Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO. The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1 after relocating from London to Seattle, where … more

By DEE-ANN DURBIN | 9/1/22

Police stand inside the gated grounds of a home linked to Viktor Vekselberg, in Southampton, on New York's Long Island, Thursday Sept. 1, 2022. U.S. federal agents on Thursday simultaneously searched properties in Manhattan, the posh beach community of Southampton, N.Y., and on an exclusive Miami island that have been linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch whose $120 million yacht was seized in April. (John Roca/Newsday via AP)

US agents search properties linked to Russian oligarch

U.S. federal agents have simultaneously searched three properties linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch whose $120 million yacht was seized in April. Agents searched a high-rise in Manhattan, an … more

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JOSHUA GOODMAN | 9/1/22

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, middle, and her mother, Noel Holmes, left, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Judge declines to overturn Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict

A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. That leaves the former … more

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | 9/1/22

The Mississippi State Capitol dome looms over the portable toilets set up in the driveway of the state building, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. The recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems and the state Health Department has had Mississippi's capital city under a boil-water notice since late July. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi capital's water disaster developed over decades

For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis. The big “Gotta Go” trailer is just … more

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | 9/1/22

FILE— A pump jack extracts oil at a drilling site next to homes Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Signal Hill, Calif. California legislators passed a bill, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, to ban new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of homes, schools and other neighborhood sites. It now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is expected to sign it. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins

Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools are among the climate wins for California Democrats in the final days of the legislative session. Most of the … more

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE | 9/1/22

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Billy Eichner, left, and Luke Macfarlane in a scene from "Bros." (Universal Pictures via AP)

Fall Preview: Billy Eichner and 'Bros' remake the rom-com

In the classic format of an adult, R-rated rom-com, Billy Eichner's coming film “Bros” depicts an uncommonly honest and insightful portrait of life as a single gay man. Like Eichner's “Billy on … more

By JAKE COYLE | 9/1/22

FILE - A sign marks the entrance of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022, in Manassas, Va. Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs. Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO of Boise, Idaho-based Micron, said his company’s investment was made possible by last month’s passage of the CHIPS and Science Act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Micron to invest $15 billion on memory chip plant in Boise

Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs. Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO … more

By MATT OTT | 9/1/22

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks to supporters at her election night party, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in New York. Maloney lost to U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York's 12th Congressional District Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records

A House committee seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump has reached an agreement that ends litigation on the matter and requires his accounting firm to turn over certain … more

By KEVIN FREKING | 9/1/22