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FILE - Presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves greets supporters as he arrives to a polling station during a presidential runoff election in San Jose, Costa Rica, April 3, 2022. Chaves, who won the election, declared a state of emergency over a ransomware attack as soon as he was sworn in early May 2022. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, File)

Ransomware gang threatens to overthrow Costa Rica government

A ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has upped its threat. It now says its goal is to overthrow the government. The Russian-speaking Conti gang attacked … more

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA | 5/16/22

President Joe Biden, right, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden praises Greece for leadership after Russia invasion

President Joe Biden is thanking Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his country’s “moral leadership” in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two held talks at the White … more

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER | 5/16/22

FILE - Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer leaves the ice after the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game against San Jose Sharks in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The Vegas Golden Knights have fired coach Peter DeBoer after they missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. General manager Kelly McCrimmon says the front office believes a new coach would put the team in the best position to succeed next season. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe, File)

Golden Knights fire Peter DeBoer after missing playoffs

The Vegas Golden Knights have fired coach Peter DeBoer after they missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. General manager Kelly McCrimmon says the front office believes a new … more

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

Federal Election Commission deadlocks, won't punish Trump

The Federal Election Commission has decided not to take action against former President Donald Trump after commissioners deadlocked over whether his campaign broke the law by masking how it was … more

By BRIAN SLODYSKO | 5/16/22

A Frontier Airlines aircraft flying over Gloster City, N.J., approaches Philadelphia International Airport, Oct. 22, 2021. Spirit Airlines' board still supports Frontier Airlines' $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it determined JetBlue's competing $3.6 billion offer isn't a superior proposal. Last month Spirit said that after speaking with financial and legal advisers, its directors believed JetBlue’s offer could “reasonably” turn out to be the better of the two deals. But on Monday, May 2, 2022 the company announced that it was determined that JetBlue's offer “is not reasonably capable of being consummated." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

JetBlue goes hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines

JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines and asking Spirit shareholders to reject a proposed $2.9 billion acquisition by Frontier Airlines. Spirit shareholders are scheduled to vote … more

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John Fetterman speaks to supporters at the Holy Hound Tap Room in downtown York, Pa., on Thursday, May. 12, 2022, while campaigning for U.S. Senate seat. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)

Candidate in hospital, others scrambling before Pa. primary

The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate are under way, with a top Senate candidate in the hospital and establishment Republicans … more

By MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAM | 5/16/22

Customers walk to a Trader Joe's market, Aug. 13, 2019, in Cambridge, Mass. Employees of a Trader Joe's grocery store in Hadley, Massachusetts have joined the surge of food service and retail workers nationwide trying to join a union to better their working conditions and benefits. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Workers start union push at Trader Joe's in Massachusetts

Employees are seeking to unionize at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in western Massachusetts. They join a nationwide surge of labor organizing among retail and food service workers. Organizers at the … more

By MARK PRATT | 5/16/22

FILE - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Sept. 19, 2019. Bezos became the latest centibillionaire to launch a political fight on Twitter by denouncing a tweet by President Joe Biden about corporate taxes as “disinformation” and “misdirection.” The White House quickly retorted Monday, May 16, 2022, that Bezos “opposes an economic agenda for the middle class.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

A Bezos-Biden squabble: Can corporate taxes tame inflation?

Jeff Bezos this weekend became the latest centibillionaire to launch a political fight on Twitter by denouncing a tweet by President Joe Biden about corporate taxes as “disinformation” and … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 5/16/22

President Joe Biden arrives at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he's vowed to fight

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Buffalo on Tuesday to show solidarity with the community after a white supremacist targeted Black people at a supermarket. It's the … more

By CHRIS MEGERIAN | 5/16/22

FILE - Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, addresses the media on the Monetary Policy Report at the Bank of England in London, May 5, 2022. Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey on Monday May 16, 2022, rejected criticism that the institution didn’t move quickly enough to quash inflationary pressure, telling a parliamentary committee that monetary policymakers weren’t able to predict wars. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Bank of England governor rejects criticism on inflation

Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey has rejected criticism that the institution didn’t move quickly enough to quash inflationary pressures. He told a parliamentary committee on Monday that monetary … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 5/16/22

Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, left, party leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, and Michelle O'Neill speak to the media at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Johnson says UK will act on N. Ireland rules if EU won't

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that’s blocking the formation of a new government. … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 5/16/22

FILE - Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO of 50/50 Women on Boards, is seen in the Tom Bradley Conference Room at City Club LA in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2021. A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California's landmark law mandating women be placed on corporate boards is unconstitutional. Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis issued her ruling Friday, May 13, 2022, in Los Angeles Superior Court. Berkhemer-Credaire lobbied in support of the law. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)

Judge: California's women on boards law is unconstitutional

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional. The conservative legal group Judicial Watch sued over the law, saying it was … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 5/16/22

Chelsea new owner Todd Boehly applauds during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Wolverhampton at Stamford Bridge stadium, in London, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

British govt yet to OK Chelsea sale by sanctioned Abramovich

The British government has yet to approve the sale of Premier League club Chelsea to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. Outgoing Russian owner Roman Abramovich is not … more

By ROB HARRIS | 5/16/22

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, is greeted by Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki before their meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Yellen and Morawiecki will discuss how Russia's invasion of Ukraine affects Poland's economy as part of a week-long trip that also will take her to Brussels and a G7 finance leaders meeting in Germany. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a meeting of finance ministers for the Group of … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and FATIMA HUSSEIN | 5/16/22

Ruslana, Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner, speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 16, 2022. Ruslana appealed to Turkey’s president on Monday to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol amid Russia's war. (AP Photo/Mucahid Yapici)

Singer Ruslana seeks Turkey's help for Ukrainian fighters

Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner appealed to Turkey’s president to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol. Ruslana whose song “Wild Dances" … more

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This image released by FOX shows Michael Chiklis as Dr. Scott Corbett in a scene from the new crime anthology series "Accused." (Steve Wilkie/FOX via AP)

Fox tries something new by holding release of fall schedule

During a week in mid-May, broadcast television networks traditionally unveil their fall plans in flashy presentations before advertisers in New York. Fox is no different, but this year the network is … more

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER | 5/16/22

Biden offers logistics support to ease formula shortage

President Joe Biden is offering formula manufacturers and retailers transportation and logistics support to ease the nationwide shortage of baby formula. This comes as the administration works to … more

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW PERRONE | 5/16/22

FILE - Oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field along U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County, near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. Government budgets are booming in New Mexico. The reason behind the spending spree — oil. New Mexico is the No. 2 crude oil producer among U.S. states and the top recipient of U.S. disbursements for fossil fuel production on federal land. But a budget flush with petroleum cash has a side effect: It also puts the spotlight on how difficult it is for New Mexico and other states to turn their rhetoric on tackling climate change into reality. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)

In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue

Major energy producing states from Alaska to Pennsylvania are reaping a windfall from soaring oil and natural gas prices, stoked by the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-led ban on Russian oil imports. The … more

By MORGAN LEE and MEAD GRUVER | 5/16/22

French carmaker Renault to sell Russian operations to Moscow

Russia will take control of French car manufacturer Renault’s operations in the country and resurrect a Soviet-era auto brand. The news Monday marks the first major nationalization of a foreign … more

By The Associated Press | 5/16/22

FILE - A car stops in a gas station where prices are up to 2,75 euros per liter (US dlrs. 3.04) in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. The European Union slashed its forecasts of economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to EU energy trade. EU imports of energy from Russia last year totaled 99 billion euros ($103 billion), or 62% of the bloc's purchases of Russian goods. Russia is the top supplier to the EU of oil, natural gas and coal, accounting for around a quarter of the bloc's total energy. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU cuts forecast for economic growth as war's fallout widens

The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies. The EU’s executive … more

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