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By PAUL WISEMAN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3% annual pace from January through March, the weakest quarterly rate since the spring of 2022, the government said Thursday in a downgrade from its previous estimate. Consumer spending rose but at a slower pace […]

Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a rule limiting overdraft fees banks can charge, as part of the White House’s campaign to reduce junk fees that hit consumers on everyday purchases, including banking services. President Joe Biden had called the fees, which can be as […]

THOMASTON, Maine (AP) — Kaja Veilleux has been hunting New England attic treasures for more than 50 years. He once found a copy of the Declaration of Independence sitting on a pile of trash, and he made headlines this year when he stumbled upon a million-dollar portrait gathering dust in an old farmhouse in Maine […]

By DAMIAN J. TROISE Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] The first guest invited to ring the bell to open trading at the New York Stock Exchange in 1956 wasn’t a company executive, a politician or a celebrity. It was a 10-year-old boy, Leonard Ross, who received the honor by winning a television quiz […]

By COLLEEN BARRY Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MILAN (AP) — The general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala on Tuesday bade a bittersweet farewell to the theater during the presentation of 2024-25 season, saying, “I would have been happy to continue.” Dominique Meyer will finish up his contract, which runs out […]

Poem will represent California’s creative spirit and be preserved outside Independence Hall until 2276 “Lee Herrick’s ‘My California’ is a deeply fitting contribution to this historic time capsule…it reflects the multitudes of experiences and perspectives…within this amazingly kaleidoscopic state.” — Danielle Brazell, Executive Director, California Arts Council SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES, July 2, 2026 / […]

Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 2, 2026– Rival Systems, a leading provider of enterprise trading and risk management technology for institutional firms, today announced that it has been named Best Market Risk Solution Provider in the 2026 Waters Technology Rankings. The award recognizes Rival’s continued innovation in enterprise risk management and […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Powell flew a thousand miles from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the heart of New York City for just one reason: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding . She and two friends came “just to celebrate Taylor’s wedding and congratulate her on her big […]

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