NEW YORK – Dripping chocolate covered homemade, heart-shaped marshmallows at Li-Lac Chocolates’ 9000-square-foot production space in New York City, as the chocolate factory ramped up production in time for Valentine’s…
By David Schwartz PHOENIX -A man fatally shot a woman inside a Phoenix home on Friday, then opened fire on police who were called to the scene, wounding nine officers…
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A former U.S. Navy engineer charged with attempting to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a foreign power will appear in court for a plea…
LOS ANGELES – Jerry Harris, who starred in the American reality TV show “Cheer,” pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges related to child [censored]ography and sexual assault, according to…
-Affirm Holdings Inc on Thursday posted a larger-than-expected loss for the second quarter as the buy now, pay later firm spent more on stock-based compensation following its initial public offering.…
– Former National Football League linebacker Robert McCune was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the healthcare benefits plan for retired NFL…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in an Indiana turkey flock on Wednesday, the nation’s first case in…
By Kanishka Singh – Private contractor ID.me said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by several U.S. states and federal agencies, after backlash over…
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – U.S. investors are snapping up funds that invest in dividend-paying stocks as they search for stable income from alternatives to bond markets, which are being roiled…
– Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said on Wednesday his state will end its school mask mandate on Feb. 28, but individual schools districts will still have the power to establish…
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN -Smurfit Kappa expects to increase prices further this year to recover high costs after bumper demand and a 19% jump in prices charged for packaging products…
By Keith Coffman DENVER – A Colorado city has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who…
JERUSALEM -The Israeli military said it attacked missile batteries in Syria on Wednesday after an anti-aircraft missile was fired towards Israel during what Syrian state television reported was an earlier…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON – Heather Morgan is a would-be corporate influencer who raps about entrepreneurship, designs handbags inspired by ketchup squirts, and signs off from her motivational YouTube videos…
DUBAI – Dubai-listed investment bank SHUAA Capital said on Tuesday it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the launch of a $100 million…
(Drops inaccurate reference to Crescent Point being an oil sands company in last paragraph) By Shariq Khan – Canadian oil and gas producer Crescent Point Energy Corp is looking to…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON -Activist investment firm Ortelius Advisors wants to take control of petrochemical products company Trecora Resources’ board and has nominated six directors, according to a letter seen…
HAMBURG -Aurubis AG, Europe’s largest copper producer, on Monday confirmed an 85% rise in quarterly profits and reiterated increased full-year earnings estimates as high metal prices and strong output boosted…
By Keith Coffman DENVER – A housekeeper at the Colorado ranch of billionaire Michael Bloomberg was abducted at gunpoint this week by a man who forced her to drive them…
– Some 50 members of Iran’s 290-seat parliament have contracted COVID-19, a senior MP said on Saturday as the Omicron variant spreads unabated across the county. MP Alireza Salimi, speaking…
NEW YORK – Bring on the broccoli. New York City’s public schools have started serving vegan meals once a week on Fridays, as part of an initiative by the city’s…
WASHINGTON -The United States on Thursday said it was imposing visa restrictions on several Belarusians, citing the repression of athletes abroad including the attempted forced repatriation of a sprinter at…
WASHINGTON -The Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill was evacuated for about two hours on Thursday due to an alarm, U.S. Capitol police said. The all-clear was given shortly…
By Gul Yousafzai and Asif Shahzad QUETTA, Pakistan -Insurgents armed with bombs and guns attacked two Pakistani military bases overnight, killing seven soldiers while losing 13 of their own men,…
By Jonnelle Marte NEW YORK -One of President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors received a key Republican endorsement on Thursday when the ranking member of…