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Mechanic Lizzy Thomson works at University Bicycles in Boulder, Colo., Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Bike stores quickly sold out of their stock early in the pandemic and had trouble restocking because of supply chain issues. Now, inventory is back, but demand has waned. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since
For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France. Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64% to … more
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FILE - Demonstrators walk past the Tesla factory in Gruenheide, Germany, May 11, 2024, at the end of their protest. A local council in Germany on Friday May 17, 2024, approved a plan by electric carmaker Tesla to expand the grounds of its first plant in Europe, which has drawn persistent protests this year. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, File)
German council approves a revised plan by Tesla to expand its plant near Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — A local council in Germany approved a plan by electric carmaker Tesla to expand the grounds of its first plant in Europe, a proposal which has drawn persistent protests this year. … more
FILE - This photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows an aerial view of the construction site of the 2nd phase project of the Nanjing Financial City designed as an architectural complex comprising offices, hospitality, housing and commercial facilities in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Jan. 16, 2024. China was preparing to announce fresh measures to reinvigorate its ailing property industry after data released Friday, May 17, 2024 showed housing prices slumped in the first four months of the year, although factory output rose nearly 7%. (Li Bo/Xinhua via AP, File)
China is expected to announce new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth
Housing prices in China slumped in the first four months of the year, although factory output rose nearly 7%, according to data released Friday, as the country prepares to announce fresh measures to … more
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FILE - National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks during the Leadership Forum at the NRA-ILA Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting Friday, May 17, 2024, in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm, as board members prepare to elect his replacement. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, file)
NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre
DALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting Friday in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members … more
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A woman plays with her dog at a beach on the Gulf of Finland as the sun sets, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
May 10-16, 2024 People took part in the Piu Sik Parade at the Bun Festival in Hong Kong, Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attended his trial at Manhattan … more
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FILE - United Auto Workers union supporters attend a rally, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday, May 17, at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)
UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, … more
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A worker walks past the logo of the factory of King Yuan Electronics Co. after work in Miaoli County, western Taiwan, May 9, 2024. In late April 2024, King Yuan Electronics Corp., a Taiwanese company specializing in semiconductor testing and packaging, said it was ending its two-decade-long run in mainland China by selling off its entire stake, worth $670 million, in its venture in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it's tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world's No. 2 economy that threatens to take the … more
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FILE - Students from Thomas Leadership Academy play on the school's playground in Eatonville, Fla., Aug. 23, 2023. Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in American schools. The message of Brown v. Board of Education was clear. But 70 years later, the … more
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Plebe Ben Leisegang, of California, places an upperclassman's hat atop the Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb was completed in two hours, nineteen minutes and eleven seconds. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
May 10-16, 2024 Naval academy students climbed a monument to celebrate their first year in Annapolis, Maryland, wildfires filled the sky with smoke over Edmonton, Alberta, and lowrider cars were … more
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FILE - The Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels, March 23, 2010. Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, … more
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Residents of Pelican Island, including Texas A&M Galveston students, evacuated the Island after the only bridge to the island remained closed Thursday. A barge crashed into a pillar supporting the span, partially collapsing it.
US Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
The U.S. Coast Guard estimates that up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, … more
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FILE - The Spirit AeroSystems sign is seen, July 25, 2013, in Wichita, Kan. The key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes confirmed Thursday, May 16, 2024, that it is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off of one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January. (Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)
Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes … more
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