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FILE - A Union Pacific worker walks between two locomotives that are being serviced in a railyard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Dec. 15, 2023. Union Pacific reports earnings on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)
Union Pacific's first-quarter profit creeps up 1% as railroad limits expenses
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific's first-quarter profit crept 1% higher as the railroad tightened up on expenses — particularly its fuel bill — even though it delivered slightly less … more
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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Chicago, Monday, March 11, 2024. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflation. The … more
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FILE - A line of Southwest Air Boeing 737 jets are parked near the company's production plant while being stored at Paine Field Friday, April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Southwest Air reports earnings on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Southwest will limit hiring and drop 4 airports after loss. American Airlines posts 1Q loss as well
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both lost money in the first quarter, and Southwest said Thursday that it will limit hiring and close operations at four airports. … more
General Robert Brieger, chairman of the EU's Military Committee talks to the media during a press conference after a meeting with the Cyprus national guard chief Georgios Tsitsikostas at the Defense Ministry in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The European Union's top military official says a frigate that's part of an EU military mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping has destroyed a drone launched from an area in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels. Brieger said the downing of the drone took place Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
EU military officer says a frigate has destroyed a drone launched from Yemen's Houthi-held areas
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A top European Union military officer said that a frigate that’s part of an EU mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping destroyed a drone launched from an area … more
Atkins weight loss products are seen on sale at a Kroger supermarket, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
New weight loss drugs are reshaping a dieting industry built on eating less and exercising more. The arsenal of drugs like Wegovy and its predecessor, the diabetes medication Ozempic, has proven … more
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FILE - The Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates March 3, 2024, near Mooresville, N.C. A rule issued April 24, 2024, by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on … more
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President Joe Biden speaks to the North America's Building Trade Union National Legislative Conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
As Biden celebrates computer chip factories, voters wait for the promised production to start
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now, less so in 2024. On Thursday, the Democratic president will head to upstate New York to … more
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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Ship comes under attack off coast of Yemen as Houthi rebel campaign appears to gain new speed
JERUSALEM (AP) — A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden came under attack Thursday, officials said, the latest assault likely carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels over Israel's ongoing war on Hamas … more
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Visitors look at an MG car during the opening of China Auto Show in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Electric cars and digital connectivity dominate at Beijing auto show
BEIJING (AP) — Global automakers and EV startups unveiled new models and concept cars at China's largest auto show on Thursday, with a focus on the nation's transformation into a major market and … more
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FILE - A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. According to provisional statistics for 2023 released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, April 25, 2024, U.S. births fell last year, in a substantial drop marking an apparent end to pandemic-related fluctuations and a return to a long-standing national decline. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 76,000 fewer than the year before. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the … more
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FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is seen in Dublin, Calif., Monday, April 15, 2024. Nearly all inmates have been transferred out of the troubled women's prison set to be shut down in California, and U.S. senators on Wednesday, April 24, demanded an accounting of the rapid closure plan for the facility where sexual abuse by guards was rampant. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)
Senators demand accounting of rapid closure plan for California prison where women were abused
Nearly all inmates have been transferred out of a troubled women’s prison set to be shut down in California. And U.S. senators on Wednesday were demanding an accounting of the rapid closure plan … more
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Attorney Tommy Hastings, third from left, speaks on behalf of his and fellow attorney Gabe Sassin's clients during a press conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in The Woodland, Texas. Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by Dr. Steve Bynon, a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor … more
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