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FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office, in Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. Mike Pence and Sanders are hardly political allies. But in the aftermath of two large bank failures, the former vice president and the democratic socialist senator are striking remarkably similar tones.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
How the last banking tumult fuels today's populist politics
Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But after two large bank failures, the conservative former vice president and the democratic socialist senator are striking remarkably … more
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are tackling skyrocketing drug prices compared to their Republican counterparts as he gears up for an expected reelection announcement.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costs
President Joe Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are tackling skyrocketing drug prices compared to their Republican counterparts as he gears up for an expected reelection … more
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FILE - British singer-songwriter Yusuf / Cat Stevens performs at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York on Sept. 24, 2016. Stevens will release a new album of original songs this summer. The 12-song collection is called “King of a Land” and comes out in June on George Harrison-founded Dark Horse Records. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Cat Stevens to return this summer with a new album
Legendary British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens will release a new album of original songs this summer. The 12-song collection is called “King of a Land” and comes out in June on George … more
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FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on Jan. 18, 2023. U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater Wednesday, unveiling his budget to a crowd of baying lawmakers as consumers demand more help with the high cost of living and workers press for higher wages with strikes at schools, hospitals and the offices of civil servants. (AP Photo/ Frank Augstein, File)
UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater Wednesday, unveiling his budget to a crowd of baying lawmakers as consumers demand more help with the … more
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Hans Christoph Atzpodien, managing director of the 'Federation of German Security and Defence Industries' (BDSV), speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2023. Germany’s defense industry says it stands ready to supply Ukraine with much-needed arms and ammunition, but needs clarity about what the country requires before investing in further production capacity. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
German arms industry seeks clarity on Ukraine weapons orders
Germany’s defense industry says it stands ready to supply Ukraine with much-needed arms and ammunition, but needs clarity about what the country requires before investing in further production … more
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FILE - Chevron gas prices are displayed in Visalia, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. State regulators say Chevron is the only one of the state's big five oil companies to not fully comply with a new state law requiring them to disclose data on pricing. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Despite objections, Chevron says it reported oil price data
Chevron says it has reported how much money it made in January from selling gasoline in California. The disclosure to state regulators comes after a new state law required oil companies to report … more
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A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a Silicon Valley Bank Private branch in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. After a frenetic weekend of round-the-clock briefings, U.S. policymakers took the audacious step guaranteeing all the deposits of the failed Silicon Valley Banks, even those exceeding the FDIC's $250,000 limit. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Washington reacts on the fly to Silicon Valley Bank failure
After a frenetic weekend of round-the-clock briefings, U.S. policymakers took the audacious step of guaranteeing all the deposits of the failed Silicon Valley Bank — even those exceeding the … more
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Remains of 160 people found in Bay Area cremation warehouse
San Francisco Bay Area officials are working to identify the families of 160 people whose remains were found in a warehouse used by a cremation business whose license was suspended. Alameda County … more
FILE - Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during a news conference on Feb. 28, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Reeves signed a bill Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that will restrict electric car manufacturers from opening dealerships in the state unless they work with a franchisee, defying calls to veto the legislation from some lawmakers in his party. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Bill restricting electric car stores now law in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships. Defying … more
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FILE - A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. on June 24, 2022, protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. A monument marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was struck down would be built near the state Capitol under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)
Arkansas lawmakers OK anti-abortion monument at Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monument marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was struck down would be built near the state Capitol under a bill lawmakers sent to … more
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs into law the Paid Leave For All Workers Act as Illinois House Speaker pro-tem Jehan Gordon Booth, left, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, second from left, and Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford, right, watch on Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Illinois became one of three U.S. states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason starting in January of 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Mandatory paid time off: 'a strain' for Illinois business
Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight’s Action Park since 1930, and the park has seen its share of economic ups and downs. The pandemic, high levels of inflation — … more
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FILE - Sarah Bentley, second from left, leads songs at an International Women's Day Sit-In for Abortion Rights in the Texas state Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Texas overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access to medication abortion told lawyers not to publicize upcoming arguments in the lawsuit and that “less advertisement of this hearing is better,” according to a transcript of the meeting released Tuesday, March 14. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
Abortion pill access case: Judge wants 'less advertisement'
A federal judge overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access to medication abortion across the nation asked lawyers for the “courtesy” of not publicizing upcoming arguments, according … more
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This image provided by NASA shows the star Wolf-Rayet 124, center, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022. A surrounding nebula is made of material cast off from the aging star in random ejections, and from dust produced in the ensuing turbulence. The telescope captured the rare and fleeting phase of the star on the cusp of death. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team via AP)
NASA Webb telescope captures star on cusp of death
The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death. NASA released the picture Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The … more
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State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh prepares to speak before the Nebraska Legislature Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb. Cavanaugh is in her third week of an effort to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this session — even the ones she supports. The effort is a protest against conservatives' advancement of a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger. Cavanaugh has declared she will "burn the session to the ground" in an effort to stymie the bill. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)
Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mike on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered … more
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FILE - A memorial with a photo of Dru Sjodin and handwritten notes from fellow sorority members hangs in the entry of the Gamma Phi Beta house on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks, N.D., Nov. 18, 2004. U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that they will no longer seek the death penalty for the man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of college student Sjodin in 2003 in a case that led to changes in sex offender registration laws. (AP Photo/Kory Wallen, File)
US no longer seeking death for man convicted in Sjodin case
U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for the Minnesota man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003 in a case that led to … more
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FILE - Protesters rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, June 24, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Tuesday, March 14, 2023, to review a county judge’s order that is blocking enforcement of the state's near-ban on abortions, and to consider whether the clinics challenging the law have legal standing to do so. In its split decision, the court, however, denied Republican Attorney General Dave Yost's request to launch its own review of the right to an abortion under the Ohio Constitution, leaving those arguments to play out in lower court. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File0
Ohio Supreme Court to review block of near-ban on abortion
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review a county judge’s order that is blocking enforcement of the state's near-ban on abortions, and to consider whether the clinics … more
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FILE - The then-FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, is pictured on April 4, 2017. The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in guilty verdicts for both former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, but the state's attorney general called it “only the beginning of accountability" regarding the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
What's next in Ohio corruption probe after guilty verdicts?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the … more
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A pedestrian passes a Silicon Valley Bank branch in San Francisco, Monday, March 13, 2023. As the primary regulator of the bank, the Federal Reserve is coming under sharp criticism from financial watchdogs and banking experts. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Fed, under criticism for bank failure, faces tough decisions
The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what observers say were clear signs that Silicon Valley Bank was at high risk of collapsing into what became the second-largest bank … more
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FILE - Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at candidate forum in Rex, Ga, Aug. 16, 2012. The former Georgia sheriff convicted of violating the civil rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs is set to be sentenced Tuesday, March 14, 2023, with prosecutors seeking several years in prison. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP, File)
Ex-sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses gets prison time
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia sheriff convicted of violating the civil rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs was sentenced Tuesday to serve a year … more
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A person leaves one of the Signature Bank branches in New York, Monday, March. 13, 2023. President Joe Biden is telling Americans that the nation’s financial systems are sound. This comes after the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a broader upheaval. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Is my money safe? What you need to know about bank failures
NEW YORK (AP) — The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, may have you worried about your money. They were the second- and … more
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FILE - A Electrify America Charging Station for electric vehicles is seen at Westfield Old Orchard shopping center in Skokie, Ill., Jan. 29, 2023. The federal government has announced $2.5 billion for the construction of EV charging stations and alternative fueling infrastructure across the U.S. The new grants come under the umbrella of President Joe Biden’s goal of establishing 500,000 public EV charging stations by 2030. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
$2.5B in grants for EV chargers aim at underserved US areas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government on Tuesday announced $2.5 billion in new grants for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations and alternative fueling infrastructure, aiming in … more
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FILE - A sign for Ohio State University stands in Columbus, Ohio, May 8, 2019. Ohio State University on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider questions about the law known as Title IX and hear a case that affects whether more than 230 men can proceed with unsettled lawsuits against the school over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor, the late Richard Strauss. (AP Photo/Angie Wang, File)
Ohio State asks court to hear Title IX issues in abuse suits
Ohio State University is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider questions about the law known as Title IX in a case stemming from lawsuits over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor … more
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FILE - Members of the Irish band U2, from left, Larry Mullen Jr., Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton appear at the screening of "U2 3D," at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2007. The band's latest release, “Songs Of Surrender,” is a collection of 40 re-recorded and reimagined songs from across the band’s catalog. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
In unusual step, U2 reinterprets 40 of its best-known songs
In reimagining 40 of its best-known songs in new recordings, U2 considered how many fans experience the music: through earphones connected to a device in their pockets. Most of the songs were written … more
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FILE - The Xbox logo is pictured at the Paris Games Week in Paris, Nov. 3, 2017. Microsoft's Xbox video game division on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia as it tries to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
Microsoft inks Xbox game deal with Boosteroid cloud service
Microsoft has struck a deal to make Xbox PC video games available on the Boosteroid cloud gaming platform. The deal announced Tuesday is Microsoft's latest move to appease antitrust regulators … more
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FILE - In this March 11, 2019 file photo, the Boeing logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Saudi Arabia is buying up to 121 jetliners from Boeing in a big boost for the American manufacturer. The deal was expected to be announced Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Saudi Arabia places order with Boeing for up to 121 planes
Two Saudi Arabian airlines said Tuesday they will order 78 jetliners from Boeing and take options to buy 43 more in a major boost for the American aircraft manufacturer. The order for Boeing 787s … more
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