Screenwriters union, Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
Screenwriters union, Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement It must be approved by the guild’s board and members before it is ratified. ByThe Associated Press April 5, 2026, 8:02 AM 0:52 FILE – A picketer carries a sign on the picket line outside Netflix on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, […]
A fire at a gas lighter factory near Bangladesh’s capital kills 5 people
A fire at a gas lighter factory near Bangladesh’s capital kills 5 people Authorities in Bangladesh say five people have died in a fire that broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh’s capital ByThe Associated Press April 4, 2026, 9:31 AM 0:52 People look at the charred remains of a gas-lighter manufacturing […]
Housing market trends favor home shoppers, but Iran war clouds the outlook for mortgage rates
Housing market trends favor home shoppers, but Iran war clouds the outlook for mortgage rates The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring ByALEX VEIGA AP business writer April […]
Workers plan to halt strike at major US meatpacking plant and resume negotiations
Workers plan to halt strike at major US meatpacking plant and resume negotiations Workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants plan to return to work next week and halt a three-week strike in order to resume negotiations with the plant’s owner ByMORGAN LEE Associated Press April 4, 2026, 9:40 PM 0:52 FILE – […]
Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as the fallout from Iran war deepens
Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as the fallout from Iran war deepens The Senegalese government has banned nonessential foreign trips for ministers to save costs as the energy crisis linked to the Iran war deepens ByThe Associated Press April 4, 2026, 5:50 AM 0:52 DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese government has banned all but […]
8 arrests made in federal crackdown on alleged health care fraud in California
8 arrests made in federal crackdown on alleged health care fraud in California Federal officials have arrested eight people they say were involved in various health care fraud schemes totaling $50 million in and around Los Angeles ByJAIMIE DING Associated Press April 2, 2026, 7:32 PM 0:52 FILE – A Medicare card is seen June […]
Why ‘unretired’ seniors are picking up gig work to pay the bills
Why ‘unretired’ seniors are picking up gig work to pay the bills A growing number of Americans have “unretired” in recent years ByCATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press April 2, 2026, 1:39 PM 0:52 (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin) The Associated Press PLAINVIEW, New York — Before Stu Goldberg begins his night shift driving for Uber, he […]
Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print a competing newspaper
Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print a competing newspaper The Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, bringing to a head a longtime dispute between the southern Nevada newspapers ByJESSICA HILL Associated Press April 3, 2026, 10:28 AM 0:52 FILE – This […]
Sweden stops sanctioned tanker suspected of causing Baltic oil spill
Sweden stops sanctioned tanker suspected of causing Baltic oil spill The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea ByDAVID MCHUGH AP business writer April 3, 2026, 7:25 AM 0:52 FRANKFURT, Germany — The Swedish Coast Guard said Friday it has boarded a tanker suspected of […]
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on ‘bad landlords.’ First he has to find them
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on ‘bad landlords.’ First he has to find them New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been holding a series of “rental rip-off hearings” for disgruntled tenants to air their complaints about bad landlords ByJAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press April 3, 2026, 6:25 AM 0:52 Marina Quiroz stands […]
