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The US and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking 04/27/2024 03:09am • BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been promoting fo Pirates' Joey Bart enjoying new team as Giants' former top prospect returns to San Francisco 04/26/2024 10:05pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the San Francisco Giants cut Joey Bart in late March and began shopping for trades for their once-heralded top prospect, the catcher had an inkling about the Pittsburgh Pirates as a destination. He looked around at other teams’ rosters and wondered who might need catch Owner of exploded Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say 04/26/2024 03:37pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. U.S. Customs and New York Port Authority personnel arre Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month 04/26/2024 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid. Friday's report from the government MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series 04/26/2024 02:51pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico. Major League Baseball's presence in the country, however, goes far beyond that. Mexico became one of only six countries in the world with an MLB offi Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit 04/26/2024 01:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coffee s Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation 04/26/2024 01:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit 04/26/2024 11:36am • NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007’s “Bee Movie.” But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coff Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations 04/26/2024 10:57am • LONDON (AP) — Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union's strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on Friday as it added the company to its list of big platforms that need extra scrutiny. The EU's Executive Commission said it formally classed Shein as a “very US Silica agrees to go private in $1.85 billion acquisition by Apollo Global 04/26/2024 10:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Silica has agreed to go private in an all-cash acquisition by Apollo Global Management that values the industrial minerals company at about $1.85 billion. In a Friday announcement, U.S. Silica said that shareholders would receive $15.50 in cash for each share owned as of the d Exxon Mobil profit declines in 1st quarter as natural gas prices fall 04/26/2024 08:04am • Exxon Mobil's profit declined in its first quarter as natural gas prices fell and industry refining margins dropped. The energy company earned $8.22 billion, or $2.06 per share, for the three months ended March 31. A year earlier it earned $11.43 billion, or $2.79 per share. The results didn't meet A Turkish court sentences a Syrian woman to life in prison for a bombing in Istanbul in 2022 04/26/2024 07:29am • ISTANBUL (AP) — A court on Friday sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Alham Albashir was given seven consecutive life sentences after being convicted on terrorism charges. The bl Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney 04/26/2024 03:03am • NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. The Australian Natio Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool 04/26/2024 12:16am • LONDON (AP) — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album. Their 15th studio album, “Nonetheless,” comes Friday — 40 years (and 50 m Should I Use a Wire Transfer or Cashier's Check for Closing? 04/25/2024 08:00pm • If you've finally reached the closing stage of the homebuying process, then you are nearing the finish line. However, closing involves a specific set of procedures that must be followed carefully to avoid delays or complications. One of these processes is securing a bank-certified payment method,