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DoorDash beats Q1 forecasts as it expands services, markets 05/04/2023 06:33pm • DoorDash posted stronger-than-expected results in the first quarter as it expanded into new markets overseas and new delivery categories at home. The San Francisco company said Thursday that its total orders rose 27% to 512 million in the January-March period. That was well above the 493 million ord ACLU sues amid Missouri GOP spat over abortion measure cost 05/04/2023 05:48pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri ACLU on Thursday sued statewide officials for stonewalling a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights as the attorney general pushes for a price tag on the proposal that is 1 million times higher than what the state auditor has estimated. At issu Lyft suffers another letdown in 1Q amid post-pandemic woes 05/04/2023 05:35pm • Lyft began the year mired in the same ditch it ended in last year, with its ride-hailing service struggling to recover from a pandemic-driven downturn that triggered a change in leadership and layoffs that wiped out a quarter of its workforce. The San Francisco company on Thursday unveiled a January Taiwan trade chief warns against 'unnecessary fear' of China 05/04/2023 04:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan's chief trade representative says his country's semiconductor makers will expand production in the U.S. as much as they can afford to do so, but he insists Taiwan remains an ideal place for that production and other U.S. trade, business and investment, despite tensions wit Trainer Cox has Wet Paint, multiple options in Kentucky Oaks 05/04/2023 03:53pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brad Cox views his full plate this weekend at Churchill Downs as a good problem to have. Especially if his contingent of fillies hit the board in Friday’s 149th Kentucky Oaks, a race where the Louisville-born trainer has thrived. Cox certainly likes his chances with red-ho The next Prince George’s Co. budget just got even tighter 05/04/2023 03:45pm • A significant amount of the Prince George’s County budget is already accounted for by education and public safety; other initiatives and proposals have to battle it out for the rest. What’s considered the rest just got smaller. “Prince George’s County has less revenue than many communi Iowa judge favors property owners in pipeline dispute 05/04/2023 03:08pm • SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa judge ruled that a state law that gives surveyors the right to enter private property is unconstitutional. In his ruling Wednesday, District Judge John Sandy denied a pipeline compan California lawmakers OK emergency loans to failing hospitals 05/04/2023 02:48pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Alarmed by the closure of a rural hospital earlier this year, California lawmakers on Thursday voted to loan $150 million to struggling medical centers in the hope of preventing a cascade of similar failures across the state. The only hospital in Madera County closed in D UK holds local elections amid storm over new voter ID rules 05/04/2023 11:49am • LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in England voted Thursday in local elections that are the first test of electoral opinion since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took over a fractious and exhausted Conservative Party six months ago. The Conservatives say they expect to lose ground in elections for more Greystone Housing Impact: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/04/2023 08:23am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (GHI) on Thursday reported earnings of $16.8 million in its first quarter. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had net income of 60 cents per share. The provider of tax exempt financing for student housing, senior Volkswagen sees sales slump in China, vows rebound this year 05/04/2023 06:47am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen profits fell 30% in the first three months of the year despite booming business in Europe and North America because sales dropped in China, where the German automaker is facing increasing competition from homegrown models. After-tax profit fell to 4.7 billion Shell posts $9.6 billion profit even as energy prices slide 05/04/2023 05:31am • LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant Shell said Thursday that it earned nearly $10 billion in the first quarter, becoming the latest fossil fuel company to post strong financial results despite sliding oil and natural gas prices. London-based Shell Plc reported adjusted earnings of $9.6 billion in th Today in History: May 4, four killed at Kent State 05/04/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, May 4, the 124th day of 2023. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others. On this Trump lawsuit against New York Times over 2018 series tossed 05/03/2023 11:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times over a 2018 investigative series into his family’s wealth and tax practices was dismissed by a state judge Wednesday. The lawsuit accused the Times and three of its investigative reporters of relentlessly seekin 7 Clever Stock Ticker Symbols, From LUV to HOG 05/03/2023 08:00pm • It's not exactly a secret on Wall Street that publicly traded companies sometimes make a statement with their stock symbols. Consider the change made by technology titan Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social media giant Facebook. Looking to rebrand the company to emphasize its focus on the metavers