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7 Best ESG Funds to Buy Now 05/02/2023 08:00pm • It's been called different names since investors started eschewing tobacco producers or companies involved with South African apartheid, but environmental, social and governance investing, or ESG, has been around for a while. Still, this type of investment has gained traction along with education ab 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 05/02/2023 08:00pm • The stock market has seemingly turned the corner, with the market showing additional positive momentum in April. Despite numerous headline risks including inflation, a potential recession and additional bank failures, bulls have still had the upper hand lately. This might make investors worry about Cities say shelters full, budgets hit by immigration uptick 05/02/2023 06:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� U.S. cities already struggling to shelter thousands of migrants are calling for federal help and an end to Republican political gamesmanship over immigration, concerned that an expected increase in the number of people entering the country when pandemic-era asylum restrictions end o Ford posts $1.76B 1Q profit largely on gas-powered vehicles 05/02/2023 06:25pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Ford Motor Co. made $1.76 billion last quarter, swinging into the black from a $3.1 billion net loss for the same period a year ago. Most of the profit came from Ford Blue, the company's internal-combustion engine vehicle unit, which made $2.62 billion before taxes during the quarte Marijuana moonlighting: Oregon official quits due to pot job 05/02/2023 06:04pm • SALEM, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced her resignation Tuesday amid sharp criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for having moonlighted as a highly-paid consultant to a marijuana business. Fagan, a Democrat, apologized on Monday for working for the marijuana com Editorial Roundup: United States 05/02/2023 05:07pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 26 The Washington Post on a U.S. Supreme Court code of ethics It was never realistic to expect that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. would go before Congress for a clobbering over Supreme Court ethics rules. But citizens are ent Lyft's new CEO tackles a job requiring some heavy lifting 05/02/2023 04:48pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Even before he joined Lyft's board in 2021, David Risher had taken hundreds of trips as a passenger so he felt like he knew a lot about the ride-hailing service. But he never expected to be thrust into the driver's seat at a time when Lyft was running like a jalopy. ���I real Business Highlights: Writers strike; bank stocks 05/02/2023 04:41pm • ___ Late-night TV shows go dark as writers strike for better pay NEW YORK (AP) ��� The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began Tuesday as the economic pressures of the streaming era prompted unionized TV and film writers to picket for better pay outside major studios, a work stoppage that is leadin Plan to restrict constitutional access in Ohio delayed again 05/02/2023 04:39pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Efforts Tuesday by Republican state lawmakers moving to ask Ohio voters this August to raise the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments ��� with the idea of thwarting a November abortion rights question ��� were again plagued by delays. The contingent champion Mid Atlantic Daybook 05/02/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Tuesday, May. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 a Highway congestion could be costing Maryland drivers thousands each year 05/02/2023 03:20pm • If you're a Marylander who regularly commutes on D.C. region roadways, a new study suggests that traffic congestion and highway bottlenecks could be costing you thousands of dollars per year. A report published this week by TRIP, a D.C.-based nonprofit that analyzes surface transportation data, f Ford cuts prices on Mach E as Tesla raises them on Model Y 05/02/2023 11:28am • DETROIT (AP) ��� Ford is cutting U.S. starting prices on its Mustang Mach E electric SUV, bringing many versions below the cost of its main competitor, the Tesla Model Y. Ford also said it is reopening the order bank on Wednesday for the Mach E after upgrading a factory in Mexico to increase output. Climate talks see push for global renewable energy target 05/02/2023 10:54am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany called Tuesday for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would ���ring in the end of the fossil fuel age��� and help prevent dangerous global warming. Speaking at the start of a two-day meeting in Berlin attended by doze BP posts $5B quarterly profit on strong oil and gas trading 05/02/2023 05:59am • LONDON (AP) ��� British energy giant BP posted a strong quarterly profit on Tuesday even as oil and natural prices that soared after Russia's war in Ukraine last year have eased off. London-based BP said it earned $5 billion in underlying replacement cost profit in the first three months of the yea Australian government cracks down on smoking and vaping 05/02/2023 05:00am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Australia���s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping. Recreational vaping will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine,