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FILE - Police officers and emergency crews park outside the Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco's Union Square on Nov. 21, 2021, after looters ransacked businesses. Facing mounting pressure to crack down on a retail theft crisis, California lawmakers are split on how best to tackle the problem that some say had caused major store closures and products like deodorants to be locked behind plexiglass. (Danielle Echeverria/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

California Democratic lawmakers seek ways to combat retail theft while keeping progressive policy

California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state.
 
FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2021 file photo, people try out iPhone products at an Apple Store in Beijing. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple's grip on its lucrative iPhone app store, potentially siphoning billions of dollars away from one of the world's most profitable companies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)

Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

 
FILE - iPhone 15 phones are shown during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Sept. 12, 2023. The Justice Department announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit Thursday, March 21, 2024 against Apple, accusing the tech giant of having an illegal monopoly over smartphones in the U.S. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

How Europe’s regulatory battle with Apple could signal what’s to come for American consumers

 
A Security member stands guard at one of the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after another Wall Street record day

 
Reddit mascot Snoo rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, prior to the company's IPO, Thursday, March. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Reddit, the self-anointed ‘front page of the internet,’ soars in Wall Street debut

 

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FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in Florida's primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Trump’s return to the stock market could be right around the corner. All eyes are on a vote Friday by shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a shell company that is looking to merge with the former president’s media business. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Is Donald Trump’s Truth Social headed to Wall Street? It comes down to a Friday vote

 

  1. Wall Street debut of Trump’s Truth Social network could net him stock worth billions on paper

  2. Stock market today: Asian shares slip after another Wall Street record day

  3. Stock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street rallies to records

Personal Finance

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel poses for a photo in his office at the IRS headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

IRS chief zeroes in on wealthy tax cheats in AP interview

 

  1. The IRS launched a free online tax filing system. Find out here if it’s available in your state

  2. Biden proposes tax increase on fuel for private jets, casting it as making wealthy pay their share

  3. Tax season is underway. Here are some tips to navigate it

Economy

Commuters walk in the early morning summer sun in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. New Zealand has entered its second recession in 18 months after the latest round of GDP figures confirmed its economy contracted in the last quarter of 2023. The country's economy shrank by 0.1% in the quarter to December, and 0.7% in per capita terms, the New Zealand's official statistics agency, Stats NZ, announced on Thursday, March 21. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand slips into its second recession in 18 months as economy contracts

 

  1. February retail sales up 0.6%, yet fissures emerge in what has been a driving force for US economy

  2. Elderly retirees face big losses after Chinese trust goes bust, reflecting turbulent economy

  3. Putin can point to a resilient Russian economy as he orchestrates his reelection

Tech

Country music star Luke Bryan speaks during a bill signing ceremony with Gov. Bill, right, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. The legislation is designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The signing took place in Robert's Western World, an historic honky tonk in downtown Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Tennessee just became the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

 

  1. New bipartisan bill would require online identification, labeling of AI-generated videos and audio

  2. Federal officials want to know how airlines handle — and share — passengers’ personal information

  3. One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

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Former executive given death sentence in poisoning of founder of high-flying Chinese gaming company

A former executive at Yoozoo Games has been sentenced to death in the poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company.
 
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Islamic State group claims responsibility for bombing at Afghan bank and says it targeted Taliban

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted people trying to collect their salaries at a bank in southern Afghanistan.
 
FILE - A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Ga. The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will be drawn Friday night, March 22, 2024, offering the hope of sudden riches for a lucky player and almost certain disappoint for everyone else. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Drawing nears for $997M Mega Millions jackpot

A nearly $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs, offering the prospect of instant riches for a lucky player after more than three months without a big winner.
 
Sergio Gómez and Carla Cavallini pose for a picture outside their store, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Gómez and his wife are among a large group of Argentines who say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Milei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high

A butcher shutting down his shop barely eight months after opening it. A 72-year-old retiree singing in the streets of Buenos Aires to make ends meet.
 
FILE - Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong addresses the media during a joint press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after their meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Vietnam’s president resigned in the latest episode of the ruling Communist Party's “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named acting president. The appointment is Xuan's second stint as acting president after she stepped in when Vo Van Thuong's predecessor resigned in early 2023. (Richard A. Brooks/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vietnam’s president resigns in latest twist of anti-graft campaign shaking its fast-growing economy

Vietnam’s president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode of a “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign.
 
FILE - Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line a development on Edgewood Lane in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2018. State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting summer 2024, the insurance giant said. The Illinois-based company, California's largest insurer, cited soaring costs, the increasing risk of catastrophes like wildfires and outdated regulations as reasons it won’t renew the policies on 30,000 houses and 42,000 apartments, the Bay Area News Group reported Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market

Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer.
 
BritainÅfs Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps, center right, and BritainÅfs Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, walk with the Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, right, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Richard Marles, second right, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, second left, and United StatesÅf Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy, during a visit to the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, Australia, Friday, March 22, 2024. Australia is set to provide 4.6 billion Australian dollars ($3 billion) to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its new fleet arrives on time. (Matt Turner/AAP Image via AP)

$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines

Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its new fleet arrives on time.
 
FILE - Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Ga., shown here on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, closed in 2020. The Georgia state Senate passed a bill on March 14, 2024, that would let the hospital reopen without a state permit, called a certificate of need. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Georgia Senate lawmakers give final passage to bill to loosen health permit rules

Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on a plan to loosen some parts the state’s health care permitting law.
 
FILE - A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place mandates vaccines or not and a bill that would prohibit schools from requiring students to receive the vaccine. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Louisiana debates civil liability over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or the lack thereof

Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place mandates vaccines or not.
 
FILE - This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, shows proposed cigarette warning labels. A federal rule requiring that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking, including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by diminished blood flow, does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, March 21, 2024. (FDA via AP, File)

Requiring ugly images of smoking’s harm on cigarettes won’t breach First Amendment, court says

A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment.
 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders were urged Thursday to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as they aim to uphold in Ukraine, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face dire food shortages and possible famine. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

EU Commission proposes to impose tariffs on imports of grain from Russia

The European Union’s executive arm is proposing to member countries to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus.
 

Antitrust lawsuits accuse major US sugar companies of conspiring to fix prices

Three antitrust lawsuits filed by food businesses in federal court in Minnesota this week accuse some of the largest U.S. sugar-producing companies of conspiring to fix prices.
 

Human composting as alternative to burial and cremation gets final approval by Delaware lawmakers

The Delaware Senate has given final approval to a bill allowing the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation.
 
FILE - A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now letting people pool and share their frequent-flyer points with family and friends, the airline announced Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Need to ‘borrow’ miles from your kid to get that free flight? A big airline will let you do that

What if you don’t have enough airline miles for that free flight, but a family member does? United Airlines is now letting families and friends pool and share their frequent-flyer points.
 
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani gestures as he warms up during batting practice prior to an opening day baseball game at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. The firing of Ohtani's interpreter by the Los Angeles Dodgers over allegations of illegal gambling has highlighted an issue many outside of California don't realize: Sports betting is still against the law in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man,File)

Firing of Ohtani’s interpreter highlights how sports betting is still illegal in California

The firing of Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter by the Los Angeles Dodgers over allegations of illegal gambling and theft has highlighted an issue many outside of California don’t realize: Sports betting is still against the law in the nation’s most populous state.
 
FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home, March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va. The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy may be paid for by Medicare — as long as patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems, federal officials said Thursday, March 21. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients

Certain Medicare patients may get help paying for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, as long as they also have heart disease.
 

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 3/21/2024

Stocks extended their push into record heights on Wall Street, led by big gains in chipmakers. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Thursday to set an all-time high for a third straight day.
 
FILE - Nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich., as Enbridge Inc., prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Mich., June 8, 2017. Michigan attorneys pressed a federal appellate panel Thursday, March 21, 2024, to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down the portion of an aging pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court, arguing that the state's environmental protection laws are in play. (Dale G Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan

Michigan attorneys have pressed a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court.
 
Bill Walker, Chairman of the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission, left, and Bryan Malinowski, Executive Director of the Clinton National Airport, listen to a report by an airport director during a meeting of the commission on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 in Little Rock, Ark. Bryan Malinowski, the executive director of Little Rock's airport who was injured earlier this week in a shootout with federal agents serving a search warrant at his home has died on Thuresday, March 21, 2024.(Stephen Swofford/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas airport director shot by federal agents dies, affidavit alleges illegal firearm sales

The executive director of Little Rock’s airport has died after he was injured earlier this week in a shootout with federal agents serving a search warrant at his home.
 
Leicester City's Patson Daka runs back with the ball after Chelsea's Axel Disai scored an own goal during the FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge in London, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)

Leicester could be latest team to fall foul of Premier League’s spending rules

Leicester could be the latest team to be sanctioned for overspending in the Premier League. The league says Leicester has been referred to an independent commission for an alleged breach of the competition’s profitability and sustainability rules during their previous seasons in the top flight.