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Su Yiming of China celebrates his gold medal during a venue ceremony in the men's snowboard big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Su joins Gu with Olympic big air gold for host China

By Jake Seiner Feb. 15, 2022 01:34 AM EST

Matej Svancer of Austria trains ahead of the men's freestyle skiing big air qualification round of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward

By Jake Seiner Feb. 07, 2022 04:54 AM EST

FILE - U.S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison lets an arrow fly as he practices on his range in Miami, Ariz., in this Thursday, April 30, 2020, file photo. Ellison is the top-ranked archer in the the world and the favorite at the Tokyo Games. A few years ago, he wasn't sure if he would even shoot another arrow again. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Gold medal v. golden arches: Olympian's hopes nearly quashed

By Pat Graham Jul. 22, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He listens as former President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement at the White House in Washington.  At a meeting Thursday, June 18, 2021, China pledged to harshly punish anyone responsible for major industrial accidents or outbreaks of violence in coming days as the ruling Communist Party prepares lavish celebrations for its centenary on July 1, 2021. Vice Premier Liu ordered safety checks be carried out to forestall such incidents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
China pledges harsh penalties ahead of party anniversary

Jun. 18, 2021 04:24 AM EDT

Heavy machinery work on a major road project in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Australian government will release its big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year on Tuesday designed to create jobs and repair pandemic damage and with an eye toward winning votes at looming general elections. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia plans big defense and security investments

By Rod Mcguirk May. 11, 2021 06:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2003 file photo, heavy machinery rolls through the U.S Steel Corp. Edgar Thompson Works in Braddock, Pa., east of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. said Friday, April 30, 2021, that it is canceling a $1.5 billion project to bring state-of-the-art improvements to its operations in western Pennsylvania, saying the world has changed in the two years since it announced its intentions.  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
US Steel ends plans for $1.5B Pennsylvania plant upgrades

By Marc Levy Apr. 30, 2021 01:10 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 29 The Los Angeles Times...

Strike set for Alabama coal mines barring late agreement

Mar. 31, 2021 10:57 AM EDT
BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) — More than 1,100 workers at two Alabama coal mines and related facilities owned by Warrior Met Coal Inc. will go on strike barring a last...

Israeli businessman and diamond-magnate, Beny Steinmetz, arrives to Geneva's courthouse for the reading of his verdict for alleged corruption of Guinean public officials and forgery documents, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Israeli diamond tycoon convicted in Swiss corruption trial

By Jamey Keaten Jan. 22, 2021 11:42 AM EST

Rancher Mike Wilcox surveys the debris left at the site of the Keystone-Wallace Copper Mill, where he worked briefly in the 1970s on Nov. 12, 2020. Wilcox fears a copper mine's plans to pump diluted sulfuric acid into the shallow aquifer that supplies his well will drive him out of business.  (Zak Podmore/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
Ranchers, landowners worry about copper mine's plan

By Zak Podmore Nov. 29, 2020 08:00 AM EST

FILE — In this Feb. 6, 2020, file photo, a man tries on a face mask at a pharmacy in Kitwe, Zambia. Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia seems to be headed for a default on debt owed to private investors. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche, File)
Zambia's risk of default highlights Africa's debt crisis

By Rodney Muhumuza Nov. 01, 2020 04:18 AM EST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, to attend a drive-in rally at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Trump moves Minnesota rally while Biden announces visit

By Steve Karnowski Oct. 29, 2020 05:24 PM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 9, 2016, file photo is the Hull-Rust Mahoning Mine viewed from the overlook in Hibbing, Minn. The Trump administration is seeking to fast-track mining projects and could offer grants and loans to help companies pay for equipment, administration officials said Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as they offered details on a plan that critics said could spoil rivers and lakes in Minnesota, Idaho and elsewhere with mining pollution. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Trump pushes mining with order, but effects are uncertain

By Matthew Brown And Steve Karnowski Oct. 01, 2020 06:20 PM EDT

Southwest Georgia steel fabricator closes, laying off 128

Sep. 19, 2020 03:27 PM EDT
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A steel fabricator is closing in southwest Georgia, laying off 128 employees. Alpharetta-based Cives Corp. is...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Trump is heading to Minnesota for a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

By Will Weissert And Steve Peoples Sep. 18, 2020 05:12 PM EDT

FILE - Striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Bath, Maine.  The union representing striking production workers says a tentative agreement was reached with Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works to end a strike that stretched for more than a month during a global pandemic. The agreement announced on Saturday, Aug. 8,  will be put forth to the 4,300 members of Machinists Local S6 for approval. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Shipyard, union reach tentative deal to end strike in Maine

By David Sharp Aug. 08, 2020 12:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 1, 2017, file photo, Elon Trustee Louis DeJoy is honored with Elon's Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Elon. N.C. Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general, DeJoy. The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a ” different mindset” to ensure the Postal Service’s survival during the coronavius pandemic. (Kim Walker/Elon University via AP, File)
Mail could be delayed as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting

By Matthew Daly Jul. 15, 2020 04:11 PM EDT

Striking shipbuilders pause their march to allow a truck to enter Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. Production workers rejected the company's three-year contract offer Sunday, threatening to further delay delivery of ships. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Shipyard hiring temporary workers; mediation next week

By David Sharp Jul. 02, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Visitors pause to look in a gift shop window, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Kennebunkport, Maine. The coronavirus pandemic has hurt many of Maine's businesses that rely on just a few months in the summer for most of their annual revenue. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Strike won't affect delivery of machines to swab maker

Jun. 23, 2020 02:00 AM EDT

Picketers acknowledge a honking motorist outside an entrance to Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. Production workers at one of the Navy's largest shipbuilders overwhelmingly voted to strike, rejecting the company's three-year contract offer Sunday and threatening to further delay delivery of ships. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Production workers strike against major Navy shipbuilder

By David Sharp Jun. 22, 2020 06:48 AM EDT

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