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Rising gasoline prices are a double blow for drivers who use their own vehicles for work
Leslie Sherman-Shafer, an Uber driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, likes to start each shift with a full tank of gas.It used to cost her around $25 to fill up her Toyota Corolla. She's spent closer to $40 since the Iran war began and pushed up the average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline by $1. Sherman-Shafer, a retired dental office assistant who picks up Uber passengers five days a week, said she’s putting in extra hours to cover the difference.
“We don’t get reimbursed for gas. We rely on the generosity of the tip,” Sherman-Shafer said. Some... Read More
Spain closes the country's airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war
MADRID (AP) — Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, its defense minister said Monday, marking the latest step by Europe's loudest opponent of U.S. and Israeli involvement in the conflict in the Middle East.The country earlier said the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases in the conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust.
Defense Minister Margarita Robles said the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict.
“This was made perfectly... Read More
Air Canada CEO will retire this year after his English-only crash message was criticized
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada announced Monday its CEO will retire later this year, after Michael Rousseau was criticized for his English-only message of condolence following this month’s deadly crash in New York.Canada’s largest airline, based in French-speaking Quebec, said Rousseau told the board he will leave by the end of the third quarter.
Canada is an officially bilingual nation, and Prime Minister Mark Carney said Rousseau's decision to retire is “appropriate."
“It is essential that the next CEO of Air Canada is bilingual,” Carney said.
Central African Republic's president sworn in for a third term after disputed election
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was sworn in for a third term on Monday three months after a disputed general election.Touadéra will be serving a new seven-year term. He was declared the winner of the vote in December, which was boycotted by the coalition opposition party following a 2023 constitutional referendum that removed term limits and increased the presidential term from five to seven years.
“We aspire to build a sovereign economy and ensure transparent management of our... Read More
US stocks edge higher in shaky trading as oil prices keep climbing
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are swinging again Monday as oil prices keep climbing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in afternoon trading, coming off its worst week since the war with Iran began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 257 points, or 0.6%, as of 12:53 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower.
That followed gains for stock markets in much of Europe, but caution was still prevalent throughout financial markets. After jumping to an initial gain of 0.9%, the S&P 500 quickly erased... Read More
Top Stories
- US stocks edge higher in shaky trading as oil prices keep climbing
- Some wait times at airport bottlenecks are easing with TSA paychecks promised
- NFL set to begin hiring and training replacement officials, AP sources say
- Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch
- Trump threatens to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure if a deal is not reached 'shortly'
- Air Canada CEO will retire this year after his English-only crash message was criticized
- Rescue teams search for 27 missing after a passenger boat sinks in eastern Indonesia
- The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother
- Australian police kill a suspect 7 months after he allegedly shot 3 officers, killing 2
- China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years
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- Ken Clay, who pitched on Yankees' world championship teams in 1977-78, dies at age 71
- Trump administration sues Minnesota over transgender athletes in girls sports
- Through MLB's first weekend, Salvador Perez and the Royals are ABS winners
- NFL set to begin hiring and training replacement officials, AP sources say