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Move to affect more than 28,000 Starbucks stores worldwide as company seeks to limit impact on oceans WASHINGTON: International coffee giant Starbucks announced Monday it will eliminate plastic drinking straws from its stores due to […]

Business group launches campaign against White House, retaliatory tariffs SAN FRANCISCO: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest federation of businesses, announced Monday it was launching a campaign criticizing the tariff policies of President […]

$71B deal depends on Disney divesting 22 of Fox’s regional sports networks NEW YORK: The Justice Department conditionally approved Wednesday The Walt Disney Company’s proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox, according to an antitrust lawsuit […]

Footage appears to show Michael Rosfeld firing, hitting Antwon Rose Jr. three times in the back WASHINGTON: A white police officer in the state of Pennsylvania was charged Wednesday with criminal homicide for the fatal […]

New rule is latest effort by Trump to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday unveiled its latest effort to undercut the nation’s universal healthcare law, making […]

Researchers say global warming will destroy over 300,000 homes in US with flooding in coming decades SAN FRANCISCO: A report published Monday estimated climate change could cause coastal flooding that would devastate over 300,000 homes […]

‘Texas honors all the men and women who protect and serve our communities, and justice will be served,’ Texas governor says WASHINGTON (AA) – Two police officers were critically shot Tuesday near a Home Depot […]

29-year-old gunman opened fire in Tennessee state WASHINGTON: A gunman shot dead four people on Sunday in the U.S. state of Tennessee, police said. The assailant, identified as 29-year-old Travis Reinking, reportedly parked his car […]