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Singapore Airshow kicks off with aerial displays; Boeing and China's COMAC announce new orders

Singapore Airshow kicks off with aerial displays; Boeing and China's COMAC announce new orders

SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow — Asia’s largest — kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner, with aircraft manufacturers such as COMAC and Boeing announcing new orders.

Amazon to be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Walgreens Boots Alliance

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, joining Apple, Walt Disney, Walmart and other companies that make up the 30-stock average.
Mental health minister says 'safer supply' drug concerns rooted in 'stigma and fear'

Mental health minister says 'safer supply' drug concerns rooted in 'stigma and fear'

OTTAWA — Canada's mental health and addictions minister believes fear and stigma are driving criticism of the government's decision to support prescribing pharmaceuticals to drug users to combat the country's overdose crisis.
Woman, 68, dies and driver airlifted to hospital in rural Nova Scotia car collision

Woman, 68, dies and driver airlifted to hospital in rural Nova Scotia car collision

HALIFAX — A 68-year-old woman has died and a 68-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a car collision in Nova Scotia.
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that the government intends to provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont.

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Israel strikes across Gaza as US says it will block another cease-fire resolution at UN RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight and into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Trump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Trump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars

Trump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford's huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute

Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford's huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford Motor Co.'s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language.

Driver who injured 9 in a California sidewalk crash guilty of hit-and-run but not DUI

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A driver who plowed into a crowd on a Southern California sidewalk in 2019, injuring nine people, was convicted Thursday of hit-and-run crimes, but jurors deadlocked on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs.