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China is expected to announce new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth

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China announced a slate of fresh measures Friday to reinvigorate its ailing property industry after the latest data showed housing prices have slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year. Among other things, the central bank said it would reduce the minimum down payment for mortgages and remove the floor on interest rates for […]

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NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre

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DALLAS — The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting Friday in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement. Though beset by financial troubles and following a trial in which a jury found LaPierre misspent millions of

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Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing

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WASHINGTON — Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary. That has translated to the world’s biggest maker of computer chips — which power everything from medical

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UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The voting at the two Mercedes factories — one an assembly plant, the other a battery-making facility — comes

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United Airlines says it has regained some privileges that were suspended after problem flights

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CHICAGO — United Airlines said Thursday that federal regulators are letting it resume planning for growth after they imposed restrictions on the airline following a series of flight mishaps earlier this year, including an engine fire and a tire falling off a plane. United said the Federal Aviation Administration “has allowed us to begin the

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Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows

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A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January. A spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems confirmed the layoffs at its Wichita, Kansas,

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Philadelphia still the 6th-biggest U.S. city, but San Antonio catching up, census data shows

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PHILADELPHIA — New federal estimates show Philadelphia remains the nation’s sixth-most-populous city, despite a decline in population throughout the pandemic. But the U.S. Census Bureau data out this week also shows San Antonio, Texas, could surpass Philadelphia in the coming years if trends continue. The data shows that Philadelphia lost 3.3% of its population —

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FDA approves Amgen's treatment for most deadly form of lung cancer 

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Amgen‘s therapy for patients with the most deadly form of lung cancer.  The agency cleared the drug, which will be marketed under the name Imdelltra, as a second or later line of treatment for people with advanced small-cell lung cancer. That means patients can take the drug

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China and Russia reaffirm their close ties as Moscow presses its offensive in Ukraine

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BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West, and they criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region. At their summit in Beijing, Putin thanked Xi for China’s proposals for ending the

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US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest coal region

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BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres (millions of hectares)

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