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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage…

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.…

Trump’s campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief

Trump’s campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s…

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts around its records

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts around its records

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A mixed Monday on Wall Street has U.S. stocks drifting around their all-time highs. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in early trading, coming off its…

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk…

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if…