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Plates marked with crosses, symbolizing people suffering from hunger worldwide, are displayed at Copacabana Beach during a protest aimed at drawing the attention of leaders attending the upcoming G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.

G20 summit calls for more aid to Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine

Plates marked with crosses, symbolizing people suffering from hunger worldwide, are displayed at Copacabana Beach during a protest aimed at drawing the attention of leaders attending the upcoming G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.

November 19, 2024, 8:52am Business

Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies gathered once again on Tuesday with a lighter schedule after they issued a joint declaration the night before. Read story

FILE - Evening rush hour traffic fills Highway 50, Jan. 26, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.

US to add features such as blind spot warnings and pedestrian detection to vehicle crash ratings

FILE - Evening rush hour traffic fills Highway 50, Jan. 26, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.

November 19, 2024, 8:51am Business

The U.S. government’s automobile safety ratings will get a major update starting with the 2026 model year when regulators add new driver-assistance technologies and tests for protecting pedestrians. Read story

Security walk outside the venue for the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. Nations are finding ways to raise it

Security walk outside the venue for the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

November 19, 2024, 8:50am Business

Just as a simple lever can move heavy objects, rich nations are hoping another kind of leverage — the financial sort — can help them come up with the money that poorer nations need to cope with climate change. Read story

FILE - People buy groceries at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024.

Walmart’s promise of low prices proves to be a powerful draw in the third quarter

FILE - People buy groceries at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024.

November 19, 2024, 8:49am Business

Walmart ratcheted up sales and profits again in the third quarter with its comparatively low prices proving a powerful draw for shoppers seeking to cut spending where they could. Read story

Port officials OK potential deal with SkyNRG to build clean aviation fuel facility

November 19, 2024, 8:45am Business

The Wallula Gap Business Park currently is nothing more than a bare plot of land, but it’s potentially getting another development. Read story

Items to include in holiday dinners are displayed at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands

Items to include in holiday dinners are displayed at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

November 19, 2024, 6:01am Business

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation. Read story

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street rises following last week’s slide

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in New York.

November 18, 2024, 1:44pm Business

Most U.S. stocks ticked higher Monday to recover some of their sharp slide from last week. Read story

FILE - Old-growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon River Trail, June 25, 2004, in Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore.

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

FILE - Old-growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon River Trail, June 25, 2004, in Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore.

November 18, 2024, 1:42pm Business

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. Read story