Wednesday December 25th, 2024 1:10AM

AP Business

Party City to close its stores as company files for bankruptcy
Party City announced that it's going to “wind down” its retail and wholesale operations as it prepares to shutter nearly 700 stores nationwide
1:26PM ( 2 days ago )
'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box office
In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office
12:53PM ( 2 days ago )
A million taxpayers will soon receive up to $1,400 from the IRS. Who are they and why now?
Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks
11:48AM ( 2 days ago )
An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania's Capitol a century ago. They're still ticking
Capitol buildings are almost always an imposing presence
8:56AM ( 2 days ago )
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms
7:35AM ( 2 days ago )
German police say 4 women and a boy were killed in the Christmas market attack
More details have emerged about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany
4:26AM ( 2 days ago )
Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office
Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office
12:08AM ( 3 days ago )
Pickup truck driver killed by police after driving through Texas mall and injuring 5
Authorities in Texas say a pickup truck driver fleeing police careened through the doors of a JCPenney store, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by law enforcement officers at a busy mall
9:31PM ( 3 days ago )
Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract
3:42PM ( 3 days ago )
Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials
2:35PM ( 3 days ago )