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LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, also ordered the U.S. tech giant to end its “self-preferencing practices” and take steps to stop “conflicts of interest” along the advertising technology supply chain. Google said the decision was “wrong” and that it…

Hoping the Federal Reserve will cut the interest rates it controls fits the “be careful what you wish for” conundrum. There’s a good possibility the nation’s central bank will lower its Fed Funds rate – what banks pay overnight – at its next meeting Sept.17. Federal Reserve officials have acknowledged that a softening business climate may need help, overriding concerns about another bout of painful inflation. But cheers for such economic assistance – and some observers, including President Donald Trump, think the cuts should be steep – should be tempered. Why? When the Fed hands out discounted financing, it usually…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ NEW YORK (AP) — When Kate Smith worked a 9-to-5 office job, she was burned-out, suffering from daily migraines and thinking, “I can’t do this for the rest of my life.” She didn’t have to. For her next role, Smith landed a remote, full-time marketing job that enabled her to travel the world. Her laptop lifestyle took her to Bali, where she lived and worked for a year-and-a-half. “Every day, I was riding my scooter through the rice fields and thinking, ‘I love my life, this is amazing,’” she said. “And that feeling never fades. … I…

By DID TANG and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon funded hundreds of projects done in collaboration with universities in China and institutes linked to that nation’s defense industry, including many blacklisted by the U.S. government for working with the Chinese military, a congressional investigation has found. The report, released Friday by House Republicans on the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, argues the projects have allowed China to exploit U.S. research partnerships for military gains while the two countries are locked in a tech and arms rivalry. “American taxpayer dollars…

By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021, the Labor Department reported Friday. When the department put out a disappointing jobs report a month ago, an enraged President Donald Trump responded by firing the economist in charge of compiling the numbers and nominating a loyalist to replace her.…

Q: Dear Professor Honk: While riding my motorcycle on the southbound 55 Freeway, I took the flyover ramp to the southbound 5 Freeway.  At the highest point of the flyover, my rear tire went flat and I pulled over to the shoulder. I called AAA, but I didn’t want to sit on my motorcycle while waiting since traffic was passing just a few feet away at 60-plus mph. I tried standing on the shoulder between my bike and the concrete edge barrier, but the barrier is so low, maybe a couple feet high. I imagined a strong wind would blow me…

By ANGELA HART/KFF Health News and DEVI SHASTRI/The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there isn’t any waste, fraud or abuse, according to public records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press. While acknowledging that states…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports as a step that addressed uncertainty for key industries. The reduction to 15% from the previous 25% was agreed between the two sides on July 22. “Tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States was the top priority for the government and we have put all our effort into achieving an agreement in a best possible way as soon as possible,” Ishiba said Friday. “The way it was…

SAN BERNARDINO — Replicating the same scenario and outcome as their 2024 matchup, the nonleague rivalry between the Etiwanda Eagles and Cajon Cowboys once again turned in favor of Cajon, with a 34-19 victory on Thursday night. Cajon’s Maleek Nolley (0) heads to the end zone for a score in a game against Etiwanda at Cajon High School in San Bernardino on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer) Cajon’s Zion Wallace (7) almost intercepts a pass intended for Etiwanda’s Chad Wakumoto Jr. (14) in a game against Etiwanda at Cajon High School in San Bernardino on Sept.…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A contentious three-hour hearing between U.S. senators and Robert Kennedy Jr. devolved into multiple screaming matches on Thursday as the nation’s health secretary fended off accusations about sweeping changes he’s made to vaccines, health care policy and leadership. The oversight hearing in the Senate Finance Committee was a chance for senators to seek answers from Kennedy on recent high-profile departures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the appointment of vaccine critics to an influential federal advisory committee and changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations that will make it…