Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled
By JOSH FUNK and JOSH BOAK
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease the cost of eggs.
Slack platform down as users report service outage
By SARAH PARVINI
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Workplace communications platform Slack experienced an outage Wednesday morning as thousands of users reported they were unable to use the service.
BP to slash spending on net zero ventures as it focuses on oil and gas again
By PAN PYLAS
LONDON (AP) — British energy company BP confirmed Wednesday that it would slash spending on green ventures and increase its oil and gas production, a change in direction that it hopes will bolster its flagging share price but has been met with incredulity from climate action campaigners.
Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system
By BYRON TAU and BERNARD CONDON
WASHINGTON (AP) — A satellite company owned by Elon Musk has the inside track to potentially take over a large federal contract to modernize the nation’s air traffic communications system.
Coca-Cola’s appeal to Palestinians fizzles as the Mideast war boosts demand for a local look-alike
By ISABEL DEBRE
SALFIT, West Bank (AP) — Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame, shame” in Arabic — before suggesting the popular local alternative: a can of Chat Cola.