Lebanon approves some banking law changes demanded by IMF
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament has approved amendments to a banking secrecy law, a…
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Tennessee QB Hooker leads AP midseason All-America team
By The Associated Press Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker, two Big Ten running backs and Alabama pass-rusher Will Anderson Jr. highlight The…
Continue ReadingBiden administration seeks to expand 24/7 mental health care
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants to expand all-hours mental health and substance abuse care in…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 10/18/2022
The Associated Press Stocks rose on Wall Street, adding to weekly gains for major indexes that have been mired in a broad slump amid inflation and…
Continue ReadingGoldman Sachs, Lockheed Martin rise; Hasbro, Conn’s fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., up $7.14 to $313.85. The investment…
Continue ReadingS Carolina Senate again rejects abortion ban; bill not dead
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Pres COLUMBIA S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators have again rejected a proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses FedEx from Indianapolis shooting lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses FedEx from Indianapolis shooting lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last…
Continue ReadingRalph Macchio writes of embracing his ‘Karate Kid’ persona
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Ralph Macchio has written a book called “Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me” about his experience making…
Continue ReadingDangerous flesh-eating bacterial infections increased in Florida after Hurricane Ian
By Carma Hassan, CNN An increase in infections with a rare flesh-eating bacteria was reported in Florida in the days after Hurricane Ian due to…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy: No ‘blank check’ for Ukraine if GOP wins majority
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warns that Republicans will not write a…
Continue ReadingAudit hits N. Dakota on vaccine handling; agency disputes it
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state audit says the North Dakota Health Department stored thousands of COVID-19…
Continue ReadingSon of US citizen detained in Saudi Arabia says his father is ‘nowhere near being dissident’
By Kylie Atwood, Michael Conte and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The son of an American citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for criticizing the Saudi government…
Continue ReadingPor qué las mujeres que ocupan puestos de dirección tienen más probabilidades que nunca de dimitir
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Cuando se trata de ascender a puestos directivos, los hombres siguen teniendo ventaja. Y las mujeres que…
Continue ReadingTake note: Utah Jazz may have lost their hashtag to Apple
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Take note: The Utah Jazz evidently need a new hashtag. The team’s long-used hashtag — #TakeNote — was used by Apple…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Republican Michels: ‘I will never arrest a doctor’
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican running for governor in Wisconsin suggested Tuesday that he did not support…
Continue ReadingWorld War II shipwreck still pollutes the North Sea’s ocean floor 80 years later
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A World War II shipwreck is still leaking explosives and other toxic elements into the ocean floor of the North Sea more…
Continue ReadingNeil Lennon out as coach of Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Neil Lennon is out as coach of Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus after less than eight months on the job. The club’s announcement…
Continue ReadingOhio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or…
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Visit Bend awards 9 Sustainability Fund grants totaling $1.45 million for tourism-related projects
Visit Bend’s Board of Directors has approved nine grants totaling $1.45 million for a wide variety of tourism-related projects around Central…
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