By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian’s effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others were being rescued from homes inundated with lingering floodwaters. Ten additional deaths were blamed on
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla Three US Postal employees are among four people arrested in connection with a $1.3 million fraud and identity theft scheme allegedly carried out in New York and New Jersey since 2018, according to the Department of Justice. A further five people facing changes in connection with the case remain at large, it
Continue ReadingBy EMRAH GUREL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press CELIKHAN, Turkey (AP) — Tobacco growers in southeast Turkey’s Celikhan district are feeling the pinch as annual inflation reaches a new 24-year high. Official data released Monday shows consumer prices rose 83.45% from a year earlier, further hitting households already facing high energy, food and housing costs.
Continue ReadingBy EMRAH GUREL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press CELIKHAN, Turkey (AP) — Tobacco growers in southeast Turkey’s Celikhan district are feeling the pinch as annual inflation reaches a new 24-year high. Official data released Monday shows consumer prices rose 83.45% from a year earlier, further hitting households already facing high energy, food and housing costs.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN A small plane crashed into a Minnesota home Saturday night, killing three people who were on board, officials said. Police in Hermantown got word just before midnight from the control tower at Duluth International Airport a small airplane had left the radar and was believed to have crashed, its last known
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers Johnny Gaudreau leaving Calgary for Columbus headlined a busy offseason of player movement around the NHL. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper left Colorado for Washington after backstopping the Avalanche to the Stanley Cup. The champs also lost center Nazem Kadri to free agency when he signed with the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Twitter wants a Delaware court to order Elon Musk to buy the social media service for $44 billion, as he promised back in April. But suppose a judge makes that ruling and Musk balks? The Tesla billionaire’s reputation for dismissing government pronouncements has some worried about how he’d react
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Twitter wants a Delaware court to order Elon Musk to buy the social media service for $44 billion, as he promised back in April. But what if a judge makes that ruling and Musk balks? The Tesla billionaire’s reputation for dismissing government pronouncements has some worried that he might
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson and Adam Renton, CNN The British government is reversing plans to scrap the highest rate of income tax, announcing the embarrassing retreat after a rebellion among its own lawmakers and a week of financial and economic turmoil. In a statement on Monday, finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said the tax cut for people
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La carrera presidencial brasileña tendrá una segunda vuelta, informó este domingo el Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE) de Brasil. El actual presidente Jair Bolsonaro, del Partido Liberal, tuvo un mejor desempeño de lo que pronosticaron las últimas encuestas y se enfrentará al principal candidato opositor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, del Partido de
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The British government on Monday dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows. In a dramatic about-face, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng
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Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for his discoveries on human evolution. Paabo spearheaded the development of new techniques that allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners. The move was part of a package of unfunded cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows. Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng said Monday that he would abandon
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer With the baseball postseason expanding to 12 teams this year, if two teams end up deadlocked for a division title or playoff spot, there will no longer be a one-game playoff to break those ties. Instead, head-to-head record from the regular season is used to determine the winner —
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will humbly listen to people’s “harsh voices” criticizing his governing party’s cozy ties to the ultra-conservative Unification Church and help victims of its allegedly fraudulent businesses and huge donation collection. Kishida has come under fire in a widening scandal that
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Cincinnati begins this week at the top of the national sacks chart after recording 11 against Tulsa. The total tied the American Athletic Conference record and matches the most in a Bowl Subdivision game in three years. Jabari Taylor had a team-high 2.5 sacks and 10 players were
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A spectator at Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets has died following a fall at Acrisure Stadium. The Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety say police and emergency service personnel were alerted after the man fell shortly after the end of the Jets’ 24-20 victory over the Steelers. Paramedics
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate sat out the second half of Sunday night’s 41-31 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with a concussion after earlier colliding with a teammate and being allowed to re-enter the game. Brate was shaken up just before halftime after catching a pass for a
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian officials say the Israeli military has killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military says it was on an arrest raid early Monday and alleges the two suspects tried to ram their car into soldiers, a claim that could not be
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