As UK housing costs soar, anxiety grips homeowners and renters: ‘I’m in meltdown’
By SYLVIA HUI and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For Sadie James, the cost-of-living crisis in Britain just never seems to ease. First,…
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Stock market today: Wall Street’s AI frenzy and strong bank profits send stocks higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s growing frenzy around artificial intelligence pushed stocks toward their best…
Continue ReadingUS deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Herzog will meet with Biden as US concerns over settlements and judicial overhaul simmer
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday is hosting Israel’s figurehead president Isaac…
Continue ReadingThe architect of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing 10 years ago says it was the best fix for a broken city
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The architect of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing admits it was a miserable process. But 10…
Continue ReadingTrump’s classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing before Judge Cannon
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge who issued a court ruling last year that critics…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters
By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press VERNON PARISH, La. (AP) — Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools,…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited a natural gas drilling site in northeast Ohio to promote…
Continue ReadingUS attorney in Manhattan seeking federal takeover of city’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor says his office will seek to have control of New York City’s trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail complex…
Continue ReadingHow the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack came together, according to mastermind Mark Ronson
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Ronson is showing off his Barbies. Scattered throughout his studio, the executive producer…
Continue ReadingChina criticizes the upcoming US visit of Taiwan’s presidential front-runner
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is criticizing an upcoming stopover in the United States by Taiwan’s vice…
Continue ReadingNo injuries as jetliner’s evacuation slide falls in Chicago neighborhood near O’Hare, officials say
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say an emergency evacuation slide fell from an airliner and landed in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s…
Continue Reading9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium…
Continue ReadingCivil rights groups sue Florida officials over new immigration law
MIAMI (AP) — Several civil rights groups are challenging Florida’s new immigration law in a federal lawsuit. The legislation Republican Gov. Ron…
Continue ReadingAustralian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in…
Continue ReadingFlorida family accused of selling fake COVID-19 cure through online church goes on trial in Miami
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church is on trial this…
Continue ReadingRussian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US warplane over Syria
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance aircraft over…
Continue ReadingVirginia says governor weighs circumstances of crimes in deciding on restoring felons’ voting rights
By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says that as he weighs…
Continue ReadingActors and writers on strike are united and determined in the face of a long summer standoff
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Solidarity and stamina were picket-line themes Monday as striking screenwriters and…
Continue ReadingNo winner in Monday’s Powerball drawing. Jackpot reaches $1 billion
By NICK INGRAM Associated Press ST. JOSEPH. Mo. (AP) — The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was…
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