Most Fed officials at last meeting backed slower rate hikes
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting favored reducing the size of their…
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Remote desert camps house World Cup fans on a budget
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — For scores of foreign soccer fans, the road to the World Cup in Doha starts every morning at…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Teen shot by San Antonio cop released from hospital
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A teen shot by a San Antonio police officer as he put his car in reverse while eating a hamburger has been released from the…
Continue ReadingMississippi-based furniture company lays off 2,700 workers
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi-based company that had become one of the largest furniture businesses in the country has laid off nearly its…
Continue ReadingHIV-positive heart donor’s family, recipient meet
By TED SHAFFREY and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who got a new lease on life after a ground-breaking heart transplant…
Continue ReadingDominican Republic expels 1,800 children to Haiti: UNICEF
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A U.N. agency says Dominican authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian…
Continue Reading4 Philadelphia teens shot in drive-by near high school
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Four students were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting shortly after their Philadelphia high school let out early for the…
Continue ReadingCourt rules Dutch state liable for 2007 Afghan bombing
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ruled that the country’s forces unlawfully bombed a…
Continue ReadingLAPD officer unjustified in shooting that killed girl, 14
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer violated policy when he fired a rifle at a suspect inside a clothing store last year, killing a…
Continue ReadingArmed guards a fixture outside pot farm before 4 were slain
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Armed guards were a fixture outside the marijuana growing operation in rural Oklahoma where four people…
Continue ReadingNigeria hopes new currency notes curb inflation, corruption
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has unveiled newly designed currency notes that the West African nation’s central…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions more Iranian officials as crackdowns continue
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions against three more Iranian security officials in…
Continue ReadingNew musical brings high-energy world of K-pop to Broadway
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There are some familiar storylines in a new musical opening on Broadway — a singer and her…
Continue ReadingCat’s out of the bag when TSA finds stowaway feline at JFK
NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t accuse the TSA of catnapping on the job. When an alert agent at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport noticed tufts of…
Continue ReadingDoubts about candidates tipped the scales in tightest races
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have…
Continue ReadingPope Francis IDs successor to conservative Providence bishop
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Pope Francis has named a coadjutor bishop to assist conservative Rhode Island Bishop…
Continue ReadingFacial recognition can help conserve seals, scientists say
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and…
Continue ReadingDominican sugar imports tied to forced labor rejected by US
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will detain all imports of sugar and…
Continue ReadingShoppers hunt for deals but inflation makes bargains elusive
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CORA LEWIS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers holding out for big deals — and some much-needed relief…
Continue ReadingEuropean Parliament website affected by cyberattack
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Parliament President Roberta Metsola says the legislature’s web site has come under a Russian cyberattack only hours…
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