‘Desperation’: Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s…
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FDA clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand…
Continue ReadingAlex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to…
Continue ReadingBahamas to increase minimum wage, implement price controls
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The prime minister of the Bahamas has announced an increase in the island’s minimum wage and temporary price…
Continue ReadingBlake Shelton, last of original ‘The Voice’ judges, to leave
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton, the last of the original panel of judges on “The Voice,” will leave the megahit U.S. version of the singing…
Continue ReadingUS producer price inflation eases to still-high 8.5%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.5% in September from a year earlier, its third…
Continue ReadingGerman government: Economy to shrink in 2023 as war bites
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has slashed its growth forecast for this year and predicted that Europe’s…
Continue ReadingEU executive recommends Bosnia become candidate member
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Bosnia-Herzegovina has moved a small step closer to the European Union. The EU’s executive is…
Continue ReadingPortugal’s president feels heat from church sex abuse remark
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s president is scrambling to quell an outcry over his comments appearing to…
Continue ReadingWorld’s 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s first space tourist wants to go back — only this time, he’s…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Security Cabinet OKs Lebanon maritime border deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Security Cabinet has voted in favor of the U.S.-brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon, the first of several…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted a Japanese journalist of violating immigration law, adding three years to the…
Continue ReadingPutin says Russia could increase gas supplies to Europe
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via a link of the Germany-bound Nord…
Continue ReadingEdmunds compares the Genesis GV60 and the Tesla Model Y
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The Tesla Model Y has been fending off a slew of new electric SUV rivals. One of the latest is the all-new GV60 from…
Continue ReadingHow to change Medicare plans — and why you might want to
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don’t compare Medicare plans during…
Continue ReadingFrance orders gas station workers back to ensure supplies
By ALEXANDER TURNBULL and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is promising that the situation in the…
Continue ReadingSenior German state official quits over 2021 flood response
BERLIN (AP) — A senior German state official has announced his resignation amid questions over his management of deadly floods that hit his region…
Continue ReadingSwedish center-right leader gets more time to form coalition
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The leader of Sweden’s third largest party — the center-right Moderates — says he needs more time in his attempt to…
Continue ReadingBiden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press VAIL, Colo. (AP) — Joe Biden’s three-state swing out West will capture, in a nutshell, the…
Continue Reading‘Africa on its own’: Little help in epidemics, says official
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without outside help, a top…
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