Americans sour on economy amid inflation woes: AP-NORC Poll
By KEN SWEET and EMILY SWANSON The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Americans’ opinions on the U.S. economy have soured noticeably in the…
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Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater album attracts Broadway stars
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of musical theater’s most exciting new writing partnerships started with a breakup…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 dead after high rise in Nigeria collapses
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses and officials say at least three people were killed and dozens more remain…
Continue ReadingMusk offers $6B if UN shows how it will solve world hunger
Elon Musk says he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations’ food agency if it could show how the money would…
Continue ReadingUS will make large firms give paid time off for vaccinations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid…
Continue ReadingMichelle Obama to speak with college students nationwide
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama’s next promotion for her memoir, “Becoming,” will center on the college…
Continue ReadingAfter a year, Iraq students back in school as pandemic slows
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi students have returned to classrooms for the first time in a year, following the…
Continue ReadingGermany: man faces murder probe after car hits children
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a man in Germany faces a murder investigation after he apparently deliberately drove into a group of schoolchildren,…
Continue ReadingAudra McDonald eyes Broadway again in Adrienne Kennedy play
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Audra McDonald is going from host of the Tony Awards to another stage role. The six-time…
Continue ReadingFed to start reining in economic aid as inflation risk rises
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this…
Continue ReadingHigh court won’t take case involving Hunter Biden ex-partner
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former business partner of presidential son Hunter Biden who was seeking to…
Continue ReadingWomen of color growing force as mom influencers
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The multibillion-dollar world of sleep training guides, toddler activity ideas, breastfeeding tips…
Continue ReadingBerlin police chief sorry for Holocaust memorial push-ups
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s police chief has apologized for an incident in which officers were pictured practicing push-ups on a part of the German…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court won’t hear case involving transgender rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision…
Continue ReadingPutin: Russia must build up defenses in view of NATO moves
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s air…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan: Biden will do ‘his best’ for F-16 sale
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s President says his U.S. counterpart has told him that he would do “his…
Continue ReadingJon Bon Jovi tests positive for COVID-19, cancels concert
MIAMI (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi tested positive for COVID-19 just before he was set to perform a concert in Miami Beach. An announcer took to the stage…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects appeal over secretive court’s work
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal over whether the public should have access to opinions of the secretive court…
Continue ReadingIsrael OKs Palestinian homes after advancing settlements
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has authorized some 1,300 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank days after…
Continue Reading9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effect
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for…
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