Congressional Budget Office projects lower inflation and higher unemployment into 2025
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal…
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With Iowa’s caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an…
Continue ReadingA Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money…
Continue ReadingA Spanish official says spotter planes are helping curtail the number of West African migrant boats
MADRID (AP) — A senior Spanish official says the deployment of two Spanish surveillance planes to watch for migrant boats heading on the…
Continue Reading2 cousins freed after spending 42 years wrongfully imprisoned – the latest in a spate of high-profile exonerations this week
By Paradise Afshar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two Illinois cousins who have spent most of their lives locked up for crimes they never committed…
Continue ReadingJury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former…
Continue ReadingBiggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on Earth
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily…
Continue ReadingDozens stranded in stuck elevators as lights flicker in brief NYC power outage
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A small explosion at an electrical facility caused a momentary power outage in New York City.…
Continue ReadingMoldova and Georgia celebrate as their aspirations for EU membership take crucial steps forward
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Moldova and Georgia celebrated after European Union leaders buoyed their aspirations to join the 27…
Continue ReadingWest African court orders Niger’s president to be released and reinstated nearly 5 months after coup
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A court of the West African regional bloc has ordered the release and reinstatement of…
Continue ReadingExperts call for more diversity to combat bias in artificial intelligence
By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Calvin Lawrence has dedicated his career to artificial intelligence. But even after decades of experience…
Continue ReadingInternational court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry’s phone hacking victory is a landmark in the long saga of British tabloid misconduct
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s victory against Mirror Group Newspapers on Friday over what a British judge called…
Continue Reading‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson talks season two of hit show and how ‘Amazon took a risk’ on him
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The wandering Jack Reacher, created by novelist Lee Child, returns in a second season of “Reacher” on Prime…
Continue ReadingShops in 2 Dutch cities start selling legally grown cannabis in an experiment to regulate pot trade
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press BREDA, Netherlands (AP) — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy has gone up in smoke…
Continue ReadingPolice officer fatally shoots 19-year-old in Mesquite, Texas, suspect in a vehicle theft
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Police in Mesquite, Texas, say an officer investigating a stolen vehicle fatally shot a 19-year-old man who was in another…
Continue ReadingFinland reports a rush of migrant crossings hours before the reclosure of 2 border posts with Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of migrants have crossed into Finland hours before the reclosure of two southern…
Continue ReadingMaryland Gov. Wes Moore says Orioles lease at Camden Yards headed to a vote
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says a long-term agreement between the Baltimore Orioles and the…
Continue ReadingThe EU struggles to unify around a Gaza cease-fire call but work on peace moves continues
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A number of European Union leaders are trying to use mounting concern about civilian deaths in…
Continue ReadingA plane hit powerlines over I-26 in North Carolina and burst into flames. Nobody was seriously hurt
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A small plane crashed on a western North Carolina highway and caught fire Thursday night, but the two people on board…
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