Australia braces for severe bushfires as Sydney swelters under record September heat
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — The threat of intense bushfires looms over New South Wales as record spring temperatures and high winds fan…
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Chinese officials voice faith in economy and keep interest rates steady as forecasts darken
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Leading Chinese planners have voiced confidence in the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy,…
Continue ReadingUK inflation fell unexpectedly in August but the Bank of England is still set to raise rates
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s…
Continue ReadingPope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?
By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street falls after the Federal Reserve warns rates may stay higher in 2024
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next…
Continue ReadingFrance rolls out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — King Charles III has praised France’s “wonderful welcome” at a grand dinner held in his honor…
Continue ReadingOfficers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of ‘I can’t breathe,’ prosecutors say
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas…
Continue ReadingSix Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and unrest in the Gaza Strip have…
Continue ReadingTornadoes kill 10 people and seriously injure 4 others in eastern China
BEIJING (AP) — Two tornadoes within hours killed 10 people and seriously injured four others in eastern China, state media said Wednesday. The…
Continue ReadingUtah woman accused of killing her husband with fentanyl claims a letter in her jail cell is part of a fictional book she’s writing, prosecutors say
By Jeremy Harlan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Utah woman charged with killing her husband with fentanyl and subsequently accused of…
Continue ReadingPuppies training to be future assistance dogs earn their wings at Detroit-area airport
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Five puppies learning to be assistance dogs had a howling good time during a training…
Continue ReadingHow a rural Alabama school system outdid the country with gains in math
By TRISHA POWELL CRAIN of AL.com PIEDMONT, Ala. (AP) — While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID…
Continue ReadingA Batman researcher said ‘gay’ in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of…
Continue ReadingState governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan
By MORGAN LEE and TERRY TANG Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business…
Continue ReadingLeft behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability
By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya but…
Continue ReadingParkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three…
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Paving of Butler Market Road nearly complete
Deschutes County is almost done with the paving of Butler Market Road between Powell Butte Highway and Hamehook…
Continue ReadingIran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right…
Continue ReadingLawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were ‘contingent’ electors, not fake
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that…
Continue ReadingVirginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024
By SARAH RANKIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district…
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