Month: July 2022

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office says the end of pandemic-era spending, fast economic growth and higher tax revenues…

By MEAD GRUVER and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota…

By VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged security cooperation and support to Benin as…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The last rider in a group of Marine motorcycle club members testified Wednesday that he…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — African nations opened climate talks in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Wednesday…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against five media…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jail guard says school shooter Nikolas Cruz attacked him with little…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health regulators say nearly 800,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is advising men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners…

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have breached Baghdad’s parliament, chanting…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has emerged as the clear favorite in what had been a crowded…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The head of the U.S. government aid agency has called on China to help Sri Lanka and other…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Cash-strapped Lebanon plans to build two new grain silos to fight its food security crisis for…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett’s company…

By The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — One of Viktor Orban’s closest associates has resigned in protest over what she called a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears…

BERLIN (AP) — Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a months-long standstill in…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation on Wednesday, telling…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in Quebec on Wednesday at a time when many French Canadians in the province…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty…

LONDON (AP) — U.K.-born environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who has been jailed in Iran for more than four years, has been released on furlough.…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan says if you’re trying to smuggle its prized native dog breed out of the…