Month: September 2022

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time the Federal Reserve faced inflation as high as it is now, in the early 1980s, it jacked up interest rates to double-digit levels — and in the process caused a deep recession and sharply higher unemployment. On Thursday, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, has died. He was 82. He died of pneumonia on Wednesday

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A special prosecutor in Michigan has been appointed to investigate whether the Republican candidate for attorney general and others should be criminally charged for their attempts to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election. The office of Democratic attorney general Dana Nessel asked the the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council,

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Four countries bordering Russia say they will take regional steps to limit people from Russia from entering Europe’s visa-free zone. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Thursday they “are increasingly concerned about the substantial and growing influx of Russian citizens.” Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in his reelection bid after deciding against openly backing him in the primary. In a statement on Wednesday, Trump says DeWine quietly, but professionally and patriotically, goes about doing his job. DeWine fought off three far-right challengers in the GOP

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press They’re known at school as the group of parents who orchestrate everything from Halloween parties to book fairs, but a parent-teacher organization isn’t just for the kids. Parents join a PTO for all kinds of reasons. It has helped some revitalize career skills, share passions, find job opportunities, and

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Europe has smashed previous temperature records this summer, with long periods of sunshine causing sweltering conditions across much of the continent but also helping boost much-needed solar power. The European Commission said Thursday that average temperatures from June to August were 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit higher on the

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and the book-length edition of the “1619 Project” are among the nominees for Kirkus Prizes, $50,000 honors given in three competitive categories. The nominees were announced Thursday by the trade publication Kirkus Reviews. In fiction, Tokarczuk was cited for “The Books of Jacob,” a 900-plus

MIAMI (AP) — The school board in Florida’s largest district won’t recognize October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History month. It would have included a measure to teach 12th graders about two Supreme Court cases affecting the LGBTQ community. It also would have let parents opt their 12th graders out of learning about

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s health authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a 42-year-old man who frequently travels to Europe. Authorities said the man is stable and has been isolated at a special hospital. Egypt is the latest in the Middle East to join countries with reported monkeypox cases; Israel and the

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China say their troops have begun pulling back from one of the key friction points on their disputed border as part of efforts to lower tensions in a more than two-year standoff that has sometimes led to deadly clashes. The disengagement follows a 16th

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal report says nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them from requiring friends and family of care home residents to be responsible for costs of the facilities. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says friends and family members have had to declare

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The “Tamron Hall” show just premiered its fourth season, but it’s not a well-oiled machine yet — and that’s intentional. “The only thing that shines in this room are the Emmys. I want this show to evolve,” says the two-time daytime Emmy winner. Although the

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world’s most generous poetry awards is both consolidating and expanding. Officials of Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize announced Thursday that they are combining their international and Canadian honors into a single award, worth $100,000. Griffin also has created a new prize for first-time Canadian poets that includes a six-week

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level since May despite repeated attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring inflation under control. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Sept. 3 fell by 6,000

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers. That’s despite rising battery costs. The latest EV came Thursday from General Motors, a Chevrolet Equinox small SUV. It has a starting price around $30,000

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two college campuses locked down. City buses stopped running. A baseball stadium halted a game, and frightened residents stayed indoors as a gunman spent hours cruising around Memphis and shooting people, apparently at random. Authorities said the assailant suspected of killing four people and wounding three

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany for 16 years, will release her political memoirs in 2024. Her publisher announced Thursday that the former chancellor, who is co-authoring the book with her longtime adviser Beate Baumann, will provide an exclusive, personal look into her political life

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says that one of its diplomats was briefly detained by Belarusian authorities earlier in the week. It has lodged a strong diplomatic protest for what it claims was the second such incident. An EU spokesman said the bloc’s charge d’affaires was detained for more than 2 hours after attending