Month: May 2023

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing. He’s looked at whether he might have the power to go around lawmakers by

By ALEX VEIGA and MELISSA WINDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level in five weeks, welcome news for house hunters looking for an edge as they navigate a housing market constrained by a near-historic low number of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. authorities say they have seized over a dozen website domains used by sanctioned Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that they had seized 13 website domains, including those of the Iran-backed group’s al-Manar television, and that of senior officials and affiliated charities.

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency. There has been a dramatic drop in cases in recent months. The outbreak initially baffled experts when the smallpox-related disease spread to more than 100 countries last year. WHO’s director-general

By GERALD IMRAY and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Peloton is recalling more than 2 million of its exercise bikes in the U.S. because the bike’s seat post assembly can break during use, posing fall and injury hazards. The recall includes approximately 2.2 million of the Peloton Bikes Model PL01. The bikes were sold in the U.S. from

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a transgender Guatemalan woman who is fighting deportation on the grounds that she would face persecution if returned to her native country. The court’s unanimous decision Thursday in favor of Estrella Santos-Zacaria gives her another chance to argue that immigration officials were wrong to

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on a Dutch Caribbean island is now facing extradition to face criminal charges in the United States. Peru’s government on Wednesday issued an executive order allowing the temporary extradition of Joran van der Sloot. The Dutchman will be prosecuted

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Swimming, gymnastics and track & field fans can rejoice. For the first time in a European Olympics, those event finals will be televised live on network television in the United States. NBC will have at least nine hours of weekday daytime coverage, expanding to at least 11 hours on

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The mayor of a small French town whose home was set afire amid a bitter battle over bringing in migrants is resigning from his job The mayor of Saint Brevin-les-Pins said in a letter made public late Wednesday that he was stepping down because of the March

SILVER CITY, Mich. (AP) — An 8-year-old Wisconsin boy who spent two days lost in a remote, rugged northern Michigan park before being found says he prayed during his ordeal that he wouldn’t be “stuck out here for the rest of my life.” Nante Niemi said he was helping relatives gather wood at the Porcupine

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sunderland is within reach of a return to the Premier League after a chaotic and often farcical six years during which the club has been the subject of a Netflix documentary. “Sunderland ’Til I Die” is a fly-on-the-wall show charting the team’s journey after relegation from England’s top division

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — When a 13-year-old boy last week opened fire on his fellow students in a school in Belgrade, and a day later a man killed people at random in villages south of the Serbian capital, the country came to a standstill. One question was on everyone’s mind:

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The president of the Russian Olympic Committee has indicated that the country could boycott qualifying competitions in fencing for next year’s Paris Games after some athletes were barred from competing. One of them was his own daughter. The International Olympic Committee recommends letting competitors from Russia and Belarus compete as neutral

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s state-owned media says that a trial has opened in the country against Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and another citizen of South Korea. RTCG television reported that they are charged in the Balkan country with using forged identification documents. The two men were in court

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week rose to its highest level in four months, though the labor market remains healthy by historical standards. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 6 rose by 22,000 to 264,000. That’s

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” coming out this fall. The new release also will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States decelerated last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures may be easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve unleashed an aggressive campaign of steadily higher interest rates. From March to April, the government’s producer price index rose just

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A candidate in Turkey’s presidential election has withdrawn from the race, a move that is likely to bolster President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main challenger. Muharrem Ince, the leader of the center-left Homeland Party, was one of four contenders running for president in Sunday’s vote. He had come under intense criticism for

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs. Pope Francis announced the inscription of the workers in the Roman Martyrology, the compendium of saints celebrated liturgically in the Catholic Church. He made the announcement during

LONDON (AP) — British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says the U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces. Wallace told lawmakers in the House of Commons on Thursday that Britain is donating Storm Shadow missiles. He didn’t say how many are being sent or whether they have already arrived in