Month: October 2023

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Systemic hurdles, lessons and messages from family, and the lived experience of your upbringing can shape your thoughts on money, especially if you spent a long time living without financial security. Once you’ve begun to earn enough to make ends meet, it can be hard to know how to change

By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times math class chatgpt computer science For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework obsolete. Teachers learned to work around and with it, said Price, assistant professor of mathematics and

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A strike by autoworkers against General Motors is expected to cut the automaker’s pretax earnings by $800 million this year, and another $200 million per week after that. That’s according to the company’s chief financial officer. And those figures just include factories that are on strike

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Palestinian artist Nida Sinnokrot, one of 18 artists receiving the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowships from the Open Society Foundations on Tuesday, says that art provides hope and resilience, even in the midst of war. Members of this year’s class of Soros Arts Fellows, including Sinnokrot,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of three opposition groups that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent elections say they have agreed to form a government together. They also announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister. Tusk is a former prime minister

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court has extended orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti to lead a U.N. Security Council-approved mission to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. The High Court on Tuesday said it would rule on the case on Nov. 9. Former presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot filed a

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples. It’s the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The decision by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday rejected the government’s appeal against the ruling that said

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it will allow Lynas Rare Earths to continue to import and process rare earths until March 2026. Science Minister Chang Lih Kang said licensing conditions that called for the Australian miner to halt all activities producing radioactive waste have been lifted. That came after Lynas proposed a

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir says she’ll stay home as part of the “women’s day off” on Tuesday. Organizers are calling on women and nonbinary people to refuse both

By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry into New Zealand’s worst mass shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The coroner-led inquiry opened Tuesday, more than four years

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation in as many months. A police spokesman said Tuesday the operation centered in the southwestern district of Paphos.  A combined force of

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and several people are missing. Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said the ships, Polesie and Verity, collided early Tuesday morning about 22 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of the island of Helgoland. One of the ships,

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip, the military said Tuesday, ahead of an expected ground invasion against Hamas militants that the U.S. fears could spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Washington state senator Jeff Wilson has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was not registered in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. His website and local media reported that he was released on bail after appearing in court on Monday. Local media reports said

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares mostly rose Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S. Treasury bonds fell back after creeping above 5%. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Shanghai and Taiwan, but fell in Hong Kong. Rapidly rising yields in the bond

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking justice for 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba dive boat called the Conception in 2019. The trial against Captain Jerry Boylan begins Tuesday with jury selection. Boylan has pleaded not guilty to one count of misconduct or neglect of

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –- a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is no ordinary surgery. Detrick Witherspoon died before ever being wheeled in, and now two wide-eyed medical students are

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say the bodies of at least 17 people were recovered from a train crash outside the Bangladesh capital that may have occurred after one of the trains disregarded a red signal. A fire official said the rescue operation was halted early Tuesday after rescuers and residents together extracted passengers from

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen is poised to testify against his old boss as a key witness at the civil fraud trial that threatens to upend the former president’s real estate empire and wealthy image. Trump is expected to be in court Tuesday for the

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump ensure the cooperation of two witnesses who could presumably offer insider accounts of the desperate scheming to help him remain in office. That’s a boon for prosecutors striving to

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans will meet privately to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting a broken, bitter GOP majority and returning to the work of

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues. Already this year, the Volunteer State has rebuffed federal dollars designed to prevent and treat HIV and money that

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night. Corey Seager got things started for

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil prices are up and markets are tense after the outbreak of war in Gaza. That could accelerate the move to renewable energy, says the head of the International Energy Agency. Fatih Birol says that after Gaza and after Russia’s cutoff of natural gas to

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system enjoys a near-mythical status among Israelis. The Israeli military estimates it protects against 90% of rockets fired at Israeli territory and the West Bank from militants in the Gaza Strip. But the Dome faces its stiffest challenge yet as Israel comes

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County’s mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1. Maui has had impassioned discussions about when to welcome travelers back to the disaster-stricken region. Some residents drafted a petition opposing the return of tourists,

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small wooden boat near the two Koreas’ sea border. Defections by North Koreans have been a sore point in relations between the two Koreas. South Korea accepts those who choose to resettle in

PANAMA (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction workers and environmentalists led the demonstrations Monday. In areas outside Panama City police met protesters with tear gas. The protests were set off by the president last week signing a contract for a huge copper

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions while facing an onslaught of criticism from Republican challenger Daniel Cameron. The exchanges came during a high-stakes debate Monday night. It comes about two weeks before Kentucky’s closely watched gubernatorial election. The bitter rivals sparred

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign says the Republican is shifting staff and money from New Hampshire to Iowa in an effort to boost his standing in the leadoff caucus state with less than three months until the first votes of the 2024 election

By The Associated Press American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia. The oldest of Retton’s four daughters posted Monday on Instagram that her mother is in “recovery mode.” Shayla Kelley Schrepfer said the 55-year-old Retton faces a “long road” but that she is taking “baby

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high. Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that gangs engage in killings, sexual violence including collective rapes

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight to help the Arizona Diamondbacks force Game 7 of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The winner of Tuesday night’s game advances

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage. Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the release date of “Dead Reckoning