Month: January 2024

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale inflation in the United States fell in December, further evidence that price pressures in the economy are easing. The government’s producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — declined 0.1% from November to December. Measured year over year, producer prices rose

By COURTNEY BONNELL and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has signed the first beer brand in the 40-year history of a sponsorship program that earns billions of dollars for the organization and international sports. The deal was announced Friday by the IOC and Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev for the

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will audit Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled manufacturer after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week, the last in a string of mishaps for its marquee aircraft. The agency’s move comes just a day after it announced an investigation into whether Boeing

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it has collected an additional $360 million in overdue taxes from delinquent millionaires. The collection happens as IRS leadership tries to promote the latest work it has done to modernize the agency with Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act funding. Republicans are threatening to chip away

By The Associated Press A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person. DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez says in a statement on X, former known as Twitter, that the helicopter crashed Thursday night in Kinney County while patrolling the Texas border near Mexico. Olivarez

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal held his first Cabinet meeting on Friday with one motto: “work, work, work.” The 34-year-old Attal leads a relatively small team of 14 ministers who gathered around Macron at the French presidential palace. The government will be reinforced within days by

LONDON (AP) — Burberry, the London-based luxury goods fashion house, lost around 10% of its market value on Friday after it warned that profits this year would be lower than anticipated. It said wealthy shoppers, particularly in the Americas, tightened their belts during the crucial Christmas trading period. The company said its recent trading had

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government says Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, remains dangerous and should stay in solitary confinement. Breivik is suing the government, saying his human rights are being violated. The government’s lawyer said Friday, the last day of a five-day hearing, that there is nothing

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Indonesia and Vietnam agreed to cooperate on fisheries on Friday as Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong on Friday. The two countries signed an agreement to cooperate in the fisheries sector, but the text of the agreement wasn’t made public but experts

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers starting in February as part of a new repayment plan. Cancellation was originally set to begin in July under the new SAVE repayment plan but is being unrolled ahead of schedule to provide faster relief

BERLIN (AP) — Tesla says it’s temporarily halting most of production at its German factory because of attacks in the Red Sea, a vital global shipping corridor. The electric vehicle maker says its factory near Berlin, which makes Model Y vehicles and batteries, will pause from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. It says its production

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s domestic security agency says it arrested a Russian citizen for allegedly providing information to Poland about Moscow’s defense industry production. The Federal Security Service, the FSB, said in a statement on Friday that the person arrested is an employee of a “high-security enterprise” in the Penza region. That’s about 600 kilometers

By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Oscar-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho and other artists in South Korea have called for a thorough investigation into the death of popular actor Lee Sun-kyun. Lee was found dead in his car on Dec. 27 in what is widely seen as a suicide following an

BEIJING (AP) — China says that Myanmar’s military has reached a cease-fire agreement with an alliance of three ethnic minority guerrilla groups that it has been battling in the north. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Friday that the agreement had been brokered at talks mediated by China on Wednesday and Thursday

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is visiting Kyiv to announce a new package of support for Ukraine, including an increase in military funding for its war with Russia, a statement from his office said. Sunak on Friday is expected to announce that military funding for Ukraine for the next financial year

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares turned lower Friday, though Tokyo’s benchmark extended its New Year rally, trading well above 35,000 and at its highest level since 1990. U.S. futures slipped slightly, while oil prices surged more than $1 a barrel. China reported its exports and imports edged higher in

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Three candidates are vying for Taiwan’s presidency in elections Saturday that are closely watched internationally. The winner will have to navigate testy relations with Beijing as well as popular concerns about domestic issues such as housing and employment. Lai Ching-te, the front-runner from the governing Democratic

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is preparing to elect a new president and legislature Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own. The presidential race pits Vice President William Lai against Hou Yu-ih of

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian tourists going on a ski trip will be the first international travelers to visit North Korea since the country’s borders closed in 2020 amid the global pandemic lockdown. A report on Russia’s state-run Tass news agency on Wednesday said an unspecified number of tourists

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported that its exports grew slightly for a second consecutive month in December even as deflationary pressures continued. Official data released Friday underscored the uneven nature of the country’s economic recovery from the pandemic. Exports rose 2.3% year-on-year in December to $303.6 billion.

MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — A search was underway Thursday night for three people caught in an avalanche in the Idaho back country, authorities said. The avalanche was recorded near Stevens Peak near the Montana border, authorities said. The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said a search and rescue effort was underway with help from the Kootenai

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s relationship with Beijing will face its biggest test since the leaders of the two countries met in November, as the United States seeks to keep the Taiwan Straits calm after Taiwanese v oters select a new president this weekend. At stake is the peace and stability

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pita Limjaroenrat shook up Thai politics eight months ago by leading his progressive Move Forward party to a stunning first-place finish in the 2023 general election. Pita’s win also put him in a good position to be named the country’s next prime minister. But he had a

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response. The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Friday.

CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. Navy helicopter has crashed into the Pacific Ocean off of Southern California during a training exercise. Authorities say all six crewmembers survived. A Navy spokesperson says the MH-60R Seahawk crashed in the waters of San Diego Bay shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday. A safety boat was on hand and

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel planned to defend its war in Gaza in front of the United Nations’ highest court Friday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the allegations as hypocrisy that “screams to the heavens.” Israel, which

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik. Her abdication on Sunday will be the first time a

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man in Iowa stood up at a recent town hall and told Ron DeSantis he had an “easy” question: How would the Florida governor address abortion when it’s sure to be a big issue in the coming 2024 presidential election?

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket have been called to federal court Friday for a “substantial update” in the legal case against the gunman, their attorney said. The meeting between Department of Justice representatives and victims of Payton

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Day-Lewis took a break from retirement to present Martin Scorsese the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards in midtown Manhattan. Scorsese’s Osage epic, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” was the top honoree at the 95th NBR Awards, which were

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — As a teenager, Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik felt uncomfortable being in the spotlight and wondered whether there was any way he could avoid becoming king. Such doubts have been swept aside as the 55-year-old takes over the crown on Sunday from his mother, Queen Margrethe

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tyrone McDougald wore a long-eared, leopard-style hat as he sorted through racks of warm clothes at a homeless service center in Portland, Oregon. He was already wearing multiple layers, but with no roof of his own, he grabbed two more coats to help him face a

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has announced the end of its search and salvage operations at the site of a CV-22B Osprey crash that occurred off Japan in late November, expressing regret for not being able to find the last of their eight crew members killed and saying

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea pulled the world’s focus Friday back on the yearslong war raging in the Arab world’s poorest nation, even as shipping across the wider Mideast remains threatened. As the bombing

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with killing four members of a neighboring family in central California. The teen made his first appearance Thursday in juvenile court to enter the equivalent of a not-guilty plea. Fresno County prosecutors have asked to try him as an adult. That would bring the possibility

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. and U.K. warships launched waves of air, ship and submarine launched missiles at Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen Thursday it was the culmination of weeks of warnings to the militant group to cease their destructive attacks on commercial vessels in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The quarterback matchup between Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes isn’t the only major storyline going into their AFC wild card game. Another question is how many fans will pay to watch one of the NFL’s important games of the season being carried on a streaming platform

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A leading human rights group says people’s rights are being suppressed and threatened everywhere in the world, from wars to selective outrage about some abuses and silence about others. Human Rights Watch released its global report on 2023 on Thursday. It says the challenges of

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was interrupted three times by as many protesters during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, including two who were forcibly removed by security. Speaking at his fourth event of the day just days before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, the Florida governor harshly criticized the protesters,

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal

TORONTO (AP) — Ed Broadbent, a social democracy stalwart who helped build up Canada’s leftist New Democratic Party, has died. He was 87. His death was announced Thursday by the Broadbent Institute, the Oattawa-based think tank he founded in 2011 to promote social and economic justice. The institute called Broadbent “a fierce champion for ordinary

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report finds the number of police officers who died on the job dropped again last year, including deaths from gunfire, traffic accidents and COVID-19. The report released Thursday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund found 136 U.S. police officers died in the line