Here’s why high interest rates haven’t caused a US recession
As the Federal Reserve starts its March policy-making meeting on Tuesday, interest rates remain at a 23-year high, yet unemployment is low, stocks…
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Spring equinox has arrived. Here’s what you need to know
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is…
Continue Reading US new home construction surged last month, as mortgage rates stayed high
Amid a housing shortage and an affordability crisis, US homebuilding heated up in February as builders anticipate demand for new homes to stay…
Continue Reading Haiti transitional presidential council takes shape as gang violence engulfs the Caribbean nation
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders say all groups and political parties except one have submitted…
Continue Reading Safety regulators probe Ford driver assist features after fatal crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it has opened an investigation into a recent Ford Mustang Mach-E fatal crash in…
Continue Reading The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country
By Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to…
Continue Reading Q&A: Author Rebecca Serle shares what’s behind her ‘magical realism’ and new book ‘Expiration Dates’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Author Rebecca Serle often adds elements of magic to her writing. In her last book “One Italian Summer,” she…
Continue Reading Algeria targets television stations for Ramadan advertising blitz and immoral programming
Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian officials are chiding television stations over the content choices they’ve made since the start…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on recall election question
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has asked for arguments related to a question over what…
Continue Reading Man dies, woman injured after vehicle goes over cliff at adventure park
STANTON, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a man died and a woman was injured when they lost control of their vehicle at an off-road adventure park in…
Continue Reading Arizona lawmaker says she plans to have an abortion after learning her pregnancy isn’t viable
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker has announced that she plans to have an abortion after learning that her pregnancy is not viable. The Arizona…
Continue Reading Reddit is preparing to sell shares to the public. Here’s what you need to know
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, said…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million — more than double her initial plan — to nonprofit applicants
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she would give $640 million to more than…
Continue Reading Police confirm a blanket found during search for missing Wisconsin boy belongs to the 3-year-old
TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police searching for a 3-year-old boy who vanished last month say they’ve confirmed that a blanket found…
Continue Reading Cambodia’s prime minister sounds sour note on trucks’ musical horns
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered a ban on musical horns, after videos posted on social media showed…
Continue Reading Russia confirms naval chief replaced after Black Sea failures
By Radina Gigova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — Russian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the Kremlin replaced the head of the…
Continue Reading Memorabilia including hats and dolls reflect popularity of Mexico’s president ahead of June election
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
Continue Reading Trial of former Milwaukee election official charged with illegally requesting ballots begins
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The attorney for a former Milwaukee elections official charged with fraudulently ordering three military absentee ballots under…
Continue Reading Illinois voters to decide competitive US House primaries around the state
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois voters are set to decide competitive U.S. House races around the state. The most…
Continue Reading Dan Pashman created a new shape of pasta. His cookbook expands pasta’s possibilities
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman made the unusual step a few years ago of creating an…
Continue Reading Gardening bloomed during the pandemic. Garden centers hope would-be green thumbs stay interested
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people looked for…
Continue Reading Michael Tilson Thomas to lead New York Philharmonic opening subscription program
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Tilson Thomas is to conduct the opening subscription program of the New York Philharmonic season, three years after the…
Continue Reading German police detain 2 Afghans for plotting an attack near Swedish parliament over Quran burnings
By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say police have detained two Afghan citizens accused of planning to attack…
Continue Reading Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s…
Continue Reading European Union pushes ahead with a plan to buy weapons for Ukraine with frozen Russian asset profits
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says he’s pressing ahead with a plan to use the…
Continue Reading Iraq’s former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities say that Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in…
Continue Reading South Africa’s ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is taking the independent…
Continue Reading Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding…
Continue Reading US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press The latest U.S. agricultural census data, out last month with the latest five-year update of data from 2022, shows…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal…
Continue Reading An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — An artificial intelligence robot is a new high-tech weapon in the battle to…
Continue Reading Moldova expels Russian diplomat over presidential polling stations in breakaway Transnistria region
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova said Tuesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat after Moscow opened polling stations for its presidential…
Continue Reading March Madness as we know it could be on the way out amid seismic changes in college sports
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Tracking the changes upending college sports can be as frenetic as keeping up during the first week of March…
Continue Reading UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
By JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming,…
Continue Reading Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum will form the core of an $8 billion ice cream company
The world’s biggest ice cream business is about to go it…
Continue Reading Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today
By DEEPA BHARATH and TERRY TANG Associated Press ANTIOCH, California (AP) — For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank,…
Continue Reading Ned Blackhawk’s ‘The Rediscovery of America’ is among books honored by the Lukas prize project
NEW YORK (AP) — An exploration of racism on social media and a history of Native Americans are among the winners of J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project…
Continue Reading Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter
A New York state judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against several social media companies alleging the platforms contributed to…
Continue Reading Antioch, a city with a complex anti-Asian history, takes meaningful steps toward reconciliation
By TERRY TANG and DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Over the last two years, the quiet city of Antioch, California, has…
Continue Reading Armenia’s prime minister says quick border demarcation needed to avoid new conflict with Azerbaijan
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s prime minister says the Caucasus nation needs to quickly delimit the border…
Continue Reading UN chief decries violence in west Myanmar as two dozen villagers are reported killed in airstrikes
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed concern over the escalating violence in…
Continue Reading Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten is to step down at the end of June
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten says he will step down from his namesake brand at the end of June. Van Noten said in a…
Continue Reading How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong Kong?
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has passed a new national security law that could redefine the liberties of its…
Continue Reading Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed sweeping new powers on Tuesday that critics and analysts…
Continue Reading Creighton’s Isaac Traudt wears glucose monitor to stay in game. His diabetes was diagnosed at age 4
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton’s Isaac Traudt is playing at the highest level of college basketball while…
Continue Reading Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side
By The Associated Press Officials say a Russian border region plans to evacuate some 9,000 children from the area that is being continuously shelled…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Navigating the SSI ‘marriage penalty’
By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet For people who rely on Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, getting married can result in reduced monthly benefits…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 19: Immigration, Gaza, Trump, Gas prices, Abortion
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 19: Immigration, Gaza, Trump, Gas prices, Abortion
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third…
Continue Reading Trump’s failure to secure a bond could put his New York properties on the chopping block
CNN Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump doesn’t have the cash he needs to stop the state of New…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 19: Immigration, Gaza, Trump, Gas prices, Abortion
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third…
Continue Reading Unilever is cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business
LONDON (AP) — Unilever, the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soaps and Vaseline, says it’s cutting 7,500 jobs and…
Continue Reading At least 13 Russian miners are trapped in a collapsed gold mine, officials say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say at least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia. Authorities in the Amur…
Continue Reading US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to…
Continue Reading Norwegian safety body criticizes cruise ship that nearly ran aground in 2019 storm
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people should never have left a northern Norway harbor five years ago despite…
Continue Reading Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit…
Continue Reading Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth…
Continue Reading Second of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to more than 17 years in the torture of 2 Black men
CNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey…
Continue Reading ‘Goon Squad’ leader and another deputy sentenced for torture of two Black men. Four other ex-officers still face sentencing
By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement…
Continue Reading UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by…
Continue Reading A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill. That’s a tall order
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the…
Continue Reading Incoming Palestinian prime minister lays out plans for reform but faces major obstacles
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent…
Continue Reading Chinese envoy meets Hamas chief Haniyeh after first visit to Israel since Gaza war began
By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar,…
Continue Reading China’s stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing’s stock watchdog has…
Continue Reading The average bonus on Wall Street last year was $176,500. That’s down slightly from 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500. New York state comptroller has reported Tuesday that the average…
Continue Reading Biden heads West to secure his standing in Nevada and Arizona
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing…
Continue Reading US officials say pact with strategically key Pacific island nations underscores American commitment
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. officials say newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three…
Continue Reading The average Wall Street bonus dipped 2% last year, to $176,500
Last year wasn’t the most lucrative for Wall Street bankers, but their bonus payouts still easily trounced US median household…
Continue Reading Images taken deep inside melted Fukushima reactor show damage, but leave many questions unanswered
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear…
Continue Reading Sex trade to slavery: a UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor agency says illegal profits from forced labor globally have risen to the…
Continue Reading Israeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal
CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Bank of Japan ups key rate for 1st time in 17 years
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest…
Continue Reading Cricket Australia postpones another tour over human rights concerns for women in Afghanistan
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia says it has postponed a three-match men’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan due to…
Continue Reading UnitedHealth says it has made progress on recovering from a massive cyberattack
By The Associated Press UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that…
Continue Reading Famine in northern Gaza is imminent as more than 1 million people face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger, new report warns
By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering…
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Rural Americans were less likely to enroll in a federal broadband assistance program. Now it's too late to sign up
The Daily Yonder reports on the federal government halting enrollment in a program that helps millions of Americans afford their broadband…
Continue Reading Search for answers continues after police identify 2nd suspect in 1970 strangling death of Maryland teen
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators who have been working more than half a century to solve the case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn…
Continue Reading Hong Kong lawmakers hold special session, nearing vote on law that could further quash dissent
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s lawmakers met in a special session to resume debate on a proposed national security…
Continue Reading The first outside legal analyses of Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ are in, and they’re critical
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions…
Continue Reading Notre Dame Cathedral’s restoration has been a 5-year journey of dedication and recovery
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story…
Continue Reading Blinken to underline ‘ironclad’ support for Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea
BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken will underscore…
Continue Reading 6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press When Mike O’Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its…
Continue Reading Trump backs Kevin McCarthy protege in California special election for former speaker’s seat
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a sheriff who…
Continue Reading Ohio Supreme Court primary with 2 Democrats kicks off long campaign over court’s partisan control
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press The Democratic primary for one of three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court will kick off a high-stakes…
Continue Reading Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election…
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By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview…
Continue Reading Open seat for Chicago-area prosecutor is in voters’ hands after spirited primary matchup
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office is in voters’ hands…
Continue Reading High-profile elections in Ohio could give Republicans a chance to expand clout in Washington
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans are watching two hot-button federal races in Ohio that could affect their…
Continue Reading ‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
CNN By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support…
Continue Reading Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they’ll ever return
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with…
Continue Reading Tuesday’s primaries include a key Senate race in Ohio and clues for the Biden-Trump rematch
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Five states will hold presidential primaries as President Joe Biden and former President…
Continue Reading Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are officially divorced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years…
Continue Reading Spotify paid $9 billion in royalties in 2023. Here’s what fueled the growth
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every year since 2021, Spotify has published its “Loud & Clear” report, an attempt to…
Continue Reading Rules that helped set real estate agent commissions are changing. Here’s what you need to know
By ALEX VEIGA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with…
Continue Reading ‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Continue Reading Some Palestinian patients in East Jerusalem hospitals will be sent back to Gaza by Israel
By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities are preparing to send a group of Palestinian…
Continue Reading Japan brings era of negative interest rates to an end with first hike in 17 years
Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive monetary easing program that was implemented…
Continue Reading The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of…
Continue Reading Mother wanted in death of her 5-year-old son – who was found inside a suitcase in Indiana – is arrested, police say
By Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A mother who has been wanted by Indiana police since after her 5-year-old son’s body…
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