US consumer prices rise 0.3% in August, lowest in 7 months
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose a lower-than-expected 0.3% last month, the smallest monthly…
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Dialogue with Spain deepens division between Catalan parties
MADRID (AP) — The leader of Catalonia in northeastern Spain has announced that it’s excluding a separatist party in his ruling regional coalition…
Continue Reading Czech president Zeman, predecessor Klaus hospitalized
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been hospitalized while predecessor Vaclav Klaus is undergoing tests at the same hospital. The…
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Tropical Depression Nicholas is slowing to a crawl and threatening to dump up to 20 inches in some parts of Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN As Tropical Depression Nicholas ambles across Texas, Houston residents are being asked to…
Continue Reading Art student defaces Bordeaux slave statue; no racist motive
PARIS (AP) — Bordeaux, the French city that was a transit station in the slave trade, feared racism was behind the disfiguring of an African slave…
Continue Reading Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the…
Continue Reading Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the…
Continue Reading German police probe balloon that caused mass blackout
BERLIN (AP) — German police are investigating the source of a balloon that caused a massive blackout in and around the eastern city of Dresden.…
Continue Reading German police probe balloon that caused mass blackout
BERLIN (AP) — German police are investigating the source of a balloon that caused a massive blackout in and around the eastern city of Dresden.…
Continue Reading Pandemic hasn’t dimmed Boeing’s rosy prediction for planes
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Despite the pandemic’s damage to air travel, Boeing says it’s optimistic about long-term demand for…
Continue Reading After Norway election, Labor leader poised to become new PM
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The leader of Norway’s Labor Party will start talks in an attempt to build a…
Continue Reading Amazon eyes 125K more hires, $18+ per hour average salary
By JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Amazon is looking to offer an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour to fill some…
Continue ReadingEl gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, se enfrentaba a una carrera reñida. Entonces apareció Larry Elder
Mariana Toro (CNN) — A principios de este año, cuando el gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, buscaba el mensaje correcto para convencer a…
Continue Reading Slaughter of dolphins on Faeroes sparks debate on traditions
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins as part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow…
Continue Reading UK payrolls above pre-pandemic level and job vacancies soar
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. government figures show that the number of people on payroll in Britain has soared back to levels…
Continue Reading UK payrolls above pre-pandemic level and job vacancies soar
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. government figures show that the number of people on payroll in Britain has soared back to levels…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Beat your summer ‘revenge shopping’ debt
By SEAN PYLES of NerdWallet. How did you spend your “hot vax summer”? If you indulged in revenge shopping, dining and travel, your summer fun may…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Beat your summer ‘revenge shopping’ debt
By SEAN PYLES of NerdWallet. How did you spend your “hot vax summer”? If you indulged in revenge shopping, dining and travel, your summer fun may…
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Texas governor says he’s committed to eliminating rapists. The state has more than 5,000 untested rape kits
By Randi Kaye, Danelle Garcia and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The Texas law barring abortions at six weeks of pregnancy has women’s rights advocates…
Continue Reading Dutch ditch social distancing, mandate COVID-19 passes
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says social distancing will end in the Netherlands on Sept. 25.…
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