Wall Street appears headed for another rocky day
May 19, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street headed for more losses at the open following the previous day’s rout amid persistently high inflation and its potential effect on corporate profits and consumer spending. Futures for the…
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Ukraine working to pull last fighters from Mariupol mill
May 17, 2022
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the…
McDonald’s to sell its Russian business, try to keep workers
May 16, 2022
By DAVID KOENIG The Associated Press - More than three decades after it became the first American fast food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union, McDonald’s said Monday that it has started the process…
Elon Musk: Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’
May 13, 2022
By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media…
North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
May 12, 2022
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely…
US inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
May 11, 2022
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households. Consumer…
Alabama jailbreak mystery deepens as manhunt ends with death
May 10, 2022
By KIM CHANDLER and MIKE BALSAMO AP News - The death of an Alabama jailer found shot in the head with a gun in her hand after a weeklong manhunt has only deepened the mystery…
Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault
May 09, 2022
By CURT ANDERSON and CODY JACKSON MIAMI (AP) — Humans don’t know what they’re missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the “cruise capital of the world.” Just below the keels of…
US added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation
May 06, 2022
By PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher…
More Americans apply for jobless aid last week
May 05, 2022
By MATT OTT WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of people collecting jobless aid is at its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims…