By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, raising hopes that the surging costs of everything from gasoline to food may have peaked. According to a Commerce Department report Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in a frenetic Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve pushed back on Wall Street’s hopes that it may let off the brakes for the economy. The S&P 500 was 1.5% lower after Jerome Powell said the Fed will need to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That’s important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water. After the lead crisis in Flint, officials in Michigan accelerated efforts to locate their pipes, a first step toward removal. But other places are moving more
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board. The boat was carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board. The boat was carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Some 150 artworks from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York this fall and are expected to bring in more than $1 billion in total. Christie’s says the works to be auctioned span 500 years of art history from Old Masters to
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After recent behavioral issues from teenagers at the Oaks Park roller skating rink, the park implemented a chaperone rule for anyone under 18. The new rule went into effect last Friday and officials with Oak Park said it will last for
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is considering backtracking on plans for consumers to pay a surcharge on natural gas amid mounting criticism that the money could flow to highly profitable energy companies. The surcharge could cost the average household several hundred euros (dollars) a year. It is aimed at rescuing importers
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Martha C. White At the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, chairman Jerome Powell telegraphed a greater sense of urgency about taming inflation than he has in previous remarks, calling price stability “the bedrock of our economy.” In his keynote speech Friday morning, Powell said that the central bank’s “overarching focus”
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story HURON COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Fire departments in Huron County will receive $732,454 to replace rescue equipment. The funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants program will replace self-contained breathing apparatus-style air packs. “Our firefighters put their lives on the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Charges were filed against two people after a 11-month-old girl overdosed on fentanyl in north St. Louis County in early August. Destini McConnell, 21, and Jerome Jones, 22, are facing child endangering charges. Both are being held on a
Continue ReadingBy Justina Latimer Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A group of Williamson County students is being honored after helping a teacher through a life-threatening emergency at Centennial High School. “This all happened in a matter of seconds, but it felt like hours,” said Immanuel Barr, JROTC Student. The students
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — After a triple-digit percent increase of fights at one metro Atlanta school district, its superintendent is issuing both a warning and a plea. But the concerns for parents and educators go beyond just one county. “It only takes a few to
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Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Just like people, dogs can get dementia as they age. The spry speedster that used to zoom out the door may one day amble unsteadily to the closet to be let out. It’s an unfortunate reality many dog owners might have to face, especially if their dog’s breed lives 10 years
Continue ReadingBy Martha C. White Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned that the central bank’s mission to tame inflation will result in “some pain” for US households. In a keynote speech at the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Friday morning, Powell said that the path to reducing inflation would not be quick or easy,
Continue ReadingBy Henry Daily Herald Staff Click here for updates on this story STOCKBRIDGE, Georgia (Henry Daily Herald) — On April 22, Grayson Stone Dean came into this world stillborn at Piedmont Henry Hospital. It was a very difficult time for parents Laken and Jordan Dean, made more challenging because they had planned for photos the
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Akanksha Sharma and Asim Khan for CNN, and Reuters At least 33 million people have been affected by deadly flooding in Pakistan, the country’s climate change minister said on Thursday. Since mid-June, 937 people have died from severe rain and flooding across the South Asian country, according to the country’s National Disaster
Continue Reading By AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In 2016, responding to the fatal police shootings of two Black men just a day apart, Serena Williams joined a small chorus of top Black athletes in speaking out. “I won’t be silent!” she vowed. “Have we not gone through enough, opened so many doors, impacted
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The now viral phrase “quiet quitting” is annoyingly imprecise and misleading. Some say it means doing the bare minimum at work or just not going above and beyond. Others say it’s about setting healthy boundaries or not mindlessly buying into ‘hustle culture.’ And then there are those who say it’s
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