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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States eased in May for a second straight month, a hopeful sign that an acceleration of prices that occurred early this year may have passed. The trend, if it holds, could move the Federal Reserve closer to cutting its benchmark interest rate
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The military’s hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025. During a Wednesday hearing with lawmakers, the program head said that the Pentagon is continuing to address safety concerns in the fleet. It will take at
Continue ReadingST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famed Irish explorer of Antarctica and the Arctic has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his fellow graduates. So he wrote them personal thank-you notes that were presented at the June 7 ceremony — 180, to be exact. Eighteen-year-old Mason Macuch asked each senior at Apponequet Regional High
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press Classes at a small northern West Virginia school will be relocated starting this fall, two years after the town’s contaminated groundwater was added to a national cleanup priority list. Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra Porter announced the move Tuesday for students, faculty and staff at Paden City High School. They
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is moving to hike tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. EVs are the latest flash point in a broader trade dispute over Chinese government subsidies and the Asian nation’s burgeoning exports of green technology to the 27-nation bloc.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and a longtime educator in rural southeastern Missouri, is the oldest
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — More than 15,000 Amazon contract drivers filed arbitration claims against the e-commerce giant on Tuesday, alleging Amazon classified them as independent contractors instead of employees with minimum wage and overtime rights. Millions of Americans participate in the “gig economy,” freelancing work through delivery and ride apps like
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new coalition government presented its first budget in parliament. It is promising an increase of up to 25% in the salaries of government employees and setting an ambitious tax collection target. Talks with the International Monetary Fund about a new bailout continue. Analysts say the new
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By Patrick Oppmann, AnneClaire Stapleton, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov – the first of a four-ship
Continue ReadingBy Stephon Dingle Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — People with the Oregon Ridge Nature Center are upset after Baltimore County workers mistakenly mowed a meadow filled with grass and flowers used for wildlife. That meadow, tucked behind lush trees along Shawan Road in Cockeysville, was the habitat for pollinators
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Wayne, Michigan (CNN) — Walter Robinson Jr. bets about 40% of his Ford Motor Company co-workers are for Donald Trump. He doesn’t get it. “Donald Trump has never had a real job before,” said Robinson, a 35-year Ford employee who started on the assembly line and now works in quality control. “He’s
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Wayne, Michigan (CNN) — Walter Robinson Jr. bets about 40% of his Ford Motor Company co-workers are for Donald Trump. He doesn’t get it. “Donald Trump has never had a real job before,” said Robinson, a 35-year Ford employee who started on the assembly line and now works in quality
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Anti-abortion leaders are warning Republicans not to remove a federal abortion ban from the party’s platform at next month’s GOP convention even as their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, backs away from it. The current platform – put in place during Trump’s 2016 campaign for president and
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a bilateral security agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine on Thursday when they meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy, aiming to send a signal to Russia
Continue ReadingBy Charlotte Cicero Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Missouri (KOMU) — A former Monroe County official faces 34 felonies after she was accused of exploiting elderly and disabled people. Jessica Chase, 45, was arrested Monday. She is charged with the following: Six counts of financial exploitation of an elder/disabled person Six
Continue ReadingBy John Murphy Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KOMU) — Convicted murderer David Hosier was executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday after Gov. Mike Parson denied his clemency request Monday. Advocates against the death penalty stood outside Parson’s office at the state Capitol Tuesday afternoon in a last-ditch effort to stop
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the president’s son who was convicted on three federal gun crimes and is set to be snetenced by a judge in the coming months. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Hall of Famer Jerry West, who died at 86, was nicknamed “Mr. Clutch” because of his late-game heroics and his silhouette is believed to be the basis of the NBA logo. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a
Continue ReadingBy Anna McAllister Click here for updates on this story PALMETTO BAY, Florida (WFOR) — When Romania Dukes thinks about her 18-year-old son De’Michael Dukes, love is the first word that comes to mind. “De’Michael was like a child who would knock on my door and tell everyone ‘I love you’. He did that out
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