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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cleveland branch of the Federal Reserve says that Beth Hammack, an executive at investment bank Goldman Sachs, would be its next president effective Aug. 21. Hammack, 52, has worked at Goldman Sachs since 1993. She was most recently the cohead of global finance, and has
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is holding the last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies Wednesday were darkened by a wave of attacks on candidates. Late on Tuesday, a mayoral candidate in the western state of Jalisco was shot multiple times by intruders in his home. Two of
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s war with Hamas is likely to last through the end of the year, a top Israeli official said Wednesday, a grim prediction for a war already in its eighth month that has killed tens of thousands, deepened Israel’s global
Continue ReadingDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a group of armed men burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books. No one was hurt in the overnight attack in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official said Wednesday that officers are still investigating to determine
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what teachers can say about race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other topics. The judge says the law is unconstitutionally vague and invited arbitrary enforcement. The ruling could make this an election-year campaign issue.
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT STUMM Associated Press For people who can’t stand the gym, working out in the fresh air might be the best option. To get started, build on what you enjoy. If that is hiking or biking, talk longer walks and rides until you’re comfortable being active for about 45 minutes. Then increase the intensity
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen. That’s according to images posted online Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear what brought down the drone, but the U.S. military’s Central Command acknowledged seeing “reports” of the aircraft being downed in a desert
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Sofia Kenin is into the third round at Roland Garros after eliminating 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3. Kenin arrived at the French Open with just a 4-13 record this season. She is a 25-year-old based in Florida who won the Australian Open in 2020
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s governor has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that requires serial numbers on firearms that are privately made with individual parts, kits or 3D printers. It’s part of an effort to crack down on hard-to-trace ghost guns that are increasingly showing up in crimes. Republican Gov.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post says it reported on a story about a controversial flag being flown outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito years ago, but chose not to write about it. The story broke in The New York Times earlier this month
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pulling back on Wednesday and trimming their gains for May, which had been on track to be Wall Street’s best month in six. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading and sinking further from its record set last week. The
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s newly chosen Prime Minister Garry Conille vowed to seek unity Wednesday in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country under siege by criminal gangs. Conille thanked the civil society groups, political parties
Continue ReadingBy JORDAN GASS-POORE, The Uproot Project It’s been decades since residents of a tiny Rhode Island neighborhood found themselves dealing with tap water tainted by gasoline leaking from tanks under service stations a few hundred yards from their homes. Their plight drew attention to the problem of leaking underground storage tanks, which remain a leading
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava in its latest display of nature’s power. A series of earthquakes before the eruption Wednesday triggered the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The eruption began in the early afternoon north of Grindavik, a coastal town of
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years. The long-ruling African National Congress party is facing a stern test to hold onto its majority. Under the South African political system, people vote for
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. Wednesday’s urgent request comes after one person in a Nissan was killed
Continue ReadingBy DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. The number of pandas in American zoos has steadily dwindled as
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. The officer demanded to know why
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say that an international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a brazen multimillion-dollar jewelry heist at an art show in the Netherlands. They say two stolen gemstones have been recovered. Smartly dressed robbers wielding sledge hammers snatched jewelry from display
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday that two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The news comes about half a year after the zoo sent its three pandas back to China.
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