AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The largest retail trade group in the United States says it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and prices. The National Retail Federation said Tuesday that its
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Prince William has played catch with British teenagers at a flag football event organized by the NFL. Children from Birmingham, Manchester and London participated at Kennington Park field hockey pitch in south London. Phoebe Schecter is the captain of Britain’s women’s flag football team and she advised William to embrace his “inner
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti said that a leader of one of that country’s powerful gangs has been injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a U.N.-backed mission began earlier this year. Haiti police said in a statement late Monday
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker and his oldest daughter, Courtney, are naturals to collaborate on a food project, and they’ve done just that. Roker often leads the cooking segment on the “Today” show. Courtney is a professional chef. They’ve now worked together on a new cookbook, “Al Roker’s Recipes to Live
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners are growing more uncertain about the economy ahead of the presidential election and are reining in spending, according to a new survey. The National Federation of Independent Business optimism index edged up 0.3 points in September to 91.5. But the uncertainty index rose 11 points
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a Boar’s Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong is looking into whether federal investigators and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris warned Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump would “institutionalize” harsh policing tactics that disproportionately affect Black men, while Trump blamed Harris’ immigration policies for “devastating” Black and Latino communities. “Any African American or Hispanic that votes for Kamala … you’ve got to have your head examined,
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A group that monitors political detentions in Russia says that a man convicted of discrediting the military after his daughter made a drawing criticizing Russia’s military actions in Ukraine has been released from prison after serving 22 months. Alexei Moskalyov was convicted in March 2023 on the basis of posts he made
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs. Researchers have long
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s ruling emir says his small, energy-rich nation will hold a referendum on ending a short-lived experiment in electing members of the country’s advisory Shura Council. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani offered no immediate timeline for the referendum in an annual address Tuesday to the Shura
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law. The rulings are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There has been a doubling of petitions by workers to have union representation during President Joe Biden’s administration. According to figures released Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board, there were 3,286 petitions filed with the government in fiscal 2024, up from 1,638 in 2021. This marks the first increase
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates. The justices on Tuesday tossed out the ruling
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. That’s according to an activist group called SANAD in the United Kingdom. The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has sued CNN over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. He made the announcement Tuesday and calls the reporting reckless and defamatory. The lawsuit comes less than four weeks after a report
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several thousand mourners in southern Bosnia have converged around 19 caskets covered in traditional Islamic green cloth, part of a funeral service held for those killed during the destructive floods and landslides that hit the country in early October. The devastation left at least 26 people dead and authorities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Like his ancestors for centuries, the Earl of Devon serves in Parliament, helping to make the laws of the land. But not for much longer. British lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve in principle a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick have shared the debate stage for the last time before the election. Tuesday night’s 60-minute debate featured disagreements on clean energy policy, gun laws and abortion rights. The candidates accused each other of lying as they shared a stage
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Israel’s Nations League soccer match against host France next month will take place in “usual conditions,” French authorities said, a day after Italy hosted Israel in the same competition without incident despite security concerns. Laurent Nuñez, the Paris police prefect, said in a statement that the match at the Stade de France
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For Luis Martinez, competing in lowriding bike and car competitions is about more than glory and bragging rights. The lowrider clubs in the Chicago area have become like one big family and a source of mutual support. “It just starts with the metal,” said Martinez, who got his introduction to
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