Month: September 2022

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — The largest union representing General Electric Co. workers says it’s reached a tentative deal with the company to speed up pay raises for workers at a Massachusetts aviation plant. Under the agreement, workers at GE’s facility in Lynn would be eligible for raises sooner and could reach the top pay rate

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation slowed for a second straight month on a sharp fall in gas prices, yet excluding energy most other items got more expensive in August, a sign that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households. Consumer prices surged 8.3% in August compared with a

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street futures swung sharply lower before the opening bell Tuesday after new data showed inflation in the U.S. slowed moderately, but likely not enough to divert the aggressive push by the Federal Reserve to curb rising costs through interest rate hikes. The Dow Jones swung by almost 600 points and

By CARA ANNA and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the Aug. 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy, and quickly signaled that his leadership will be a strongly Christian one. The Supreme Court last week rejected a challenge

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — With Italy’s election looming, the main leader of the Italian center-left alliance says the gains of a Swedish populist party with neo-Nazi roots is one more indication that fear is driving the far-right’s growth in Europe. Italians vote for a new Parliament on Sept. 25. In opinion

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is scrambling to deliver aid and save lives as the death toll from record-breaking floods in this impoverished Islamic nation rose to 1,422, with 31 more people dying in rain-related incidents this week. The monsoon rains, which started in mid-June, will continue this month. Minister for

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A television news report alleges a Polish government team manipulated evidence during its investigation of the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other prominent Poles. The investigative team maintains the plane crash in western Russia was an assassination plotted by Moscow. In a report aired late Monday,

By KELVIN CHAN and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — There are fridge magnets, tea sets and flags. And of course mugs, T-shirts and sweatshirts with the face of Queen Elizabeth II that are inscribed with the dates of her 70-year reign: 1952-2022. Just days after the death of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, unofficial souvenirs

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen truck subsidiary Traton says two of its units are selling their business activities in Russia. Tranton said on Tuesday that the transactions are expected to lead to a loss of up to 550 million euros (dollars). The company says MAN Truck & Bus and Scania “are disposing their sales companies in

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a handful of people in Britain have been detained by police for expressing anti-monarchy views. The arrests have sparked a debate about free speech at a time of national mourning. Two people were charged with breaching the peace in Edinburgh,

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has selected a prison memoir by Jarvis Jay Masters, currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison in California, for her latest book club pick. Masters’ “That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row” was first

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — On red carpet for his latest film, “The Son” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hugh Jackman announced that “The Music Man” will end its Broadway run on Jan. 1. Jackman said he had a blast doing the show, saying he didn’t know he would have so