Month: February 2023

By BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has issued a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s recommendation is not final. It calls for up to three drilling sites initially, fewer than the five pursued

By ANDREW SELSKY SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon — a man who spent little time behind bars for a similar crime in Nevada — killed two men before being cornered by officers and fatally shooting himself, police said Wednesday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital Tuesday

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate a quarter-point, its eighth hike since March. And the Fed signaled that even though inflation is easing, it remains high enough to require further rate hikes. At the same time,

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press The U.S. Air Force is telling North Dakota leaders it believes a Chinese company’s plan to build a wet corn milling plant near the Grand Forks Air Force Base poses a national security threat. The Fufeng Group’s proposed $700 million project had been touted as an economic boon. Now opponents

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The two small monkeys who were found in a vacant house a day after being taken from the Dallas Zoo lost a bit of weight during their ordeal but show no signs of injury, the zoo said Wednesday. The disappearance Monday of the two emperor tamarin monkeys

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers will soon discuss a proposed law that would ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos, the first action in nearly three years on an emotional issue that is dividing casino patrons and sickening some workers. A state Senate committee will hold a hearing

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Police say the man who was fatally shot by police after entering a Target store in Omaha, Nebraska, armed with an AR-15-style rifle had obtained the weapon just four days earlier at a sporting goods store. No one else was hurt. Court records show that the man, identified by police

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette has been arrested in South Florida while driving home from a bar in his golf cart. The Broward Sheriff’s Office says Brunette was pulled over early Wednesday morning in the Deerfield Beach area, north of