AP National News

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in September, suggesting that the American labor market is not cooling as fast as the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve hoped. Employers posted 10.7 million job vacancies in September, up from 10.2 million in August, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

By COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ships loaded with grain are still departing Ukraine despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies. The U.N. said Tuesday that three ships carrying corn, wheat and sunflower meal left through a humanitarian sea corridor set up

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon Music is gearing up for a massive content expansion: The streaming giant will offer a full catalog of music with more than 100 million songs for members. The streaming service told The Associated Press that members will gain hundreds of millions of songs

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee. Roberts’ order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump’s emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday. Without

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended by the Conservative Party after signing up to a reality TV show. Hancock led Britain’s response to COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic. He is to compete on “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The two-day sentencing hearing for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is about to start. The hearing opens Tuesday with the families of the 17 people he shot and killed getting the chance after nearly five years to address him directly. The 17 people Cruz wounded

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian truckers supportive of President Jair Bolsonaro blocked hundreds of roads early Tuesday to protest his election loss to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Since the leftist da Silva’s’s victory Sunday night, many truck drivers have jammed traffic in areas across the country

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says that most flood victims have returned to their homes, with only a small portion still living in makeshift camps in the worst-hit, southern Sindh province. The country’s disaster management agency says the latest data shows that slightly less than 50,000 people are currently staying in

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Up to 1,600 fans of the teams that qualified for this year’s World Cup are being recruited for an all expenses-paid trip to Qatar to sing in the opening ceremony and stay for at least two weeks promoting positive social media content about the soccer tournament

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say one person was fatally shot and two others injured early Tuesday at a private party attended by members of the rap group Migos. Police would not identify the person killed, only describing him as a Black man in his late 20s. Houston Police Lt. Ronnie Willkens said the man

By KWIYEON HA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The family of Egypt’s most prominent imprisoned activist says he has gone on a “full hunger strike.” The family says Alaa Abdel-Fattah began the strike on Tuesday and plans to stop drinking water as of Sunday, the first day of the global climate summit, or COP27, that

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press MORBI, India (AP) — Shock and anger have been supplanted by grief as families and friends mourn the 134 lives lost when a suspension bridge collapsed in the western Indian city of Morbi. It was one of the country’s worst disasters in years. The pedestrian bridge’s failure while it was

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press MORBI, India (AP) — India’s prime minister prepared to visit the site in western India where a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 135 in one of the country’s worst accidents in years. Narendra

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The decorative candles Yaroslav Vedmid bought more than a year ago were never meant to be lit, but the dried wax that now clings to them attests to how they’ve been used almost nightly — a consequence of power cuts across Ukraine. Seated at the dinner

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Once people land a job with a competitive benefits package, it’s easy for some to forget to make the most of it. This period of high inflation may be a good time for employees to assess and take advantage of their benefits. That could look like using learning stipends, maxing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV that fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall. The preliminary results buoy hope that after decades of failure and frustration, vaccines against RSV may finally be getting close. Pfizer announced

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A tropic storm and absences of VIP guests are casting a shadow over a financial conference meant to help Hong Kong restore its image as a financial hub and destination for business travel. The first major conference since the city lifted COVID-19 quarantine restrictions was due

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has reported its quarterly profit through September rose 24% on healthy demand for its music and movies. That prompted the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant to raise its annual sales and profit forecasts. Tokyo-based Sony’s July-September profit totaled 264 billion yen, or $1.8 billion, up

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong jumped more than 5% and other world markets also advanced after a survey of Chinese manufacturing showed activity has improved. U.S. futures and oil prices rose, while the euro gained but stayed below $1. The monthly manufacturing gauge from Caixin, a Chinese business news