AP National News

By COLLEEN LONG and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, a gearhead with his own vintage Corvette, will showcase his administration’s efforts to promote electric vehicles during a visit to the Detroit auto show. The Democratic president, who recently took a spin in his pine-green 1967 Stingray with Jay Leno for

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession. Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas

By MICHAEL TARM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors at R. Kelly’s federal trial are deliberating for a second day in Chicago Wednesday, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on 13 charges accusing the R&B singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets skidded lower on Wednesday after Wall Street fell the most since June 2020 as a report showed inflation has kept a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy. Most regional benchmarks fell more than 2%, but were holding steady. U.S. futures edged higher, with the contracts for

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee eked out a victory in his Democratic primary on Tuesday, beating back strong challenges from a pair of opponents as he seeks his first full term in office. The former lieutenant governor became the state’s chief executive a year and a

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Lindell was

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Moscow as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring a “no limits” friendship ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. China has avoided violating sanctions but spent

BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon is headed toward the Chinese coast on Wednesday and forecast to make landfall near the port city of Ningbo later in the day. The Hong Kong Observatory said Typhoon Muifa had maximum sustained winds of 90 miles an hour as it moved northeast. The storm’s track would take it just

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston late Tuesday, and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries. Authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum and the FBI was assisting with the investigation. The parcel that

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will impose first-of-its-kind requirements on social media companies to publish their policies for removing disturbing content including hate speech, with details on how and when they remove that content. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he had signed the bill. He said social media has

By ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a wave of nostalgia and renewed interest in British memorabilia in Hong Kong, which for 156 years had lived under the British crown until its return to China in 1997. For many, emotions still linger toward British rule

By JORGE RUEDA Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government will act as a “guarantor” in peace talks between Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army rebel group that are slated to begin later this year. Maduro said on national television that he had accepted a request by Colombian

By WILL WEISSERT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican contest for Senate in New Hampshire remained a tight race early Wednesday between conservative Donald Bolduc and the more moderate Chuck Morse as the final primary night of the midterm season again tested the far right’s influence over the GOP. Republicans

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is locked in a tight Democratic primary as he seeks his first full term in office. With about half of the vote counted, McKee and former CVS Health executive Helena Foulkes are essentially tied, with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea a

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — School will begin Wednesday in Seattle following a weeklong teachers strike that delayed the start of classes. Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association announced Monday night that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, and late Tuesday they announced that the union’s

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters will see at least one fall debate between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Warnock on Tuesday evening accepted Walker’s proposal for an Oct. 14 debate in Savannah, but the senator renewed his call for an additional debate in either Macon or Atlanta.

BOSTON (AP) — A police bomb squad is on the Northeastern University campus in Boston to examine a suspicious package. There are unconfirmed reports of an explosion and minor injuries to at least one person. Boston police said they were investigating two packages that had been left near the university’s Holmes Hall. They declined to

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan killed about 100 troops Tuesday as attacks on both sides fed fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries. Armenia said at least 49 of its soldiers were killed; Azerbaijan said it lost 50. The fighting

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — Touting her time as United Nations ambassador for Donald Trump, Republican Kelly Craft told a hometown crowd Tuesday that her work on the world stage showed she’s tough enough to “fight for Kentucky values” as she kicked off her 2023 campaign for governor. Looking past her