QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing that killed two police officials in restive southwestern Pakistan. Analysts said Monday the latest violence is a sign of increasing coordination between Islamic militants and separatists who for years have been targeting security forces and civilians in the oil- and
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: That it’s cutting its key interest rate from a two-decade peak. It’s likely to be just the first in a series of rate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Trade unions and thousands of disgruntled workers are demonstrating in the Belgian capital to protest the threat of massive layoffs in a state-of-the-art Brussels car factory and other key industries. The trigger for Monday’s protest was the announcement by the German carmaker Audi that it would phase out production at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The center-left British leader says he wants to learn how her nationalist conservative government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores by boat. The visit on Monday came after at least
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died. He was 70. Jackson was the third of nine children, including global superstars Michael and Janet, and was part of a music-making family whose songs have sold hundreds of millions of copies. “It’s with heavy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on the agenda. Then the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Donald Trump is leaning on a pair of former Democrats whose idiosyncratic views left them ostracized from their party to help him connect with voters who feel disillusioned with politics and distrustful of politicians. Three weeks after dropping his own independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become
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Jefferson City, Mo. (KMIZ. On Monday, the Jefferson City Council will discuss a redevelopment agreement for properties along Capitol Avenue and Adams Street. According to the city’s East Capitol Avenue Blight Study, multiple issues were identified in the area including: Poor or inadequate street layout Unsanitary or unsafe conditions Worn-out or damaged property improvements Incorrect
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states as part of their effort to protect their narrow Senate majority. The new spending from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, first shared with The Associated Press, comes less than two months until the Nov. 5 election. It also
Continue ReadingAP National Writers BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?” “No,” one young woman says
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina has presented the 2025 budget to Congress, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country’s chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase of confrontation with lawmakers. In an unprecedented move, Milei personally pitched the budget to Congress
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a record as Wall Street geared up for Federal Reserve’s most anticipated meeting in years. Tokyo’s Nikkei index fell 2% to 35,828.54 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 1.4% to 17,661.70. Markets in mainland China and
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon. Clinton wrote that sentence before Kamala
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier. Tony Nissen is the former engineering director for OceanGate, the company that owned the
Continue ReadingKeith Urban’s 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn starring in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. Others include season two of the “Frasier” reboot on Paramount+, the debut of “The Golden Bachelorette” and
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Germany has begun new controls at all of its land borders as part of a crackdown on migration, placing restrictions on a wide area of free movement known as the Schengen Zone and stirring anger among its European neighbors. From Monday, as well as existing border controls with Austria,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are set to release new information about one of the victims whose remains were found along a coastal highway in New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago, a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney says
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months was unconstitutional. But the Justice Department said during the hearing the measure is needed to eliminate a national security risk posed by the popular social media company.
Continue ReadingMcALLEN, Texas (AP) — For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman with abdominal pain who called the triage line to go to the hospital. She resisted, scared of a 2023 Florida law that required hospitals to ask whether a patient was in the U.S. with legal permission. The clinic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and knocked out power to some homes. Flights, ferries and train services were suspended in the megacity and in neighboring provinces, disrupting travel during the Mid-Autumn Festival. More than 60,000 emergency responders
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