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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation likely slowed again last month in the latest sign that consumer price increases are becoming less of a burden on America’s households. But Tuesday’s report from the government may also suggest that further progress in taming inflation could be slow and “bumpy,” as Federal

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in October-December, managing to eke out growth after a quarter of slowdown. The world’s third-largest economy has struggled amid restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, a shortage of imported parts from China and rising prices. But

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The case of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska’s second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a hole in the safety net of care provided to a vulnerable population in one of the country’s coldest places. Fairbanks lacks a low-barrier emergency shelter that consistently and unconditionally offers an open

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer QUEBEC CITY (AP) — If Mykyta Staskevich needed another reminder of what his boys hockey team of Ukrainian refugees was playing for back home, it came in the poignant form of the nation’s flag unfolded in the locker room before its game against Romania on Monday. In blue, representing

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Multiple people were reported wounded in shootings Monday night on the Michigan State University campus, police said. On Twitter, university police said there appeared to be only one suspect, later described as a “short male with a mask.” “We are still receiving multiple calls of an active shooter on campus,”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico appears to have backed down on plans to ban imports of U.S. genetically modified corn for animal feed. Mexico’s Economy Department said a new decree on the issue was published Monday that drops any date for substituting imports of GM corn, some of which is ground into meal for corn

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s attorney general won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a federal lawsuit. A general counsel for the state told Republican legislative leaders of Attorney General Josh Stein’s decision Monday. The lawsuit filed by a physician says state

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago, a family member of the Nobel Prize winner said Monday. The revelation by Rodolfo Reyes, a Neruda nephew, is the latest turn in one of the great debates of post-coup

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, killing one person and injuring seven others before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government plans to allow people who are “loyal to the nation” to carry licensed firearms. But they must comply with orders from local authorities to participate in security and law enforcement actions. The announcement fanned fears of even more violence in a country wracked by