Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has conceded that wages may rise by less than previously thought as a direct result of her budget decision to increase a tax that businesses pay for their employees. On Wednesday, Reeves raised taxes by around 40 billion pounds ($52 billion) to plug a hole
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A court in Kenya has cleared the way for a new deputy president to take office despite a continuing court case challenging the impeachment of the previous deputy president. The three-judge High Court in Nairobi set aside another court’s order to suspend the swearing-in of nominee Kithure Kindiki, arguing
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search engine to the digital maps service that the internet company launched nearly 20
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By Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — In subtle but increasingly vocal ways, Israel’s military leaders are signaling that the country has achieved all it can militarily in Lebanon and Gaza, and it’s time for the politicians to strike a deal. It comes as Lebanon’s prime minister says that a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban spokesman says explosions and gunfire in Iran targeted and killed at least two Afghans earlier this month. Iran has denied any shooting took place in the country’s restive southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, which borders Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The Taliban spokesman said on Thursday that explosions and gunfire targeted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country in response to the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces. Sharmahd was put to death in Iran on Monday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The city of Asheville has restored running water to most of its users nearly a month after Hurricane Helene damaged infrastructure and killed more than 200 people around the region. A boil water notice will remain in effect indefinitely as workers clear sediment from reservoirs and run water quality tests. Some residents find
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court has declined to halt the execution set for Friday evening of a Black inmate in South Carolina who claimed prosecutors unjustly excluded Black people from the all-White jury that convicted him. With the lethal injection process due to start at 6 p.m.,
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TODAY: Thursday is dry after rain exits this morning. Westerly winds around 10-15 mph may gust to 20+ mph, cooling us through the morning. If temperatures can settle and rebound this afternoon, it will only be into the 50s. We’ll stay mostly cloudy through the morning, with a peak at sunshine late in the afternoon
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Country music has become a dominant force, bleeding into pop music’s mainstream. Artists who were once not associated with the genre, like Beyoncé and Post Malone, have recently released country records. They, like Shaboozey, take a hybrid, genre-averse approach to the music. Next week, some of them may
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent’s candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate. In three races alone — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company’s development of a competing medicine. The commission said in a statement Thursday that the pharmaceutical firm “misused the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remained at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications fell by 12,000 to 216,000 for the week of Oct. 26. That’s fewer than the 227,000 analysts forecast. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As a presidential race profoundly shaped by Americans’ frustration with high prices nears its end, the government said Thursday that an inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve has dropped to near pre-pandemic levels. Prices rose just 2.1% in September from a year earlier, down from a 2.3%
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By Rebekah Riess and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man has confessed to killing a Montana camper who was initially reported to be the victim of a bear attack, authorities said Thursday. Dustin Kjersem’s bloodied body had been found October 12 in a tent about two-and-a-half miles up Moose Creek Road, east of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal products. The 27-nation bloc’s executive arm opened its investigation on Thursday after putting Temu on its list of “very large online platforms” needing the strictest level of scrutiny under
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Angry seasonal firefighters have clashed with police in Greece’s Civil Protection Ministry, during a protest to demand permanent positions as their contracts expire following a grueling wildfire season. Hundreds of people took part in the protest. They are among some 2,500 seasonal firefighters who are now unemployed for at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign’s final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades. The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday and was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rowdy crowds took to the streets in Los Angeles after the Dodgers won the World Series, setting a city bus on fire, breaking into stores and setting off firecrackers. But Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday emphasized that “the overwhelming majority of celebrations were joyful and peaceful.” LA police Officer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Come noon on Sundays, overlapping worship options reflect how much Worthington has changed from a typical Midwestern farming community to a majority-minority hub with migrants from around the world. An overflow crowd is still swaying to thumping praise music from one of 10 Latino choirs at St. Mary’s second
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