Month: May 2023

By JOSEPH WILSON and HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press For months, Rafael Nadal waited for his body to heal. Waited to be able to push himself around a court at full speed, with full energy, of the sort that has carried him to a record 14 titles at the French Open and a total of 22

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic upended learning across the United States. And now that students are back together in class, some are much more behind than others. In Richard Evans’ classroom in Niagara Falls, New York, the approach is one that mirrors a best practice for the

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A ballot question aimed at making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution has been cleared for an August vote. The Ohio Ballot Board voted Thursday to certify the question and assigned teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers that will write pro and con arguments, respectively.

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers can also run afoul of discrimination laws. Charlotte Burrows, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, told The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as “the grave dancer” for his ability to revive moribund properties has died due to complications from a recent illness. He was 81. Bearded and blunt-spoken, Zell reveled in bucking traditional wisdom. He had a golden

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Missouri high school teacher who used a racial slur several times in class is no longer working with the school district. A statement from the Springfield school district says the Glendale High School teacher resigned Monday. A 15-year-old sophomore who videotaped the teacher using the slur was suspended for

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man accused of pushing another man onto the tracks at a Baltimore subway station, electrocuting him, has been arrested in New York. Baltimore police say investigators found 39-year-old Joseph White of Baltimore at a Queens hotel Wednesday and arrested him. They say he’ll be charged with first-degree murder

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell again last month, more evidence that many prospective homebuyers are being held back by a persistently low inventory of homes for sale and elevated mortgage rates. Existing home sales fell 3.4% in April from March to a seasonally

By ABBY SEWELL BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese official heading talks with the International Monetary Fund to bailout Lebanon’s tanking economy has called for the country’s embattled central bank chief to resign. Lebanon’s caretaker deputy prime minister, Saade Chami, was speaking Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. His comments follow multiple allegations of

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday. Using two remote operated submersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in

By DANICA KIRKA, BRIAN MELLEY and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan’s treatment by the tabloid media was much ado about something. But exactly what happened Tuesday night in New York when the royals left a gala event and were followed by a

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan and Britain have struck what they are calling a historic accord on cooperation in defense, clean energy and semiconductors. The pact was announced as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks ahead of the Group of Seven summit

By HERBERT MOYO Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Authorities in the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho have imposed an indefinite nighttime curfew nationwide in an attempt to curb violent crime. The move was prompted by the killing of a prominent journalist. The curfew, which will run from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., was

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The stubbornness of high inflation is dividing the Federal Reserve over how to manage interest rates in the coming months, leaving the outlook for the Fed’s policies cloudier than at any time since it unleashed a streak of 10 straight rate hikes beginning in March 2022.

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — U.K. telecom company BT Group plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade and replace some of them with artificial intelligence. BT has 130,000 workers including both staff and contractors. The company said in its latest earnings report Thursday that the

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The PGA Championship is officially underway at Oak Hill. Shaun Micheel kicked off golf’s second major of the year with the opening tee shot following a frost delay of nearly two hours. The delay likely means the groups in the 156-player field teeing off later in the day may have trouble

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse because of a common, undeniable factor: their struggle to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Here are the key takeaways: TOO MUCH