Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8% despite higher prices
AP Business Writers Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and…
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US sex-abuse watchdog fires investigator after learning of his arrest for stealing drug money
AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he’d been…
Continue ReadingFriday’s Mega Millions drawing is worth an estimated $1.15 billion, one of the game’s top jackpots
Americans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth…
Continue ReadingHwang Dong-hyuk on killing off his ‘Squid Game’ characters and wanting to work with Jake Gyllenhaal
Associated Press Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix’s “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a…
Continue ReadingFive facts about electric vehicles in 2024
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles had another whirlwind year around the globe, driven by buyers in China, and growth in parts of…
Continue ReadingShooting wounds 2 at Phoenix airport, 1 other stabbed, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — A shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix left two people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed in an incident related to…
Continue ReadingShooting wounds 2 at Phoenix airport, 1 other stabbed, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — A shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix left two people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed in an incident related to…
Continue ReadingThe body of a missing Hungarian hiker is found in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s mountain rescuers have found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last…
Continue ReadingUS applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high
AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims…
Continue ReadingMiddle East latest: WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport as Israeli bombs fell nearby
The World Health Organization’s director-general said airstrikes on Yemen’s main airport occurred as he was about to board a flight in the Houthi…
Continue ReadingCambodian court gives an opposition leader 2-year prison term, keeping pressure on critics
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has convicted an opposition party leader of inciting social disorder and sentenced…
Continue Reading6,000 inmates escape from a high-security prison as post-election violence roils Mozambique
Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique. (AP) — Mozambique’s police chief says at least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in the…
Continue ReadingPeyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like…
Continue ReadingWhy this Mexican American woman played a vital role in the US sacramental peyote trade
Associated Press MIRANDO CITY, Texas (AP) — The late Amada Cardenas was called many things — the “angel of peyote,” the “peyote rose” or…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Native American Church and why is peyote sacred to members?
Associated Press The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Native American Church and why is peyote sacred to members?
Associated Press The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It…
Continue ReadingPeyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like…
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Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing…
Continue ReadingRussian ship that sank in the Mediterranean was attacked, owner says
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian operator of a cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria says it has been hit by a series of…
Continue ReadingGreek police warn drivers to use snow chains after long traffic jams reported in some mountain areas
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek traffic police are warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains after long traffic jams were reported…
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