By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said Friday he’ll keep extending the deadline for the popular video-sharing platform until there’s a buyer. Congress approved a U.S. ban on TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance,
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — GriefShare will kick off its 13-week session with a standalone session Sunday, Aug. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Brookdale Presbyterian Church.
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee elected Florida State Sen. Joe Gruters as its new chair Friday, confirming President Donald Trump’s pick to replace outgoing chairman Michael Whatley, who is running for US Senate in North Carolina. “Thank you all so much, now the party’s in great hands moving forward –
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By Chilekasi Adele Click here for updates on this story Pennsylvania (KDKA) — As kids in our area head back to school, there’s one student at South Fayette High School who has been putting in a lot of work and hours before that. It’s all for a new monument that honors the school’s alumni who
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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming for much of the United States, and unlike the last brief break from summer heat, this cooldown will have some staying power. It will feel more like late September or early October as crisp air expands in the coming days,
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By Rebecca Wright, Ben Wedeman, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Dan Hodge, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. Down
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more efficient water seekers than our closest extinct relatives. About 600,000 years ago, modern humans
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, according to a US defense official. The directive from Hegseth represents a notable shift in guidance
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children was refused access to the facility, a French prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday. The Israeli children, aged 8 to 16, were on holiday
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CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jason Isaacs isn’t ready to spill the beans on “The White Lotus” just yet, but he’s definitely in the know. The English actor – whose character in Season 3 of the acclaimed HBO series went from entitled finance guy to slurring pill-popper to… enlightened ascetic – teased a
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By Madeleine Wright, Sean Tallant Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Rodney Harris runs a barbershop at the intersection of 52nd and Arch streets, a place he said was once plagued by violence. “It was too much — the drugs, the rape, the robbery, murders,” Harris said. “This is where I
Continue Reading KYW By Madeleine Wright, Sean Tallant Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Rodney Harris runs a barbershop at the intersection of 52nd and Arch streets, a place he said was once plagued by violence. “It was too much — the drugs, the rape, the robbery, murders,” Harris said. “This is where
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By Ted Scouten Click here for updates on this story Florida (WFOR) — New dramatic video shows the rush-hour shootout between police and two armed robbery suspects at Flamingo and Miramar Parkway that happened nearly six years ago. On Thursday, CBS News Miami spent hours poring over 48 minutes of video and 1,100 pictures requested
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By Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WJZ) — Residents in a Towson community say a growing rat problem has gotten so severe that it’s now a health risk. Towson Manor Village residents told WJZ that two dogs in the neighborhood recently contracted leptospirosis, a bacterial disease carried by rodents.
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All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 13 .639 — New York 22 14 .611 1 Indiana 19 17 .528 4 Washington 16 20 .444 7 Chicago 9 26 .257 13½ Connecticut 8 27 .229 14½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 29 7 .806 — Las Vegas 23 14
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Cincinnati 16 7 4 52 42 34 Philadelphia 15 6 6 51 44 26 Nashville 14 8 5 47 44 31 Orlando City 13 6 8 47 53 35 Inter Miami CF 13 5 6 45 53 39 Columbus 12 5 9 45 42
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By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar eclipse. You may have also heard of a blue moon, the second full moon to
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 75 54 .581 — Boston 70 59 .543 5 New York 69 59 .539 5½ Tampa Bay 62 67 .481 13 Baltimore 59 69 .461 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 77 53 .592 — Kansas City 66 63 .512 10½ Cleveland 64
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 74 54 .578 — New York 68 60 .531 6 Miami 60 68 .469 14 Atlanta 58 70 .453 16 Washington 53 75 .414 21 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 81 48 .628 — Chicago 74 55 .574 7 Cincinnati 67 62 .519
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The Associated Press used an “efficiency gap” analysis to examine congressional elections in 2024 and other recent presidential election years. The test — designed by Eric McGhee, a researcher at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California, and Harvard Law School professor Nick Stephanopoulos — identifies states where one
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The job market is on such shaky ground that the Federal Reserve may soon need to cut interest rates to support the economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday at a key central banking forum. In one of his most consequential speeches, Powell suggested the labor market could
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 75 54 .581 — Boston 70 59 .543 5 New York 69 59 .539 5½ Tampa Bay 62 67 .481 13 Baltimore 59 69 .461 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 77 53 .592 — Kansas City 66 63 .512 10½ Cleveland 64
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv23-24 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 25 COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ACCN — Michigan St. at Pittsburgh COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. SECN — Wake Forest at Mississippi St. MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Tampa Bay at Cleveland 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 75 54 .581 — — 6-4 W-1 42-21 33-33 630 574 56 Boston 70 59 .543 5 +1 5-5 W-2 41-25 29-34 639 545 94 New York 69 59 .539 5½ +½ 7-3 L-2 37-27
Continue Reading JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Powell signals the Federal Reserve is open to cutting rates but gives no indication of the timing in Jackson Hole speech.
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics. The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over Democrats in last year’s elections almost perfectly aligns with the share of the vote
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from a fairy tale newly told to memoirs about a famous writer’s indomitable mother and life after marriage to a famous rock star. Some books were a decade or more in the
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the decade since she published her acclaimed debut novel, “The Turner House,” Angela Flournoy has confronted a few delays, welcome and otherwise, en route to completing her second book: her first child, a pandemic, speaking engagements, the occasional essay and, throughout, the challenges of
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By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After three decades in Hollywood, Daniel Dae Kim has done spy thrillers, sci-fi epics and medical dramas. But there’s one role that’s eluded the Korean American actor: romantic leading man. “I’m still waiting to play a romantic lead after all these years,” Kim says with
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