Category Archives: World/National
Starbucks workers sue over company’s new dress code
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterStarbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refu...
Sep 17, 2025
In Britain, Trump basks in a display of regal splendor with King Charles III at Windsor Castle
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WINDSOR, England (AP) - President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day...
Sep 17, 2025
Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to re...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grow...
Sep 17, 2025
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
By AMANDA SEITZ and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - America's public health system is headed to a "very dangerous place" with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern gro...
Sep 17, 2025
Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs hurt jobs and lead to price hikes
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Do...
Sep 16, 2025
Israel’s military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee
By MELANIE LIDMAN, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, slowly closing in on the Palestinian ...
Sep 16, 2025
Wall Street ticks toward another record as Tesla vrooms higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market's big recent rally has been overdone or p...
Sep 15, 2025
Wall Street ticks toward another record as Tesla vrooms higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market's big recent rally has been overdone or ...
Sep 15, 2025