By HALLIE GOLDEN and LISA BAUMANN, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were … Read more
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month in the latest sign that healthy consumer spending is driving the economy’s steady growth. Retail sales rose 0.4% from September to October, the Commerce Department said Friday, a solid increase though less than … Read more
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming months, in part because inflation has shown signs of persistence and the Fed’s officials want to see where it heads next. Powell, in prepared … Read more
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because the rear wheels can lock up, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall in the U.S. covers certain Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2020 through 2022 model years. Also … Read more
By JEFFREY COLLINS Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning. The Rhesus … Read more
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the thick of his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date as Adams returned to Manhattan federal court for … Read more
By JAIMIE DING LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 11, when a judge will decide whether they will have a shot at freedom after spending 34 years behind bars for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills home. The date was … Read more
MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) — At least three people died and four were critically injured after a Mississippi bridge, in the process of being demolished, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while work was being conducted at the site, authorities said. The deaths and injuries were confirmed by Simpson County Sheriff Paul Mullins, WLBT-TV reported. The Simpson County coroner’s … Read more
Donald Trump’s visit to Aurora on Friday for a sold-out rally will mark the first big public event by a major-party presidential candidate in Colorado this year — with Trump’s visit motivated more by the chance to amplify his rhetoric about migrants than to seize on any likely prospect of winning Colorado. His planned afternoon … Read more
By REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — The rumors surrounding Hurricane Helene are many. There are false claims that people taking federal relief money could see their land seized. Or that $750 is the most they will ever get to rebuild. Or that the agency’s director — on the ground since the storm hit — was … Read more
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