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WASHINGTON (AP) — One major question will be front and center for Federal Reserve policymakers as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming next week and a crucial policy meeting in September: Which is a bigger problem for the economy right now, stubborn inflation or slower hiring? Weak job gains since April have pushed some officials toward supporting […]
AUG. 14, 2025
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the United States on its ally to 50%. India has called the additional tariffs “unfortunate.” Trump’s Wednesday announcement came as India and the U.S. are still negotiating a trade deal that has faced […]
AUG. 7, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hit back on Monday at recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that align themselves with BRICS. The criticism came during a news conference after the conclusion of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which brought together heads of state and […]
JULY 7, 2025
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top insurance regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into State Farm over the company’s handling of claims from the January Los Angeles-area wildfires. The investigation comes after survivors of the Palisades and Eaton fires said that the state’s largest home insurer was delaying and mishandling claims regarding damage to their […]
JUNE 12, 2025
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Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner. Start with supersized Santa Ana winds whipping flames and embers at 100 mph — much faster than normal — and cross […]
JAN. 9, 2025
Discover how The Associated Press calls races on election night and the strict process that goes into saying with certainty who has won an election.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state’s chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state over fears of massive losses from wildfires and other natural disasters. Unlike other states, California does not let insurance companies consider current or […]
SEPT. 28, 2023
Five weeks ago, senior Biden administration aides gathered for their regular Thursday morning meeting about passing a bill to revive the U.S. computer chip sector, worried that it could be in peril. After 18 months, the bipartisan effort to provide $52 billion for semiconductors was getting close to the finish line. But they were concerned […]
AUG. 1, 2022
Chipmaker Intel said Friday it will invest $20 billion to build a new factory in Ohio, an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage of chips powering everything from phones to cars to home appliances while also signaling the giant company’s commitment to manufacturing crucial technology products in the U.S. The move could also create […]
JAN. 21, 2022
The number of cases of a new type of viral pneumonia linked to a food market in central China has risen to 44, local health authorities said Friday, in an outbreak awakening fearful memories of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. Of those cases diagnosed since December, 11 were listed as critical, the Wuhan city health commission […]
JAN. 3, 2020
The deadly human ebola virus has been found in three of seven dead laboratory monkeys checked so far out of a larger shipment to a Virginia research firm from the Philippines, federal health officials said Friday. The firm, Hazelton Research Products of Reston, Va. got about 100 monkeys in October. Officials announced Thursday that the […]
DEC. 2, 1989
