WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could rise more than 40 percent this year, as the Trump administration offered the first new details last week about its plan to battle bird flu and ease costs. With an emphasis on farms tightening their measures to prevent bird flu’s spread, Agriculture Secretary [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy grew at a 2.3 percent annual rate during the last three months of 2024, supported by a burst of year-end consumer spending, the government said, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of fourth-quarter growth. The Commerce Department last week reported that growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon last week unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the voice assistant to have more personality, check a user’s tone and even plan romantic dates. Unlike before, when Alexa was offered for free on any Alexa-enabled devices, customers will have to pay Amazon a monthly fee of [...]
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Measures in several state legislatures this year have called for new approaches to weaken the power of judges. William Raftery, an analyst at the National Center for State Courts, said the battle between branches of state government for power dates to the earliest years of the United States and that lawmakers [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts earlier this week approved a six-year contract, averting the threat of a strike that could have slowed the economy. The yes vote was expected after the leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association union reached a tentative contract agreement in January with the U.S. Maritime Alliance [...]
Bill Conway didn’t start out wanting to make an impact on the nursing profession. In 2011, the financier announced he would give away $1 billion to create jobs for the poor and asked the public to send him ideas. He received about 2,500 suggestions. Most were sob stories, but some people had good ideas, he [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he plans to offer a “gold card” visa with a path to citizenship for $5 million, replacing a 35-year-old visa for investors. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful, and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Missouri woman pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. During a hearing in front of a Memphis federal judge, Lisa [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States this week imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United Arab Emirates, India and other jurisdictions for allegedly helping to finance Iran and its support for militant groups that launch attacks against the United States and its allies. The U.S. Treasury and State departments [...]