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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy grew last quarter at a 3 percent annual pace, fueled by strong consumer spending and business investment, the government said last week in an upgrade of its initial assessment. The Commerce Department had previously estimated that the nation's gross domestic product — the total output of goods and services [...]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency plans to reassess its environmental permit for Hyundai's $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia after a conservation group complained that regulators failed to properly examine the sprawling factory's potential impacts on the area's water supply. The Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter last week that [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour. Normally, the Oklahoma City police sergeant would grab his laptop and spend another 30 to 45 minutes writing up a report about [...]
The U.S. Postal Service wants to save $3 billion annually on changes that reflect its increased reliance on streamlined regional networks — while retaining local mail delivery times of one to three days and allowing customers to track some delivery schedules with greater precision. Election mail won't be affected, officials said. The proposal, announced last [...]
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The country is facing heightened threats from many corners at a time when law enforcement agencies are struggling, said FBI Director Christopher Wray, adding that he is "hard pressed to think of a time in my career where so many different kinds of threats are all elevated at once." Wray [...]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has given one of Kalen DeBoer's key behind-the-scenes staffers, general manager Courtney Morgan, a three-year contract worth nearly $2.5 million — a notable investment by one of the top football programs in the country at a time when colleges teams are increasingly operating like professional franchises. The compensation committee of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials have said they're increasingly confident that they've nearly tamed inflation. Now, it's the health of the job market that's starting to draw their concern. With inflation cooling toward the Fed’s 2 percent target, the pace of hiring slowing and the unemployment rate edging up, the Fed is expected to [...]
EVART, Mich. (AP) — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals, but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. Smith, a 16-year-old from the Grand Rapids, Mich., area, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — As students return to colleges across the country, administrators are preparing for a possible resurgence in activism against the conflict in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring. While the summer break provided a respite in student demonstrations against the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month by the most in a year and a half, according to a new federal government report. The Commerce Department last week reported that retail sales rose 1 percent from June to July, the biggest such increase since January 2023, after having declined slightly [...]