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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week warned as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water. About 70 percent of utilities inspected by federal officials over the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother, but Jesse's bank account was empty. The money had all been used by Missouri's foster-care system or relatives responsible for his care. [...]
For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France. Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64 percent to $5.4 billion in 2020, according to the retail tracking service Circana. It wasn’t unheard of for some shops [...]
DETROIT (AP) — America's Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation's growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released late last week. Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had seen an exodus of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by lower food and auto prices, inflation cooled slightly last month after three elevated readings, possibly offering a tentative sigh of relief for officials at the Federal Reserve. Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent from March to April, according to a new Labor Department report. That is down from 0.4 percent the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment — an election year move that's expected to increase friction between the world's two largest economies. The tariffs come in the middle of a campaign between President Joe Biden [...]
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians concerned. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but analysts say it drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals American-made electric vehicles that cost three times as [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration rule announced late last week aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country. The change comes as the administration has [...]
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos. Speaking last week at the SBC Summit North America, a gambling industry conference, industry executives acknowledged the difficulty they've had in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer's Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos. Already, 65-plus organizations in Chicago and elsewhere have formed a coalition to "March on the DNC" when [...]