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Wall Street rallies as a cut to interest rates next week looks more certain

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rolled to more records after mixed data on the economy cemented expectations for coming cuts to interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Thursday and set an all-time...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in US illegally

A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool pro...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired the country's ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

How Charlie Kirk shaped a generation of young people into a conservative force

Charlie Kirk began plotting a way to mold young minds into conservatism at an age when he was still sorting out his own path. Looking to channel his political inclinations into action after ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market puts the Fed and Americans in a difficult spot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped while new data showed applications for unemployment aid soared, putting the Federal Reserve in ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Bob Menendez's wife says she was ex-senator's 'puppet' as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for sell...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home

ATLANTA (AP) — A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta shortly before noon...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at the Pentagon

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon on Thursday. The remembrances are being held during a ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Senate Republicans poised to change rules to speed up Trump's nominees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are taking the first steps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday, making it easier to confirm groups of President Donald Trump’s nominees and overcom...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Russian drone incursion in Poland prompts NATO leaders to take stock of bigger threats

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European leaders on Thursday expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow's forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine — concerns e...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new re...

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves....

DATE: Sep 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press