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Nation / World

Published
October 5, 2023

Rising long-term interest rates pose latest threat to U.S. economic ‘soft landing’

With borrowing rates high and inflation still relatively elevated, consumers are expected to spend more cautiously.
Published
October 5, 2023

Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas

During the Trump administration, about 450 miles of barriers were built along the southwest border between 2017 and January 2021.
Published
October 5, 2023

Jon Fosse, Norwegian master of spare Nordic writing, wins Nobel Prize in literature

Fosse has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays.
Published
October 5, 2023

Tearful mourners line up at San Francisco City Hall to thank, pay last respects to Dianne Feinstein

A memorial service for the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is scheduled Thursday outside San Francisco City Hall.
Published
October 5, 2023

150 dolphins dead in Amazon; scientists blame 102-degree water

The mass die-off of the endangered pink dolphins in Brazil's Lake Tefé could be linked to climate change and the El Niño phenomenon, they said.

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Published
October 4, 2023

Voter rolls become new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says her office wants to make sure that no voters are harassed or threatened because of their decision to register and cast a ballot.
Published
October 4, 2023

Fatal crash led Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife to seek car at issue in bribery charges

Authorities concluded that Nadine Arslanian, who would soon marry the senator from New Jersey, was 'not at fault' for striking and killing a pedestrian in 2018.
Published
October 4, 2023

Actress Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein for battery

Julia Ormond is suing disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault and battery.
Published
October 4, 2023

Supporters of U.S. aid to Ukraine are watching the House turmoil with growing alarm

Leaders dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the temporary funding measure passed Saturday as they focused on passing it quickly, just hours before the government would have shut down.
Published
October 4, 2023

Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy

The overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. New data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number on the cost of burning fossil fuels.