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UK inflation is heading in 'right direction,' but Bank of England isn't ready to cut rates 03/21/2024 09:32am • LONDON (AP) ��� The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high on Thursday and avoided signaling, unlike other central banks, when it might start to cut even though inflation has dropped sharply from multidecade peaks. The decision to leave the key rate at 5.25% was wide Man put to death for 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend, Georgia���s first execution in years 03/21/2024 09:28am • JACKSON, Ga. (AP) ��� A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state���s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at Kohli versus Dhoni as IPL begins with a clash of two of India's greatest cricketers 03/21/2024 09:11am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Virat Kohli against MS Dhoni. For the lucrative Indian Premier League and its billion-plus audience, the head-to-head encounter is a perfect prime time opener for the eight-week season. Kohli and Royal Challengers Bengaluru go to Chennai on Friday to face Dhoni and the defending c Hamilton praises F1 Academy director Susie Wolff over legal action against FIA 03/21/2024 08:28am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Lewis Hamilton criticized FIA while supporting Susie Wolff���s ���bravery��� for filing a criminal complaint against auto racing's governing body in the French courts. Wolff, who is married to Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff, and director of the all-female junio Japan���s exports rise nearly 8% in February on strong shipments of cars and machinery 03/21/2024 12:33am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s exports rose 7.8% in February from a year earlier on strong shipments of cars and electrical machinery, the government said Thursday. Exports in February totaled 8.2 trillion yen ($55 billion), marking the third straight month of growth, according to preliminary customs dat Stock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street rallies to records 03/21/2024 12:07am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the Federal Reserve���s i ndication that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year. Japan���s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.6% to 40,676.77 after the government reported export March Madness is the last dance for Long Beach St coach Dan Monson, who was let go last week 03/20/2024 10:20pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The film session last week was a cringeworthy review of bad boxouts, poor spacing and defenders standing flat-footed. In other words, Long Beach State coach Dan Monson told his team, ���The kind of plays that get coaches fired.��� This week, it's easy to laugh at that story, Prince Harry's lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping by his tabloids 03/20/2024 09:16pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Prince Harry's lawyer leveled explosive new allegations Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch was aware of cover-ups at his British tabloids that used unlawful techniques to spy on the Duke of Sussex and others. Attorney David Sherborne said Murdoch was among the executives who were aware t Trump got the candidate he wanted in Ohio's Senate primary. But can Bernie Moreno win in November? 03/20/2024 07:43pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. Moreno's positions on abortion, immigration and Trump's election lies make the Republican less electable this fall, Democrats believe, in the rac Angela Chao, Mitch McConnell���s sister-in-law, was drunk when she drove into pond, police say 03/20/2024 07:42pm • Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas, according to a law enforcement report released Wednesday. The investigation by the Blanco County Sheriff���s Office concluded th US inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated 03/20/2024 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden���s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0. Federal Reserve still foresees 3 interest rate cuts this year despite bump in inflation 03/20/2024 05:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year. For now, the officials kept their benchmark rate unchan The Latest | Airstrike in the West Bank kills at least 3 Palestinian militants, officials say 03/20/2024 04:37pm • An Israeli airstrike has killed at least three Palestinian militants traveling in a car in the northern West Bank near the town of Jenin, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed the three dead men as members. The airstrike occurred as raids of the lar EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids 03/20/2024 04:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually get close to t Suspect charged in Indianapolis bar shooting that killed 1 person and injured 5 03/20/2024 03:37pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� A man accused of opening fire inside a crowded Indianapolis bar, killing one person and seriously injuring five others, was formally charged Wednesday with murder in last weekend���s shooting. Marion County prosecutors charged Nicholas Fulk, 25, with one count of murder, three