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U.S. producer prices surge in July as Trump tariffs push costs higher 08/14/2025 03:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly last month, signaling that President Donald Trump���s sweeping taxes on imports are pushing costs up and that higher prices for consumers may be on the way. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer price index ��� whic SEC tries to regain its championship form following 2 years without a national title 08/14/2025 03:34pm • Southeastern Conference football is experiencing a championship drought. The powerhouse league hasn���t won or even played for a national title since the 2022 season. It���s a skid that just means more given the SEC���s nearly two decades of gridiron dominance, which included 13 championships over a The end is near: Megadeth to release final album and embark on farewell tour 08/14/2025 02:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Call it a symphony for dissolution. American thrash metal giants Megadeth have announced their forthcoming album will be their last. They will also embark on a farewell tour in 2026. ���There���s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or int DC Mayor Bowser walks delicate line with Trump, reflecting the city's precarious position 08/14/2025 02:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is responding with relative restraint. She's called Trump's takeover of the city's police department and his decision to activate 800 memb Bob Odenkirk isn't an action newbie anymore 08/14/2025 02:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Bob Odenkirk ducks into a West Village coffee shop wearing sunglasses and a Chicago Cubs cap. Some degree of subterfuge might have been necessary for Odenkirk years ago. Surely fans of ���Mr. Show��� or ���The Larry Sanders Show��� might have recognized him. But with time, Odenkirk Milwaukee chain offers free burgers after Brewers win 12 straight 08/14/2025 01:46pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Brandon Woodruff has pitched some of the most important games in Milwaukee Brewers history but even he felt a little additional pressure as he took the mound Wednesday afternoon against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not only would a victory Wednesday maintain his perfect record on the s Md. education leaders to local education officials: Follow state law 08/14/2025 01:20pm • With the 2025-26 school year starting next week in some counties, Maryland���s two top education leaders had a message for local school officials: Follow state law. The calm, but stern warning came Wednesday during a back-to-school news conference in Baltimore with State Superintendent Carey Wrig Newly signed Real Madrid player praises former Barcelona star Lionel Messi during introduction 08/14/2025 01:10pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Newly signed Real Madrid player Franco Mastantuono praised former Barcelona star Lionel Messi during his introduction on Thursday. The 18-year-old Mastantuono, who signed a six-year deal with Madrid, said he considers his countryman the best player in the world. "For me, the best pla Robert A. Caro named first-ever Founders Historian Laureate by The New York Historical 08/14/2025 12:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Robert A. Caro's latest literary honor is very close to home. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian has been named the first-ever Founders Historian Laureate by The New York Historical, the venerable museum and cultural center where Caro's archives are stored and a research room is Failed New Mexico candidate gets 80 years in shootings at officials��� homes 08/14/2025 12:34pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Pe European leaders praise Trump for offering US military support for future peace force in Ukraine 08/14/2025 12:26pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow U.S. military support for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine ��� a move that vastly improves the chances of success for an operation that could prove essential for the country's Greek protesters rally against an Israeli cruise ship as EU unions express anger over Gaza 08/14/2025 11:31am • PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) ��� Riot police at Greece���s largest port cordoned off an area around an Israeli cruise ship that arrived early Thursday to prevent several hundred union-backed protesters from approaching the vessel. Protests have been held on Greek islands and at mainland ports along the rout South Carolina celebrates another interstate expansion after influx of money to crumbling system 08/14/2025 11:26am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The leader of South Carolina 's roads agency has been to so many groundbreaking ceremonies for highway projects that he has the whole routine down. Signs were printed, fancy shovels were readied and, since it's the middle of August, an air-conditioned spot ��� the welcome cen As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change 08/14/2025 11:24am • The sternly worded statements and letters are filled with indignation and outrage: Republican U.S. lawmakers say Canada has done too little to contain wildfires and smoke that have fouled the air in several states this summer. ���Instead of enjoying family vacations at Michigan���s beautiful lakes a LA Olympics to sell naming rights to some venues in game-changing deal for 2028 08/14/2025 10:02am • Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee's long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its arenas and stadiums. Th