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US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last? 10/30/2023 05:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves h Falcons appear to have a QB controversy after Heinicke shines, Ridder struggles 10/30/2023 05:28pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons are trying to downplay any talk of a quarterback controversy. Good luck with that. After Desmond Ridder struggled through the first half against the Tennessee Titans, the Falcons (4-4) turned to Taylor Heinicke the rest of the way. The switch led to striking offe Injured Bears QB Fields will miss his third straight game and Bagent will start again in his place 10/30/2023 05:04pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Quarterback Justin Fields will miss his third consecutive game because of a dislocated right thumb, and rookie Tyson Bagent will continue to start in his place when the Chicago Bears visit the New Orleans Saints this week, coach Matt Eberflus said Monday. Eberflus said Fie Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions 10/30/2023 04:45pm • Drugstore workers around the country started calling in sick Monday to highlight a lack of support from their employers, protest organizers said. The extent and impact of the demonstration, which is planned until Wednesday, were not clear as of Monday afternoon. Pharmacists and technicians for doze FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts 10/30/2023 01:34pm • In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction. While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carna Slovakia's new government announces a massive deployment at the Hungarian border to curb migration 10/30/2023 01:15pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The new Slovak government announced a big deployment of police and armed forces Monday along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country. Prime Minister Robert Fico did not immediately give details of the deployment but said that FDA says WanaBana fruit puree pouches may contain dangerous levels of lead 10/30/2023 12:57pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and caregivers not to buy or serve certain pureed fruit pouches marketed to toddlers and young children because the food might contain dangerous levels of lead. Children who have eaten WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches should be tes Westin's new downtown DC hotel has Peloton suites 10/30/2023 12:25pm • The former Renaissance Washington, D.C. hotel has reopened as the Westin Washington, DC Downtown after an $80 million renovation, with the city’s largest hotel fitness center and Peloton suites for health-conscious road warriors. The 807-room hotel, one of D.C.’s largest, at 9th and K street Road rookie: Leonard and George school Wembanyama in 1st away game, Clippers rout Spurs 123-83 10/30/2023 08:35am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — It didn't take long for Victor Wembanyama to find out the road can be a tough place in the NBA. Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points, Paul George added 19 and the Los Angeles Clippers’ stars schooled the Spurs rookie in his first game away from home, a 123-83 rout of San Antonio on Check Point: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/30/2023 06:11am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $205 million. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had profit of $1.75 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.07 per sh AP Top 25 Reality Check: Texas or Oklahoma? Washington or Oregon? How much to honor head-to-head? 10/30/2023 06:00am • At this time of the season, those head-to-head results can become challenging for voters in The Associated Press college football poll. There was no movement among the top five in the rankings Sunday, with Georgia strengthening its grip on No. 1. Oklahoma slipped to No. 10 after losing to Kansas, w Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court 10/30/2023 05:15am • HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court dismissed a gun charge Monday against a Washington state senator who had been arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory in what he called an “honest mistake.” Republican Jeff Wilson self-declared that he was carrying the gun at the airport Oc Coach hired, team still required: Soccer's status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 10/30/2023 01:11am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Lloyd Owers recalls with fondness his initial visit from his home in England to the Marshall Islands, a small nation of five islands, 29 atolls and about 60,000 people situated in the western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia. “I felt at home,” the 33-year-o Vikings beat Packers 24-10 but lose Cousins to possible Achilles tendon injury 10/29/2023 11:37pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with what the Vikings fear is an Achilles tendon injury, and Minnesota beat the slumping Green Bay Packers 24-10 on Sunday. Cousins walked gingerly to the sideline after getting sacked on consecutive plays during a Warriors' Chris Paul comes off bench for 1st time in his NBA career 10/29/2023 11:10pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Paul came off the bench for the first time in his NBA career Sunday. Paul entered Golden State's game at Houston as a substitute, checking in with 6:58 left in the first quarter. He started the first two games of the season but was out of Sunday’s lineup because Draymond Gre