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US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses 12/15/2023 06:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more Americans, federal officials said Friday. About 653,000 people were Bank of England holds interest rates at a 15-year high despite worries about the economy 12/14/2023 10:14am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept borrowing rates unchanged Thursday despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy, and it showed little sign that it is contemplating cutting them anytime soon — unlike the U.S. Federal Reserve. The central bank left its main interest rate a A newly elected progressive Thai lawmaker is sentenced to 6 years for defaming the monarchy 12/14/2023 01:31am • BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker Wednesday to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution. Human Rights Watch decried the ruling, saying it “violated her rights to freedom of expr Doctors, health officials advise Marylanders to get vaccinated before holiday travel 12/13/2023 11:24am • Ahead of the winter holiday season, some Maryland doctors and state health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for COVID and influenza ahead of celebrations and family visits, as new vaccines are available to help protect from COVID-19 and other respiratory ailments. “This is the f Germany's government reaches a deal to resolve its budget crisis and keeps up support for Ukraine 12/13/2023 07:14am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's governing coalition reached a deal Wednesday to resolve a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month, agreeing to cut some subsidies and spending while stressing that Berlin will stick to plans to step up support for Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party c Thousands of protesters rally in Brussels for better wages and public services 12/12/2023 08:01am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters rallied Tuesday in the capital of the European Union for better public services, salaries and living conditions. The protest in downtown Brussels took place during EU negotiations over the new Stability and Growth Pact, which aims to limit debt and deficits Biden administration says New Hampshire computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law 12/11/2023 03:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F- Egyptians vote on second day of an election that's sure to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi win 12/11/2023 02:52pm • CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians cast their ballots Monday in the second day of voting in a presidential election that is certain to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi secure another term in office. The vote, which began across this Mideast country on Sunday, has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war i Indiana Fever will choose among talented college stars with another No. 1 pick in WNBA draft 12/11/2023 08:01am • UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Indiana Fever won the WNBA draft lottery for the No. 1 pick for the second consecutive season Sunday. The Fever took Aliyah Boston last season with the top pick and she earned the league's Rookie of the Year honors. “This is tremendous news for our franchise to rece Thousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU 12/11/2023 06:31am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday to protest what they perceive as new austerity measures as the 27 European Union countries discuss ways to overhaul rules on government spending. Finance ministers from the bloc have been negotiating for months Egyptians vote for president, with el-Sissi certain to win 12/10/2023 05:15am • CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians began voting Sunday in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no serious challenger and is certain to win another term, keeping him in power until 2030. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Almost all Egyptians' Chinese leaders wrap up annual economic planning meeting with scant details on revving up growth 12/08/2023 01:55pm • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders agreed at an annual planning meeting to step up spending to help rev up the world's second-largest economy, state media reported Friday, without giving details of any policy changes. The official Xinhua News Agency said leader Xi Jinping chaired the meeting aimed at Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank 12/08/2023 09:28am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The European Union’s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank, the Danish government said Friday after EU finance ministers gave their support to someone else. Margrethe Vestager, who took unpaid leave in A small police department in Minnesota's north woods offers free canoes to help recruit new officers 12/07/2023 03:15pm • The police department in the remote north woods Minnesota town of Ely faces the same challenges of recruiting and keeping new officers as countless other law enforcement agencies across the country. So it's offering a unique incentive: canoes. Ely, a former mining and logging community that's best k Virginia expects to wipe out pandemic unemployment backlog next summer 12/07/2023 02:59pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia agency that processes unemployment benefits has made progress clearing pandemic-related backlogs, but it isn't expected to finish until next summer, a top official told lawmakers this week. Jeff Ryan, chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commiss