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Today in History: August 17, First commercial CDs are produced 08/17/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2023. There are 136 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1982, the first commercially produced compact discs, a recording of ABBA’s “The Visitors,” were pressed at a Philips factory near Hanover, West G Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father 08/16/2023 08:45pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified the executed man as Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef and said he beat and then strangled his Egyptian father to death. It also said Nas Kentucky gubernatorial rivals Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron offer competing education plans 08/16/2023 06:46pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear proposed awarding the largest pay raise in decades to Kentucky's public school personnel, upping the ante Wednesday in his competition with Republican challenger Daniel Cameron, who offered his own plan to boost salaries and overcome pandemic lear Michael Cera grapples with isolation and sibling strife in 'The Adults' 08/16/2023 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Dustin Guy Defa set out to make a movie about isolation, grief and familial strife, he wasn’t quite cognizant of the unmistakable ways in which the effects of the coronavirus pandemic were informing his script. Now, however, he concedes that “The Adults,” whi The Dutch economy has slid into recession as inflation and interest rates hit exports and spending 08/16/2023 09:42am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has fallen into a recession after exports and household spending fell back amid rising interest rates intended to rein in inflation, the country's statistics office reported Wednesday. The economy declined by 0.3% in the second quarter after shrinking UK inflation falls to 17-month low of 6.8% but unlikely to derail another interest rate rise 08/16/2023 03:42am • LONDON (AP) — The rate of inflation in the U.K. fell sharply in July to a 17-month low largely on the back of lower energy prices, official figures showed Wednesday, a welcome development for hard-pressed households struggling during the cost of living crisis. The Office for National Statistics s Georgia case against Trump presents problems from the start, from jury selection to a big courtroom 08/15/2023 07:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Putting 19 people on trial at the same time is a difficult assignment for any prosecutor — whether or not one of those defendants is a former president of the United States running to reclaim his old office. The sprawling racketeering indictment returned this week by a grand jury US-focused Opera News, to cease publication in November after 87 years 08/15/2023 01:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opera News, an 87-year-old publication focused on the Metropolitan Opera and spotlighting the art form in the U.S., will print its final issue in November and be incorporated into Britain-based Opera magazine. The Met announced Tuesday that the Metropolitan Opera Guild, a separate Kishida marks 78th anniversary of World War II's end without mentioning Japan's wartime aggression 08/15/2023 04:52am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida renewed a peace pledge Tuesday as Japan observed the 78th anniversary of its World War II defeat but did not mention the country’s wartime aggression in Asia, while three of his former and current Cabinet ministers visited a shrine seen by neigh 'There are reasons to be optimistic' about new COVID boosters, expert says 08/14/2023 02:50pm • As cases of COVID-19 tick up once again, vaccine companies are in the middle of producing updated booster shots that may be available to the public soon. For the week ending July 29, COVID-19 hospital admissions were at 9,056. That's an increase of about 12% from the previous week. It's a far New Zealand, whose pandemic response was closely watched, removes last of COVID-19 restrictions 08/14/2023 02:29am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Monday removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the requirement to wear masks in hospitals and other h Today in History: August 14, McVeigh sentenced to death 08/14/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2023. There are 139 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. On this date: In 1848, the Oregon Te Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing 'junk fees' a winning issue in 2024 08/13/2023 08:56am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are teaming up with the Biden administration and a progressive advocacy group to turn policy efforts to curb “ junk fees ” into a political rallying cry, betting that a small but potentially potent kitchen table issue will resonate with voters. Presid Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms 08/13/2023 08:27am • PHOENIX (AP) — Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner's yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she's sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband's death, even though she's stil Celebrity hair, makeup and nail stylists: How the Hollywood strikes have affected glam squads 08/11/2023 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup plan. Until the pandemic. “I had a salon where I could work if I had to, and I closed it,” she