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World Bank offers dim outlook for the global economy in face of higher interest rates 06/06/2023 10:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic. That's the latest outlook of the World Bank, a 189-country anti-poverty agency, which e Legal officials say Myanmar's Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction 06/06/2023 08:28am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars from a former political ally, legal officials said Tuesday. Suu Kyi, 77, was arrested when the army toppled he Norway climber sets new goal to scale all 14 tallest peaks within 3 months 06/06/2023 06:42am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on return to Nepal’s capital from the mountains on Tuesday, said she is How to Prep for Law School Over the Summer 06/04/2023 08:00pm • If you've been admitted to law school, congratulations! You survived the admissions process, made your seat deposit and you lit a beautiful Memorial Day bonfire of your LSAT prep books. Now what? The first year of law school is as important as it is intimidating. One thing that eases this gauntlet i Some US companies pushing workers to return to the office 06/03/2023 08:28pm • ▶ Watch Video: Growing push from some U.S. companies for workers to return to the office Oakland, California — It may be back to the office at Credit Karma's headquarters in Oakland, California, but it's not business as usual for senior manager Lupe Romo, who is working on his pool g Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime and migrant smugglers 06/02/2023 07:04pm • NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap. Security officials said the “Shield” campaign is part of an agreement Portland, Oregon, to clear sidewalk tents to settle suit with people with disabilities 06/02/2023 04:05pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland will remove tents blocking sidewalks under a tentative settlement announced Thursday in a lawsuit brought by people with disabilities who said sprawling homeless encampments prevent them from navigating Oregon's most populous city. The federal class action lawsuit, f British teen reported to anti-terror police by mother gets life sentence with minimum 6-year term 06/02/2023 12:58pm • LONDON (AP) — A teenage man who was reported to British anti-terror authorities by his mother was jailed for life on Friday. Matthew King, 19, will serve a minimum term of six years for plotting a terror attack on police officers or soldiers. In what was the first terror sentencing in England and Alonso riding wave of enthusiasm for long-denied win 'No. 33' at Spanish GP 06/02/2023 12:18pm • MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Back when Fernando Alonso was king of Formula One nearly two decades ago, Spaniards flocked to see their idol at their home race. With Alonso back near the top of the standings, his supporters are expected to cram the stands and grassy knolls of the Barcelona-Catalunya Circu What the GRE Test Is and How to Prepare 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Aspiring graduate students juggling multiple responsibilities may be tempted to cram for the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE. But achieving an impressive score on this graduate school entrance exam is difficult without significant preparation, experts warn. "A lot of our students, especially our studen Oath Keeper who guarded Roger Stone before Jan. 6 attack gets more than 4 years in prison 06/01/2023 06:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than four years in prison. Roberto Minuta, who was seen on UK government refuses to hand over Boris Johnson's unredacted messages to coronavirus inquiry 06/01/2023 02:58pm • LONDON (AP) — The British government on Thursday refused an order to supply the country's COVID-19 pandemic inquiry with an unedited collection of Boris Johnson’s personal messages and instead launched an unprecedented legal battle against a probe that the former prime minister himself set up wh Tommy Prine doesn't dodge his father's legacy but makes his own way in compelling debut 06/01/2023 12:44pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Standing before a packed house at The Basement, one of Nashville’s most intimate music venues, Tommy Prine talked about the death of his father. “It sucks to lose a parent at any age — in my case when he was the world’s greatest songwriter,” he said during a recen Court rules Austria can't be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resort 06/01/2023 08:39am • BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian federal court said Thursday that the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the pandemic hit Europe in early 2020. The Supreme Court of Justice announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a Germ Fewer babies born in 2022, and teen births decline, CDC reports 06/01/2023 12:01am • There were fewer babies born in the U.S. in 2022 compared to 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, suggesting that a rebound in births following the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have ended. An estimated 3,661,220 babies were born nationwide in