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Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession 12/16/2023 07:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts. Yet the Federal Reserve now seems on the verge of defeating it — and without the surge in unemployment and the deep reces Women and children first? Experts say that in most crises, it's more like everyone for themselves 12/16/2023 04:38am • LONDON (AP) — So much for women and children first. The phrase and its grave implications about who to save first in a catastrophe are rooted in the shipwrecks of centuries past and popularized by Hollywood's treatment of the Titanic disaster. It is getting another airing at a time when, in many s Dillon Brooks scores 26, keys rally in 2nd half as Rockets defeat Grizzlies 103-96 12/15/2023 11:58pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half as the Houston Rockets overcame an early double-digit deficit and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-96 on Friday night. Brooks, who was making his return to Memphis after being traded to Houston in the offseason after s Vassell, Wembanyama help Spurs snap 18-game skid, topple James, Lakers 129-115 12/15/2023 11:21pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama embraced Devin Vassell in a jubilant hug before exhorting the crowd at the Frost Bank Center to rise to their feet in celebration. If San Antonio’s reaction to a regular-season victory seemed out of place, it’s because the Spurs hav Filip Forsberg scores 3rd OT goal of season, Predators beat Hurricanes 6-5 12/15/2023 11:12pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored his third overtime goal of the season 35 seconds into the extra session to give the Nashville Predators a 6-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. The Predators overcame a two-goal deficit to win for the sixth time in seven games. Forsber Kreider scores twice, Quick makes 29 saves to help Rangers beat Ducks 5-1 12/15/2023 11:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice to move into third place on New York's career goals list, Jonathan Quick made 29 saves to continue his stellar start and the Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Friday night. After Jimmy Vesey broke a tie with 8:15 left in the second with his seventh go Joel Embiid scores 35 as the 76ers deal Pistons a franchise-record 22nd straight loss 12/15/2023 10:57pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 35 points and Tyrese Maxey added 19 as the Philadelphia 76ers dealt the Detroit Pistons their franchise-record 22nd straight loss 124-92 on Friday night in the second game of a home-and-home series. The Pistons, who lost to Philly 129-111 on Wednesday night i With Iowa's caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout 12/15/2023 08:44pm • CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an audience in eastern Iowa to carry him to a blowout in next month's Republican caucuses. “The margin of victory is very important, it's just very important,” Trump told about 1,000 people attending a Wedn After 40 witnesses and 43 days of testimony, here's what we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial 12/15/2023 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — After hearing from 40 witnesses over 2½ months, Judge Arthur Engoron sounded almost wistful as he presided over the last day of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. “In a strange way, I’m gonna miss this trial,” he said Wednesday. Thing No regrets for Ja Morant over suspension with actions, not words, proving lesson learned 12/15/2023 04:57pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Being suspended for the first 25 games of the NBA season was tough on two-time All-Star Ja Morant, who said Friday he had “some horrible days” as he worked to focus on himself away from basketball. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard wouldn’t say he regrets being suspende Jets' Aaron Rodgers 'looks normal' to coach during practice in comeback attempt 12/15/2023 04:21pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers took a few more steps — and provided a highlight play — in his comeback attempt from a torn left Achilles tendon. Coach Robert Saleh said Friday the 40-year-old quarterback “pushed it a little bit” at practice Thursday, when he was listed as a limite A US pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a 'fire culture' to boost its range 12/15/2023 04:20pm • WEST END, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition, they set fire to wiregrasses and forest debris with a drip torch, corralling embers with leaf blowers. Wimberley, 65, gathers groups across eight North Carolina counties to s US Treasury Department issues guidelines around a new tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel 12/15/2023 03:39pm • The Biden administration released long-awaited guidance on Friday around tax credits for aviation fuel that reduces emissions of greenhouse gases compared with fuel made from crude oil. Some environmentalists expressed concern that the Treasury Department guidelines could allow credits for fuel made 'Militia enthusiast' gets over 4 years in prison for attacking police with baton during Jan. 6 riot 12/15/2023 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan man described by prosecutors as a self-professed militia leader was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for attacking law enforcement officers with a stolen police baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Matthew Thomas Krol, 65, of Li How to protect your purchases this holiday season with credit cards 12/15/2023 02:05pm • Last-minute shoppers will be flocking to D.C.-area stores this weekend looking for good deals. But experts recommend using credit cards instead of cash to buy those holiday gifts. "When you use a credit card, you automatically get incredibly strong consumer protections that you don't get when