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Retail sales rise solid 0.7% in September, reflecting US shoppers' resilience despite higher prices 10/17/2023 05:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending online, at restaurants and other outlets in September even as they grappled with higher prices, rising interest rates and a host of other headwinds piling up. Retail sales rose 0.7% in September, more than twice what eco Trump returns to his civil fraud trial, hears an employee and an appraiser testify against him 10/17/2023 05:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire, watching and deploring the case as an employee and an outside appraiser testified that his company essentially put a thumb on the scale when sizing up his properties' value. Incensed by a How China's Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts 10/17/2023 05:29pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns. The shift comes as leaders from across the developing world descend on Beijing this week for a government-orga North Dakota Gov. Burgum calls special session to fix budget bill struck down by court 10/17/2023 03:39pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum called a special session Tuesday of the Republican-controlled Legislature to address a major budget bill struck down by the state Supreme Court last month, leaving a giant hole in state government operations lawmakers are rushing to fill. The ses Putin meets with Hungary's prime minister in rare in-person talks with an EU leader 10/17/2023 02:18pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n held talks on Tuesday with Vladimir Putin in a rare in-person meeting for the Russian president with a leader of a European Union country. Orb��n and Putin met in Beijing before an international forum on one of Chinese President Xi Jinping���s Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/17/2023 01:06pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Juventus midfielder Nicol�� Fagioli gets seven-month ban from soccer for betting violations 10/17/2023 12:55pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Juventus midfielder Nicol�� Fagioli was banned for seven months by the Italian soccer federation on Tuesday for betting violations. Fagioli agreed to a plea bargain with the federation, known as the FIGC, that included therapy for a gambling addiction. In a far-reaching case with pros Bank of America profits jump 10% but warns of slowing spending by Americans 10/17/2023 10:38am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Bank of America posted a 10% rise in third quarter profits Tuesday, helped by higher interest rates that allowed the bank to charge more for loans at the same time that it kept expenses under control. However, CEO Brian Moynihan warned Tuesday that Americans continue to slow their Understanding Federal Student Loan Types 10/16/2023 08:00pm • The cost of college -- including tuition, housing, textbooks and other fees -- adds up for families. However, students are often eligible for financial aid, including scholarships, grants, work-study or loans to help reduce the overall price of attendance. To be eligible for federal and some other f 10 Highest Dividend-Paying Stocks in the S&P 500 10/16/2023 08:00pm • The current dividend yield for the S&P 500 on average is just north of 1.6% at present. A few years ago, that would have been within spitting distance of many top-rated bonds -- but with 10-year Treasury yields now at 4.7%, many investors are now looking at the typical dividend stocks with a ver Inflation Is Taking a Toll: Are Financial Wellness Programs the Answer? 10/16/2023 08:00pm • The financial wellness of U.S. employees has declined by 10% since 2021, according to the 2023 Workplace Benefits Report from Bank of America. Factors such as rising interest rates, inflation, economic uncertainty and stagnant wages have all taken a toll. But who's responsible for helping employees Donald Trump is going back to court. Here���s what he's missed since his last visit to NYC fraud trial 10/16/2023 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait. Cohen, a key witness in the state���s case against the former president, postponed his testimony, saying he neede Business Highlights: Ford chairman says UAW strike threatens company future; Wall Street makes gains 10/16/2023 04:32pm • ___ Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company���s future is at stake DETROIT (AP) ��� Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together and end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the f European Union offers a new growth plan to Western Balkans that partly opens access to single market 10/16/2023 03:32pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� European Union leaders offered a new growth plan Monday to the six Western Balkans countries that opens parts of the EU single market to them in return for deep reforms, ahead of their full membership in the bloc. The integration of Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Nort Trump sues ex-British spy over dossier containing 'shocking and scandalous claims' 10/16/2023 12:53pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A lawyer for Donald Trump told a London judge Monday the ex-president plans to prove that ���shocking and scandalous claims��� about him in a largely discredited report by a former British spy were false and harmed his reputation. Trump has sued the company founded by Christopher Ste