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IMF slashes cash-strapped Pakistan's growth outlook to 0.5% 04/12/2023 03:33pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The International Monetary Fund has slashed the growth outlook for cash-strapped Pakistan, forecasting the South Asian country's fragile economy will grow just 0.5% this year, down from 6% in 2022. The data on Pakistan's ailing economy was released by the IMF on Tuesday, when it Sergi��o Dest released by AC Milan for US-Mexico exhibition 04/12/2023 01:13pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Defender Sergi��o Dest, unused by AC Milan for nearly three months, was the only Europe-based player among 23 picked by U.S. interim coach Anthony Hudson for an April 19 exhibition against Mexico at Glendale, Arizona. Four players with no national team experience were invited Wednes Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/12/2023 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 Cheaper gas and food provide some relief from US inflation 04/12/2023 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. consumer inflation eased in March, with less expensive gas and food providing some relief to households that have struggled under the weight of surging prices. Yet prices are still rising fast enough to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates at least once Why new grads shouldn���t fear a recession 04/12/2023 09:24am • In 2023 alone, there have been over 118,000 U.S. tech layoffs, according to Crunchbase News, a business publication. That���s in addition to two major bank collapses and two federal rate hikes. The class of 2023 will graduate into this economic upheaval while facing another variable: student loan pa Man United's Marcus Rashford out 'a few games' with injury 04/12/2023 09:05am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� With Marcus Rashford out of action, Manchester United needs to look elsewhere for goals at a pivotal stage of the season. The club���s leading scorer will be sidelined for a ���few games��� with a muscle injury United said Wednesday, placing doubts over his availability Companies skeptical about Egypt's push to ease industry ties 04/12/2023 02:16am • CAIRO (AP) ��� In Egypt, state-owned companies bottle water, make dry pasta and cement, and run gas stations and fish farms. Two of the most powerful economic players in the North African country have long been the government and military. For years, they have faced criticism from economists and in Video shows Louisville police under fire from bank shooter 04/11/2023 08:57pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Police body camera video released Tuesday showed the chaotic moments when police arrived at the scene of a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, as the shooter they couldn't see from the street rained bullets down on them. The videos, taken from two wounded offi Two-Thirds of Homebuyers Are Holding Out for Lower Rates 04/11/2023 08:00pm • The 2023 spring homebuying season is right around the corner -- and higher mortgage rates have some homebuyers feeling "extremely" stressed as many are forced to cut their home price budgets, according to a March 2023 survey by U.S. News. Between March 23 and 27, U.S. News ran a nationwide survey of Is Debt Consolidation a Good Idea? 04/11/2023 08:00pm • If you're wondering whether debt consolidation makes sense for your finances, the answer is a resounding it depends. Debt consolidation could allow you to combine your debts into one and save money. But factors such as your credit score and financial habits can influence whether consolidating debt w Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Housing Market Forecast 04/11/2023 08:00pm • Sometimes playfully referred to as the "Endless Empire" due to encompassing two of the country's largest counties by acreage, the core Inland Empire portion of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan statistical area surrounding its major cities is the primary economic engine for the two-c Leaning on faith, Louisville mourns victims of mass shooting 04/11/2023 05:49pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� They went to their churches on the evening after Easter ��� to cry, to light candles, to ask God why, on this holiday of rebirth, they must mourn so much death. Many in Louisville turned to their faith for impromptu services Monday night, hours after a gunman killed five of Business Highlights: IMF's outlook, small business squeeze 04/11/2023 05:01pm • ___ IMF: Prolonged high inflation dims outlook for world economy WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The outlook for the world economy this year has dimmed in the face of chronically high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainties resulting from the collapse of two big American banks. That���s the view of t Outcome Health leaders convicted on federal fraud charges 04/11/2023 03:10pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Jurors found three former leaders of a Chicago-based company guilty of multiple counts of fraud on Tuesday, following a 10-week federal trial that tracked Outcome Health's rise and dramatic fall after allegations that the officials had lied to customers and investors while taking in Trudeau provides more Ukraine aid, dismisses site being down 04/11/2023 02:12pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more military aid to support Ukraine in its war with Russia while hosting Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Toronto on Tuesday. The new military assistance includes 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns, and over 2.4 million