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NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year 08/14/2024 03:57pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Wednesday it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next year and send their troubled Boeing capsule back empty. Rather than flying Boeing’s Starliner back to Earth, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams woul Top official says Federal Reserve can't risk being too late with rate cuts 08/14/2024 03:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official warned Wednesday that the Fed needs to cut its key interest rate before the job market weakened further or it would risk moving too late and potentially imperil the economy. In an interview with The Associated Press, Austan Goolsbee, president of t Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say 08/14/2024 03:29pm • Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents. The strikes came on the eve of new talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the 10-month war. The United States, Qatar and Egypt ar Officer's attorney: Videos show fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman was justified 08/14/2024 03:10pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer charged in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting, felt threatened when she began to roll her car toward him, the officer's attorney said Wednesday. Young was suspected of stealing alco WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads 08/14/2024 02:20pm • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the cont Kosovo's premier calls for full reopening of key bridge in flashpoint city. But the West is wary 08/14/2024 01:55pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister called on Wednesday for the full reopening of a bridge in the flashpoint city of Mitrovica, saying it would be another step toward free movement and not a threat to anyone. But Western powers are wary it could increase tensions. The bridge has been A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled 08/14/2024 01:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A year after a Georgia grand jury accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, the case has stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year. When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured Elliott seeks 10 of the 15 board seats at Southwest in bid to strengthen the airline's performance 08/14/2024 12:54pm • DALLAS (AP) — Elliott Investment Management is launching a proxy fight with Southwest Airlines and plans to nominate 10 candidates for the 15-member board of an the airline where performance has lagged behind competitors. The hedge fund said late Tuesday that naming a slate of director candidates Amazon launches big expansion of program to provide affordable housing in Northern Virginia 08/14/2024 12:53pm • This content is sponsored by Amazon. Amazon has deepened its commitment to affordable housing in Northern Virginia, where new projects are providing homes for workers in the region who often find costs are out of reach. The company’s Housing Equity Fund recently announced it is adding $1 An offering, a fire, a prayer. How a Mexico City community celebrates its pre-Hispanic origins 08/14/2024 12:51pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Santos’ spiritual journey has left a mark on her skin. Soon after the 50-year-old embraced her pre-Hispanic heritage and pledged to speak for her ancestors’ worldview in Mexico City, she tattooed the symbol “Ollin” — which translates from the Nahuatl language a A city in Oklahoma agrees to pay more than $7 million to an exonerated former death row inmate 08/14/2024 12:12pm • EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma city has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. The Edmond City Council voted without comment on Monday to settle Edmunds: The pros and cons of buying a hybrid vehicle or plug-in hybrid 08/14/2024 11:51am • If you’re ready to move on from a purely gasoline-fueled vehicle but you’re not ready to go fully electric, you have two choices. You can get a hybrid or a plug-in hybrid vehicle. But which one is best? The experts at Edmunds will help you decide. Hybrid Pros and Cons A hybrid electric vehicle h The paint is dry on Banksy's animal-themed street art that appeared across London over 9 days 08/14/2024 11:28am • LONDON (AP) — On the 10th day, after creating the mountain goat, elephants, pelicans, a rhinoceros and a gorilla, among other animals, Banksy rested. The elusive street artist's menagerie that appeared around London over nine consecutive days apparently came to a conclusion after a final mural sur Harris campaign's new $90 million in battleground ads in August aims to sharpen contrast with Trump 08/14/2024 10:55am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is launching a $90 million advertising effort over the next three weeks to introduce the Democrat to voters and sharpen the contrast with Republican Donald Trump. The media buy marks her campaign's largest-yet investment in messaging to vot Pieterse holds off women's Tour de France leader Vollering in sprint finish to win 4th stage 08/14/2024 10:55am • LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Dutch rider Puck Pieterse finished just ahead of defending champion Demi Vollering in a sprint to win the fourth stage of the women’s Tour de France in the rain on Wednesday. Overall race leader Vollering, Pieterse and Katarzyna Niewiadoma had carved a 30-second lead going