Fed keeps key rate unchanged as Powell vows to stay until DOJ investigation is finished
Mar 19, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation in the wake of the Iran war, suggesting the Fed…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed to answer questions from Congress about the Epstein files
Mar 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed Tuesday to answer questions from Congress about the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the agency's handling of millions of files related to the…
A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him
Mar 17, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children’s book about coping with grief. Prosecutors said Kouri Richins slipped five times…
Fears of a global energy crisis rise as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping and hits Dubai airport
Mar 16, 2026
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Fears of a global energy crisis rose Monday as the war in the Middle East raged on, with more U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital and Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. An Iranian drone…
Investigators work to determine exact reason for attack at Michigan synagogue
Mar 13, 2026
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Investigators worked Friday to determine the exact reason a man with a rifle crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack carried out by a…
Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. Reopening it is a big challenge
Mar 12, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Gasoline prices are rising largely because of the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf. The waterway off Iran's coast, now effectively closed, is so…
The Latest: About 140 US troops injured, 8 severely, so far in Iran war, Pentagon says
Mar 11, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran. The Islamic Republic, its firepower diminished, has vowed to fight on. Israeli…
Young kids missed the pandemic's school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind
Mar 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years…
Where things stand after another weekend of war
Mar 09, 2026
TEHRAN (AP) -- Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader as his successor. U.S. President Donald Trump already had expressed disdain for Mojtaba Khamenei, calling him “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic's war strategy now has a…
US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists
Mar 04, 2026
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed…