Year: 2021

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland has died. Cleland lost his right arm and both legs to a hand grenade in Vietnam, and then suffered inadequate medical care. So fellow veterans cheered when President Jimmy Carter appointed him to run the Veterans Administration, where he pushed to get

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for fiction on Nov. 3 for his novel “The Promise,” the story of a white South African family in decline in the years before and after the end of the racist apartheid system. It caps a month in

By MATTHEW BROWN and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday struck down a Trump-era rule that would have opened millions

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, gifting is a crap shoot. You dig around and hope for the best, and you just might come up with gold. A company outside Boston offers tricked-out van rentals for three to 30 days. For an older person, try an animatronic pet that purrs

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inequality can prevent the U.S. economy from reaching its potential. He underscored the Fed’s commitment to reducing unemployment as broadly as possible, including among disadvantaged groups. Powell’s comments illustrate one reason why the Fed has been hesitant to reverse its

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s president has asked the leader of the winning coalition in last month’s parliamentary election to form a new government. President Milos Zeman, who is currently hospitalized, says he has approached Petr Fiala, the coalition’s candidate for the post of prime minister, to lead negotiations with representatives of the parties

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some gifts are great in the moment, such as a candle or a bottle of wine. Others make memorable keepsakes or are so personal they can’t be re-gifted. This holiday season, The AP recommends some gifts meant to be cherished for years to come. They include

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching September’s record annual gain and offering more evidence that inflationary pressures are not yet easing. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A lot of that human-pet bonding during the pandemic is slowly coming to an end as more offices reopen. So what’s a lonely dog to do? Turns out, a lot. And we don’t mean a slow all-day whine, a messy rug delivery or mass furniture

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In this world, there’s a book for everybody. Take advantage of that sentiment during the holiday shopping season. Book sales have thrived during the pandemic. Some new nonfiction might hit your holiday gifting sweet spot. A few examples: Costume designer and dress historian Camille Benda

LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper publisher has begun its court appeal against a judge’s ruling that it invaded the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, arguing that she knew the letter would potentially be published. Publisher Associated Newspapers is fighting back against