Month: June 2022

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a time when rising gasoline and food prices are already straining Americans’ budgets, many apartment tenants are grappling with soaring rents. Some parts of Florida saw median rents soar more than 50% in April, while nationally median rent has set all-time highs for 14

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld part of a 2020 Connecticut police accountability law that allows public disclosure of state trooper personnel files and internal investigations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Thursday rejected a challenge by the Connecticut State Police Union. The union argued the

Associated Press Tesla shares tumbled about 9% Friday on a report that CEO Elon Musk is considering laying off 10% of the company’s workers, as well as new questions from U.S. regulators over complaints of the electric vehicles braking for no reason. In an email Thursday to Tesla executives titled “pause all hiring worldwide,” Musk

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s authorities are reminding citizens they can rummage state forests for firewood to heat their homes. The go-ahead comes amid soaring energy costs exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Opponents of the country’s populist right-wing government called the firewood reminder a sign that the right-wing populist government has failed to manage

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s center-right Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is set to start power-sharing talks with two small center-leaning parties after her governing coalition broke up due to a dispute over welfare policy amid soaring inflation. The Baltic country’s President Alar Karis approved Friday’s move by Kallas — Estonia’s first female prime minister —