Month: November 2023

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner says for the agency to keep building on its customer service and enforcement priorities it needs a reliable funding stream. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Tuesday at an event with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen the debate over IRS funding comes down to a fundamental

By MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Denver-area police officer of manslaughter, following trial testimony that he put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died. The acquittal came Monday in the

By SHONAL GANGULY and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Masks are back on the New Delhi streets as residents grapple with the annual surge in air pollution that has engulfed the Indian capital region. Primary schools have been ordered shut this week and polluting vehicles and construction banned as a thick cover

By LORNE COOK and HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO allies have frozen their participation in a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s withdrawal from the pact. Many of NATO’s 31 allies have signed the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government is setting out a pre-election policy slate including tougher sentences for criminals and measures to boost economic growth. The plans are included in the King’s Speech read out by King Charles III at the State Opening of Parliament. The speech is written by Prime

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is reporting an 18% rise in its net profit for the first fiscal half, as sales were boosted by its hit Super Mario movie. Nintendo reported Tuesday a six-month profit of nearly 271.3 billion yen, or $1.8 billion. Sales surged 21%. Demand is strong for

BEIJING (AP) — The Philadelphia Orchestra has returned to Beijing for a tour that will mark 50 years since its historic performance in China, the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. The orchestra first visited China in September 1973,

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Wednesday as attention focused on prospects for improved China-U.S. relations from meetings next week on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim summit. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings in San Francisco offer an opportunity for top leaders from the

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Efforts to rebuild a California town nearly wiped out by wildfire five years ago are being stymied by high home insurance costs. Residents of Paradise are experiencing sticker shock on renewal policies that near or surpass $10,000. The Nov. 8, 2018, fire that ripped through Paradise

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan McCaffery has won an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, preserving its 5-2 Democratic majority. McCaffery, a judge on a statewide appellate court, beat Republican Carolyn Carluccio in Tuesday’s general election. He had positioned himself as a defender of abortion rights and other rights