U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries. The plan announced by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China as the Biden administration weighs a broader response to the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites...

SAN FRANCISCO DE LOBA – A high-profile trial focused on a 2018 tweet about the financing for a Tesla buyout that never happened drew a surprise spectator Friday — Elon Musk, the billionaire accused of misleading investors with his usage of the Twitter...

MINNEAPOLIS — The parents of Amir Locke, who was shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, sued the city and the officer Friday, alleging he was “gunned down in cold blood” in...

LaPORTE COUNTY, Ind. — While freezing in rural LaPorte County, a man was able to capture the rare “green comet” passing by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years Space enthusiasts like Patrick Thompson, a photographer, have been talking about C/2022...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No, it’s not lottery deja vu. There really is another giant lottery jackpot up for grabs Saturday night, the latest in a string of big prizes enticing players to plunk down $2 and try to beat formidable odds. This time, it’s an...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee board on Friday suspended the emergency medical technician licenses of two former Memphis Fire Department employees for failing to render critical care to Tyre Nichols after he took a beating from police that...

KINSHASA – Pope Francis opened the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage by heading to South Sudan on Friday, hoping to encourage the young country’s stalled peace process and draw international attention to continued fighting and a worsening...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled...

VISALIA, Calif. — Two suspects in the massacre of six people last month in central California were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, the Tulare County sheriff said. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the suspects are a 25-year-old man...

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EU ‘anxious to deal’ with unionist concerns over NI Protocol, says Tanaiste By PA News Agency Share 0 Comments Tanaiste Micheal Martin Europe is anxious to deal with concerns that unionists have over the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol,...

Make your money go further at Wayfair’s Big Furniture Sale The American consumer has not regained confidence in spending just yet. Despite the seasonal boost, retail sales figures declined over the last 2 months of 2022, paving the way for a potentially...

From shopping smarter to cooking creatively, here’s how to reduce food waste at home When was the last time you threw out a container of leftovers you’d forgotten about? It may not have felt like a big deal at the time, but food waste is a huge concern....

Which bed-wetting alarm is best? New parents are constantly faced with challenges, some of which they couldn’t have anticipated until they experienced them. For many, their child wetting the bed is at the top of that list. But there is a solution. A...

What’s the best Adidas tracksuit? The Adidas tracksuit is an iconic wardrobe staple for athletes and leisurewear enthusiasts everywhere. A tracksuit is an excellent way to stay warm during competitions, and since it is easy to piece together, many wear...

Artists aren’t all that’s causing a buzz in anticipation of the Grammys It’s been over 2 months since the 2023 Grammy nominations were announced. We’ve had plenty of time to read reactions, scrutinize snubs and wager on winners. All that’s left is...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions. The revised...

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Nicola Bulley has been missing for over six days Police are appealing to find a potential witness as a search party continues to look for missing mum Nicola Bulley. The 45-year-old disappeared while walking her dog last Friday morning (January 27) and...

Ireland must hold a "similar process in parallel" to the Omagh bomb inquiry, Micheál Martin has been urged. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced on Thursday that there would be an independent inquiry into the dissident republican...

FILE - The logo of Honda Motor Company attached to a vehicle is seen at a showroom in Tokyo on May 13, 2022. Honda is expanding the use of hydrogen to include trucks and construction equipment, electricity for buildings and even outer space, not just...

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ruled that Amazon broke labor laws by forcing more than 2,000 delivery drivers to use an app that the company controlled for scheduling work and payments and requiring them to use their own cars and cellphones on the...

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold: 1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California) 2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets,...

Videogame maker Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle federal regulatory charges that it failed to collect and respond to employee complaints of workplace misconduct and violated a federal whistleblower protection rule. The...

Government has blood on its hands, says survivor of transfusions scandal By PA News Agency Share 0 Comments Infected Blood Inquiry A tearful “survivor” of the contaminated blood scandal said the Government has blood on its hands following the end of a...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 1of5This combination of photos show music artists, top row from left, Ashanti, Babyface, Chloe Bailey, Yung Bleu, Mary J. Blige, and Lucky Daye, bottom row from left, Robert Glasper, Muni...

The Princess Royal met mothers and their newborn babies when she returned to a maternity hospital she opened more than 40 years ago. Anne toured the aptly named Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and chatted to proud parents Amy Hartnell and David...

MONTREAL - A letter of support signed by 30 prominent Quebecers, including academics, activists, and community leaders, is asking that Amira Elghawaby be given the chance to fulfil her mandate as Canada’s first special representative on combating...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The car owned by a missing 74-year-old Florida Lyft driver was found in North Carolina and the man who was driving it is wanted in connection with a homicide last week in southwest Florida, authorities said Friday. Lyft...

The victims of a shooting in Goshen, Calif., are displayed during a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Visalia, Calif. (Ron Holman/The Times-Delta via AP)Ron Holman/AP VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Two gang members suspected in the massacre of six...

PARIS — Police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ‘ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years, Interpol and Italian police said on Thursday. Italy’s ANSA news agency...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 1of5FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo the logo for Alphabet appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Alphabet Inc. reports financial earnings on Thursday, Feb. 2,...

California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport amid soaring popularity of the game and a push to get more female athletes on the field. The federated council of the California Interscholastic Federation —...

'There may have been an issue with the dog that led Nicola to go near the water's edge' says Superintendent Sally Riley from Lancashire police - adding 'I don't wish to speculate in that we don't know'. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China’s growing fleet. Operating and support costs grew...

Former top-20 tennis player and U.S. Olympian Varvara Lepchenko’s doping suspension for use of a banned stimulant was reduced from four years to 21 months as part of an agreement with the International Tennis Federation after she appealed to the Court of...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A year after his arrest, Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood is free to resume a soccer career that looked set to make him one of the biggest stars in the sport. Where he goes from here, however, is unknown. The...

HALIFAX — As an immense Arctic air mass settled over the eastern half of Canada today, Environment Canada issued an unusually long list of extreme cold warnings that covered six provinces and communities in both territories. In scores of cities and...

BOSTON (AP) — Wrexham, the fifth-tier Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will send a team to compete in a $1 million, winner-take-all, seven—on-seven tournament in early June in Cary, North Carolina. The 32-team tournament...

Migrants must apply for asylum in court, but many are now in legal limbo without court dates and charging documents, unaware they're passing their one-year deadline to apply. Nearly 600,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. border since March 2021 have been...

Dallas police say they have made an arrest in connection with the case involving emperor tamarin monkeys reported missing from the Dallas Zoo. Davion Irvin, 24, was arrested Thursday. Police say the public helped identify Irvin as the man Dallas police...

PARIS – Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born pace-setting designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and his metallic, space-age fashions, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced on its website Friday. "The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to...

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United Parcel Service in April will start to negotiate a new national union contract, with the current one set to expire on July 31. CEO Carol Tomé believes negotiations will conclude before the end of July. "Whether there is a strike of UPS workers is...

Travel agent who pretended to family and customers she had cancer jailed A travel agent who pretended to family and customers that she had cancer as part of a £2.6m con has been jailed for nine years. Married mother-of-two Lyne Barlow, 39, formerly of...

George North says that Wales must go “toe to toe” with Ireland in their quest for victory over the world’s top team on Saturday. An intriguing Guinness Six Nations opener sees Wales, with Warren Gatland back as head coach, targeting an immediate...

Nostalgia sells and marketers know it, having used the brands of yesteryear fully aware that consumers will open their wallets to scratch that sentimental itch. Those oldies but goodies keep popping up today, but increasingly with a twist. Companies...

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan in late February. Federal student loan payments won't resume until the end of August, unless the litigation over the Biden administration's student loan...

An employee works at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greer, South Carolina, October 19, 2022. Bob Strong | Reuters A decrease in the unemployment rate of Black women is heartening, but labor experts warn that the trend shouldn't create any false notions...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of...

Pep Guardiola says that Joao Cancelo has joined Bayern Munich on loan with his very best wishes and insisted City will be more than able to cope in the Portuguese international’s absence for the rest of the season. Men's Team Guardiola: Foden could play...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Does the Federal Reserve have it wrong? For months, the Fed has been warily watching the U.S. economy’s robust job gains out of concern that employers, desperate to hire, will keep boosting pay and, in turn, keep inflation elevated....

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. The U.S. Fish and...

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MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it's looking to find a buyer for Medicago Inc., the Quebec-based COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer that will be shut down by parent company Mitsubishi Chemical. Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Friday the...

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Thomas Frank warns in-form Brentford against complacency ahead of Saints visit By PA News Agency Share 0 Comments Brentford manager Thomas Frank (Zac Goodwin/PA). Brentford boss Thomas Frank has stressed the Bees cannot take anything for granted as they...

The January jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed strong job growth that handily beat expectations. Other labor market data issued this week — the Employment Cost Index and Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — also showed a hot...

DENVER — Police officer Andy Sandoval lives in one the most beautiful places in the world near Vail, Colorado, where world-famous ski resorts are nestled between Rocky Mountain peaks. His living situation for years, though, was far less dreamy. Until...

Three paramedics who responded to the fatal beating of Tire Nichols were fired Monday after an internal investigation, the Memphis Fire Department announced Monday. Robert Long, JaMichael Sandridge and Lt. Michelle Whitaker were found guilty of...

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The Princess and Roman Kemp, the radio host, talk about mental health awareness in a new video for her early years campaign The Princess of Wales has said that people who had unhappy childhoods can still go on to be happy adults in a new video for her...

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Southwest's COO will face questions from senators next week over the airline's holiday meltdown. The airline canceled more than 16,700 flights during the last 10 days of December. The debacle has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers and the Biden...

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Mark Cuban built his fortune in the tech world. That doesn't mean he worships Silicon Valley. The billionaire star of ABC's "Shark Tank" makes a conscious effort to keep his investments outside of the California tech hub, he told Bill Maher on a recent...

Raveena Mathur had heard the rumors about layoffs coming to Silicon Valley for months — but the warnings didn't scare her. She had been working at a Big Tech firm as a senior business analyst for eight months, and was convinced she had one of the most...

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“That ’90s Show” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. The news comes just weeks after the first season of the series debuted on the streamer on Jan. 19. Per Netflix, the show reached Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list in 35 countries, with more than...

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Despite recent mass tech layoffs, STEM careers have remained in high demand — and some cities are better than others for professionals in the field. According to recent BLS data, science, technology, engineering, and math occupations are projected to...

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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. McDonald's — Shares dipped more than 1% after McDonald's reported its latest quarterly results. The fast food giant topped earnings and revenue estimates, saying customers are increasingly...

Get ready to watch the iconic "Breaking Bad" duo reunite during this year's big game The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face on Feb. 12 for Super Bowl LVII, but plenty of viewers tuning into the big game are watching for a different...

An Iowa care facility is facing fines totaling $10,000 after mistakenly pronouncing a 66-year-old resident dead and having her transported to a funeral home, where she woke up "gasping for air." A new report from the Iowa Department of Inspections and...

February 2, 2023 — Paris (AFP) Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who has been jailed for the past six months, said he has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention, according to a statement published by his wife Thursday. Panahi, whose...

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — Authorities searching for three aspiring rappers who have been missing for nearly two weeks found “multiple bodies” Thursday at a vacant Detroit-area apartment building. State police cautioned that the identities of the bodies had...

NEW YORK (AP) — That the death of Tyre Nichols — young, Black, just trying to get home — came at the hands of Memphis police officers was a familiar refrain in the nation’s seemingly endless lamentation of racism and police brutality aimed at Black...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 1of5A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. America’s employers added a robust 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the...

The FTSE 100 has hit a new record high as global inflation and interest rate fears continued to ease. The index of the UK’s largest publicly-listed firms was trading up more than 1% on Friday, helping it to push past its previous peak. The index has...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 1of5Law enforcement personnel work at the scene of a shooting at a Tennessee library, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Memphis. Authorities say one person is dead and a police officer was...

Urges West to supply long-range weapons to help Kyiv push Russian forces out of Donbas European Council President Charles Michel (left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during an EU-Ukraine...

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LONDON: Chelsea have dropped Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and left out new £36 million (US$44 million) signing Benoit Badiashile from their Champions League squad for the rest of the season. The Blues spent in excess of £300 million in the January transfer...

S cottish Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said “no new offer” for teachers would come from the Scottish government following talks with education unions on Friday. It comes as the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union, who represent...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister has met the leaders of rival Tigray forces for the first time since a devastating two-year conflict ended with a peace deal late last year. State media on Friday showed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meeting...

OTTAWA - Canadian swimmer Marks Thormeyer has been banned from competition for 12 months following a doping violation. However, because Thormeyer accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on Feb. 15, 2022, his period of ineligibility will end on Feb....

"Black workers are the canary in the coal mine – are you actually hiring people?" said Bill Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO. The group generally faces higher unemployment and more difficultly in securing work than their White and Asian peers. The...

When opportunity knocked, Dayne St. Clair was ready last season. The Canadian goalkeeper got his chance in Minnesota United’s third game of the year after starter Tyler Miller was sidelined by the flu. St. Clair responded with an MLS player of the week...

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