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  • Recession has struck some of the world's top economies. Yet, The US keeps defying expectations

    02/16/2024 8:18:26 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 32 replies
    Marketbeat via AP ^ | 02/16/2024
    NEW YORK (AP) — As some of the world’s biggest economies stumble into recession, the United States keeps chugging along. Both Japan and the United Kingdom said Thursday their economies likely weakened during the final three months of 2023. For each, it would be the second straight quarter that’s happened, which fits one lay definition for a recession. Yet in the United States, the economy motored ahead in last year’s fourth quarter for a sixth straight quarter of growth. It’s blown past many predictions coming into last year that a recession seemed inevitable because of high interest rates meant to...
  • Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

    12/28/2023 1:48:48 PM PST · by Navy Patriot · 34 replies
    Fox News KEVN (Black Hills) ^ | December 28, 2023 | WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, AP
    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days. The war has already killed over 20,000 Palestinians and driven around 85% of the population of 2.3 million from their homes. Much of northern Gaza has been leveled, and it has been largely depopulated and isolated from the rest of the territory for weeks. Many fear a similar fate awaits the south as Israel expands...
  • UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war

    12/21/2023 7:54:41 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 40 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | December 21, 2023 | BY NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY AND COLLEEN BARRY
    RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies that highlights the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s bombardment and siege on the territory in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The extent of the population’s hunger eclipsed even the near-famines in Afghanistan and Yemen of recent years, according to figures in the report. The report warned that the risk of famine is “increasing each day,” blaming the hunger on insufficient aid entering Gaza. “It doesn’t get...
  • Israel quietly arms Azerbaijan in the recapture of separatist region Nagorno-Karabakh

    10/08/2023 3:06:44 PM PDT · by euram · 42 replies
    FOX ^ | Oct 5 2023 | AP
    On Sept. 19, Azerbaijan launched an assault to recapture separatist region Nagorno-Karabakh. The reintegration of Nagorno-Karabakh into Azerbaijan has prompted tens of thousands of Armenians to flee. Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh has been quietly fueled by Israel’s powerful weapons. Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say.
  • Whopping 64% of Americans Say They ‘Definitely’ Or ‘Probably’ Would NOT Support Trump For President in 2024: AP Poll

    08/16/2023 2:39:23 PM PDT · by Trump20162020 · 239 replies
    Mediaite ^ | August 16, 2023 | Alex Griffing
    A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll out Wednesday found that former President Donald Trump is increasing his grip on the Republican Party but still distancing a majority of the American electorate. The poll found that 63% of Republican voters “now say they want the former president to run again,” noted an AP summary. The strong support from inside the GOP marked an increase from the same poll last April, which showed 55% of Republican voters wanted to see Trump on the party’s ticket again. “Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an...
  • US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures

    08/03/2023 10:18:22 AM PDT · by McGruff · 64 replies
    AP ^ | August 3, 2023 | LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL
    The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, four American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. Since 2019, Iran has seized a series of ships in the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, as part of its efforts to pressure the West over negotiations regarding its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers. Putting U.S. troops on commercial ships could further deter Iran from seizing vessels — or escalate tensions further....
  • AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

    05/14/2023 11:31:37 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 10 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 14, 2023 | David Klepper and Ali Swenson
    Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. […] Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos and audio in seconds, at minimal cost. When strapped to powerful social media algorithms, this fake and digitally created content can spread far and fast and target highly specific audiences, potentially taking campaign dirty tricks to a new low. The implications for the 2024 campaigns and...
  • Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers’ homes

    01/16/2023 7:38:26 PM PST · by Berlin_Freeper · 21 replies
    apnews.com ^ | January 16, 2023 | RIO YAMAT
    A failed Republican state legislative candidate who authorities say was angry over losing the election last November and made baseless claims that the election was “rigged” against him was arrested Monday in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico’s largest city.
  • AP-NORC poll: Many remain critical of state of US democracy

    10/18/2022 10:42:58 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 20 replies
    Associated Press ^ | October 19, 2022 | Gary Fields and Christina A. Cassidy
    Many Americans remain pessimistic about the state of U.S. democracy and the way elected officials are chosen — nearly two years after a divisive presidential election spurred false claims of widespread fraud and a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. Only about half of Americans have high confidence that votes in the upcoming midterm elections will be counted accurately, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, though that’s an improvement from about 4 in 10 saying that just before the 2020 presidential election. Just 9% of U.S. adults think democracy is working “extremely”...
  • Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws

    10/17/2022 11:38:39 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 3 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | October 17, 2022 | By SUDHIN THANAWALA (D-AP) GARY FIELDS (D-AP)
    ATLANTA (AP) — Rhonda Briggins spent much of Election Day in 2020 at an Atlanta polling place handing out water and snacks to encourage voters to stay in an hourslong line to cast their ballots, something her historic Black sorority has done for decades in Georgia. This election, Briggins and some of her thousands of sorority sisters are trading that role for a potentially more contentious one: ensuring voters aren’t disenfranchised by a slew of new voting restrictions passed by the Republican-led Legislature. They include a ban on giving food and drinks to waiting voters. The law, which a federal...
  • Shying from Trump, ex-Maine Gov. Paul LePage seeks job back

    10/01/2022 1:37:44 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 5 replies
    Associated Press ^ | October 1, 2022 | David Sharp
    When then-Maine Gov. Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, he credited himself as a prototype for the insurgent presidential candidate. “I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular, so I think I should support him since we are one of the same cloth,” said LePage, whose two terms in office were punctuated by brash behavior and frequently offensive comments. Now, as LePage is running for a third term after a brief retirement to Florida, he rarely talks about Trump in public, and his advisers say LePage’s hiatus from politics changed him. He’s eager to show he’s smoothed over...
  • New York Poised to Strengthen Oversight of Nonpublic Schools

    09/17/2022 6:18:20 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 19 replies
    AP ^ | 9/12/22 | Carolyn Thompson
    New York is poised to strengthen its oversight of private and religious schools following years of complaints that thousands of children are graduating from ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools lacking basic academic skills, including the ability to read English. A Board of Regents committee unanimously approved guidelines Monday to make sure instruction at the state’s private and religious schools is equivalent to that of its public schools. The rules would apply to all of New York’s 1,800 nonpublic schools but would have the greatest impact on the ultra-Orthodox schools, called yeshivas, some of which provide rigorous religious instruction but little or no...
  • Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories

    09/16/2022 10:20:57 AM PDT · by tkocur · 84 replies
    AP News ^ | 16 September 2022 | DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON
    After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows. On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform, the Republican former president reposted an image of himself wearing a Q lapel pin overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming.” In QAnon lore, the “storm” refers to Trump’s final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television. As Trump contemplates another run for the presidency and has become increasingly assertive in the Republican...
  • Monkeypox cases dropping, but racial disparities growing

    09/07/2022 3:48:39 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 33 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | September 7, 2022 | By AMANDA SEITZ
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus, despite worsening racial disparities in reported cases. Promising to ramp up vaccination offerings at LGBTQ Pride festivals around the country in the coming weeks, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the deputy coordinator of the White House national monkeypox response, said more than 460,000 doses have been given. The U.S. leads the world with infections — as of Tuesday 20,733 cases had been reported — with men accounting for about 98% of cases and men who said they...
  • Trump’s angry words spur warnings of real violence

    08/16/2022 2:28:27 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 87 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | August 16, 2022 | By DAVID KLEPPER (D-AP)
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with an AR-15 dies in a shootout after trying to breach FBI offices in Cincinnati. A Pennsylvania man is arrested after he posts death threats against agents on social media. In cyberspace, calls for armed uprisings and civil war grow stronger. This could be just the beginning, federal authorities and private extremism monitors warn. A growing number of ardent Donald Trump supporters seem ready to strike back against the FBI or others who they believe go too far in investigating the former president. Law enforcement officials across the country are warning and being warned...
  • Anti-Black, gay, Asian bias fuel California hate crime surge

    06/28/2022 1:20:58 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 31 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | June 28, 2022
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hate crimes driven by homophobia and racism resulted in a 33% surge in reported incidents in California last year, following a similar spike in hate-driven attacks the year prior and confirming what officials have been hearing anecdotally since the pandemic began, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Rob Bonta said that crimes against Black people were again the most prevalent in 2021, climbing 13% from 2020 to 513 reported incidents. Hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bias increased nearly 50% to 303 incidents while crimes against Asian Americans were up 178% to 247 incidents....
  • Republican Senate candidates promote ‘replacement’ theory

    05/17/2022 3:24:47 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 51 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | May 17, 2022 | By STEVE PEOPLES (D-AP)
    NEW YORK (AP) — Several mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the “great replacement” conspiracy theory once confined to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters this campaign season, promoting the baseless notion that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people in America. In some cases, the comments have gone largely overlooked given the hard-line immigration rhetoric that has become commonplace among conservatives during the Trump era. But a weekend mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that may have been inspired by the racist theory is drawing new attention to the GOP’s growing...
  • Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021

    12/29/2021 8:26:41 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 30 replies
    Associated Press ^ | December 27, 2021 | David Bauder
    The presidential election, pandemic and racial reckoning were stories that drove intense interest and engagement to news outlets in 2020. To a large degree, 2021 represented the inevitable hangover. Various metrics illustrate the dwindling popularity of news content. Cable news networks were the main form of evening entertainment for millions of Americans last year. In 2021, weekday prime-time viewership dropped 38% at CNN, 34% at Fox News Channel and 25% at MSNBC, according to the Nielsen company. The decline was less steep but still significant at broadcast television evening newscasts: 12% at ABC’s “World News Tonight” and the “CBS Evening...
  • AP: In Rittenhouse case, Americans see what they want to see

    10/30/2021 6:52:18 PM PDT · by RandFan · 62 replies
    AP ^ | Oct 30 | By SCOTT BAUER
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the streets of Kenosha during protests over the police shooting of a Black man, he’s personified America’s polarization. The 17-year-old from Illinois who carried an AR-style rifle and idolized police was cheered by those who despised the Black Lives Matter movement and the sometimes destructive protests that followed George Floyd’s death. He was championed by pro-gun conservatives who said he was exercising his Second Amendment rights and defending cities from “antifa,” an umbrella term for leftist militants. Others saw him as the most worrisome example yet of...
  • Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards

    10/25/2021 11:03:52 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 15 replies
    Associated Press ^ | October 25, 2021 | Michael Melia
    A racial reckoning began years ago for the Guilford (Connecticut) school system, first with an episode in which a student wore blackface makeup to a home football game and then a fraught debate over the elimination of its mascot, the Indians. After the killing of George Floyd, district leaders announced they were doubling down on efforts to address social justice and racism in schools and teaching materials. But an organized pushback in the overwhelmingly white community began last year with a petition for the superintendent’s removal. This summer, conservative activists won the GOP’s endorsement for school board, knocking out three...