Dec 10 Why U.S. inflation is so high, and when it may ease By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press For months, many economists had sounded a reassuring message that a spike in consumer prices, something that had been missing in action in the U.S. for a generation, wouldn't stay long. Yet as any American who has bought a carton… Continue reading
Dec 10 Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases By Anne D'Innocenzio The moves are the latest indication of how difficult it is for companies to set firm plans to return workers to the office, with worries about a spike in cases or new variants shifting return-to-office deadlines. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. consumer inflation jumps 6.8 percent in past year, most in almost 40 years By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8 percent in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left Americans enduring their highest annual inflation rate since 1982. Continue reading
Dec 10 WATCH: White House warns Iran of new sanctions if nuclear talks fail By Associated Press White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration is preparing fresh sanctions on Tehran should diplomacy in the nuclear talks fail and Iran's "program continues to accelerate."… Continue reading
Dec 10 As storms start, U.S. states struggle to hire snowplow drivers By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press States from Washington to Pennsylvania and some in the Rocky Mountains are having trouble finding enough people willing to take the comparatively low-paying jobs that require a Commercial Driver's License and often entail working at odd hours in dangerous conditions. Continue reading
Dec 10 Al Unser, a four-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 82 By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press Unser won in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987, and is the only driver with both a sibling and a child who also won the 500. Continue reading
Dec 10 New York will require masks in indoor public places By Associated Press The mask mandate applies to both patrons and staff and will be in effect from Dec. 13 to Jan. 15, after which the state will reevaluate. Continue reading
Dec 10 WATCH: Trial of Kim Potter, ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 3 By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's April 11 death in Brooklyn Center. The former officer has said she meant to use her Taser on the 20-year-old Wright. Continue reading
Dec 10 Supreme Court allowing Texas abortion ban to remain in place By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo. Continue reading
Dec 09 WATCH: Bob Dole memorial services held at the National Cathedral and World War II monument By Will Weissert, Colleen Long, Associated Press Bob Dole has been honored at a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral as top leaders from both parties gathered to display the kind of bipartisanship now rare in modern government. Continue reading