Feb 15 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office offers bleak reassessment of U.S. economy In our news wrap Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office offered a bleak reassessment of the U.S. economy, a white supremacist was sentenced to life without parole for killing 10 black people in Buffalo last May, the Justice Department closed a… Continue watching
Feb 15 Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz declines to appear before Senate panel By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Starbucks' interim CEO Howard Schutz has declined a request to appear before a Senate committee seeking to question him about the coffee chain's response to an ongoing unionization campaign at the company's U.S. stores. Continue reading
Feb 15 Sweden says its weapons will be a 'significant' boost for Ukraine By John Leicester, Associated Press Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also cautioned that future military aid would have to be balanced with Sweden's own defense needs as a would-be future member of the NATO military alliance. Continue reading
Feb 15 Audit denounces French soccer federation president Noël Le Graët for sexual harassment By Associated Press A government audit says Noël Le Graët no longer has legitimacy to remain as French soccer federation president because his management style and behavior toward women are “incompatible with the exercise of his functions."… Continue reading
Feb 15 Global economy shows resilience, pain 1 year since the start of Ukraine war By Paul Wiseman, David McHugh, Associated Press One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the global economy is still enduring the consequences — crunched supplies of grain, fertilizer and energy along with more inflation and economic uncertainty in a world already contending with too much of both. Continue reading
Feb 15 NATO chief eyes bigger defense budgets, hard spending target amid war in Ukraine By Lorne Cook, Associated Press NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging the 30 member countries to commit to spending at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product on their defense budgets by a set date. Continue reading
Feb 15 Charges dropped against reporter arrested at Ohio news conference By John Seewer, Associated Press Ohio's attorney general says charges have been dropped against a cable news reporter who was pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a news conference in Ohio last week. Continue reading
Feb 15 China threatens to take measures against U.S. entities over downing of balloon By Associated Press China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave no details and did not identify the targets of the measures. Continue reading
Feb 15 Austin's city manager fired over widespread winter power outages By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Officials in Austin, Texas, have fired the city's manager over the delayed response to a massive winter storm that left thousands of residents without power for a week or longer this month. Continue reading
Feb 15 Rep. Matt Gaetz says no charges for him in sex trafficking case By Associated Press Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him. Gaetz, who represents much of the Florida Panhandle, issued a statement through his congressional office that the long-running investigation was over. Continue reading