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Retail sales rose at healthy pace last month in latest sign of US economy’s health

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Dec 17, 2024 7:44 am - Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season.
Is that a drone or a plane? Experts help explain the differences

By JOHN SEEWER and MARK SCOLFORO
Dec 17, 2024 7:41 am - Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — say it can be tough to tell from miles away. But there are clues.
A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2024 7:38 am - A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.
South Korea’s impeached leader avoids investigators as court begins meeting to determine his fate

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
Dec 16, 2024 8:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol dodged requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law ...
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 16, 2024 7:41 pm - NEW YORK — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immu...
Negotiators say Israel and Hamas are inching toward a ceasefire deal. This is what it may look like

By SAMY MAGDY
Dec 16, 2024 4:24 pm - After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer toward a ceasefire to end their 14-month war. Top officials from the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have resu...
Prince Andrew faces questions over links to accused Chinese spy

By Karla Adam
Dec 16, 2024 3:46 pm - LONDON — Not for the first time, Britain’s Prince Andrew is at the center of a scandal over alleged links to questionable characters. The British establishment is abuzz o...
Canada's finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political career

By ROB GILLIES
Dec 16, 2024 2:23 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful an...
Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
Dec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 16, 2024 1:56 pm - Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected.

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