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Yellen says current US economic growth 'vindicates' Biden's COVID-19 pandemic stimulus spending

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Jan 17, 2024 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pushing back against Republican criticism of the Democrats' big coronavirus pandemic response package and making an electi...
Retail sales up strongly in December as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Jan 17, 2024 8:53 am - NEW YORK — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers in December, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on an upbeat tone and signaling that people ...
Kate, the Princess of Wales, hospitalized for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery

Associated Press
Jan 17, 2024 8:48 am - LONDON — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at The London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palac...
Officials in Thailand say an explosion at a rural fireworks factory has killed at least 23 people

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
Jan 17, 2024 8:01 am - BANGKOK — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed at least 23 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials. The death toll was announced ...
An ice storm is bearing down on the Pacific Northwest as other US regions battle bitter cold

By CLAIRE RUSH
Jan 17, 2024 7:59 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents of the Pacific Northwest suffered through more misery as an ice storm bore down on the region Wednesday, threatening to turn mountain highways ...
Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike by Tehran that killed 2 people

By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL
Jan 17, 2024 7:57 am - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases for a militant Sunni ...
Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal

By KEN SWEET and CORA LEWIS
Jan 17, 2024 7:15 am - NEW YORK — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration ...
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings and injure 17 in latest strikes on civilian areas

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jan 17, 2024 7:13 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv during the night, hitting apartment buildings and a medical center and injuring 17 people in the city in northeastern...
At Davos, Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security

By JAMEY KEATEN
Jan 17, 2024 7:11 am - DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the need for a “pathway to a Palestinian state” during a talk Wednesday at the World Economic Forum...
Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth woman

Associated Press
Jan 16, 2024 9:15 am - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother ...

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