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What the Fed’s rate cut means for consumers, businesses and investors

Taylor Telford, Julie Zauzmer Weil
Sep 18, 2024 2:01 pm - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week for the first time in four years, putting an end to its longest cycle of rate increases in roughly a decade. “This will i...
Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay

By TOM KRISHER
Sep 18, 2024 8:12 am - Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shu...
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by sizable half-point, signaling end to its inflation fight

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
Speaker Johnson takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 18, 2024 8:03 am - WASHINGTON — The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a m...
What to know about the deadly pager explosions targeting Hezbollah

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and SARAH PARVINI
Sep 18, 2024 7:01 am - NEW YORK — In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesd...
Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a 'new phase' of war

By JOHNSON LAI, JUSTIN SPIKE and BASSEM MROUE
Sep 18, 2024 6:55 am - BEIRUT — Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after...
Catch a partial lunar eclipse during September’s supermoon Tuesday

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
Sep 17, 2024 11:37 am - NEW YORK — Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and South America ...
Speaker Johnson sets House vote on government funding bill after a one-week postponement

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 17, 2024 11:17 am - WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins on...
Flames from massive pipeline fire near Houston subside but continue burning

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Sep 17, 2024 10:24 am - DEER PARK, Texas — A flame that towered over a southeast Houston suburb had subsided Tuesday, but continued to burn following a massive pipeline explosion after a vehicle...
Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

By BASSEM MROUE
Sep 17, 2024 10:21 am - BEIRUT — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people — i...

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