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US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last?
WASHINGTON (AP) - A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confoun...
Jody Heemstra Oct 30, 2023
DEA's most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'
DECEMBER 1, 2022: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - José Irizarry accepts that he's known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he conspired with Colom...
Jody Heemstra Dec 01, 2022 Steve Mays / CC
Recalled Gerber baby formula was sent to US retailers after recall began, wholesaler says; Contaminated product not distributed to South Dakota
MAY 16, 2023: NEW YORK (AP) - An infant formula recalled over potential bacteria contamination was distributed to retailers across eight states even after the recall begun, according to a release publ...
Jody Heemstra May 16, 2023
Judge approves Minneapolis police reform deal forged after George Floyd's killing
JULY 14, 2023: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - Minneapolis must enact police reforms in the wake of George Floyd's killing, after a judge on Thursday (July 13, 2023) approved a settlement agreement between ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 14, 2023 Fibonacci Blue / CC
Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Russian President Vladimir Putin says a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won't be restored until the West meets Moscow's ...
Jody Heemstra Sep 05, 2023
Millions of old analog photos are sitting in storage; Digitizing them can unlock countless memories
UNDATED (AP)- Old photos can be a treasure that keeps on giving - if you can get them out of boxes and drawers and get at them. That's where digitization comes in. The options for preserving analog ph...
Jody Heemstra Aug 28, 2023 Renato / CC
Following Terrorist Attack on Israel, Treasury Sanctions Hamas Operatives and Financial Facilitators
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions (Oct. 18, 2023) on ten key Hamas terrorist group members, operatives, and financial facilitators in Gaza an...
Jody Heemstra Oct 18, 2023 Kurtis Garbutt / CC
St. Edward's Crown moved out of tower ahead of coronation
DECEMBER 5, 2022: LONDON (AP) - St. Edward's Crown, the centerpiece of the Crown Jewels viewed by millions of people every year at the Tower of London, has been moved to an undisclosed location for mo...
Jody Heemstra Dec 05, 2022 Nathan Hughes Hamilton / CC
More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as South Dakota, other states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
UNDATED (AP)- About 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in more than two dozen states as a post-pandemic purge of the rolls gets underway. Data analyzed by The Associated Press show some st...
Jody Heemstra Jun 19, 2023 Free Dental Photos / CC
Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students
HONOLULU (AP) - A man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, a...
Jody Heemstra Nov 07, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC