Aug. 8 By Tim Smart The positive inflation story is about to get a plot twist. Analysts expect that when the Labor Department reports the consumer price index number for July on Thursday, it may show inflation rose from June’s 3% annual rate to 3.2%…

Aug. 7 By Leslie Adler Environmental demonstrators protested on Sunday against plans by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras to drill for oil at the mouth of the Amazon river. “Oil-free Amazon,” said a banner held by the group of 50 protesters outside a convention center…

Aug. 6 By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder A new coronavirus strain has taken over as the top variant circulating in the U.S. EG.5 was responsible for more than 17% of new coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control…

Aug. 4 By Susan Milligan Donald Trump and his supporters have been dreaming of the former president’s return to Washington. This was not what they had imagined. Instead of strutting gleefully and victoriously back to the White House, his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden…

Aug. 2 By Lauren Maxwell he numbers at a Midtown homeless camp next to Cuddy Park have slowly increased ever since the camp was abated in early June to make way for a three-day concert event. While it’s difficult to get exact figures, a count…

Aug. 1 By Dan Whitcomb Two of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s top rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination criticized the Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting him on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss. But Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice…

July 31 By Patricia Zengerle and Ted Hesson Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s political action committee is expected to report on Monday that it has spent about $40 million in legal fees in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump and his advisers, among…

July 30 By Beth Verge The State of Alaska Department of Public Safety has implemented a new program meant to change — and improve — how sex assault survivors can keep track of rape kits. The initiative was rolled out regionally in June, the department…

July 29 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Purdue Pharma from proceeding with a bankruptcy settlement that protects its Sackler family owners from lawsuits. An appeals court rejected a proposed delay earlier this week,…

July 28 By David Morgan and Josephine Walker The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending measures that Congress must enact by Sept. 30 or risk a government shutdown, but Republican infighting over spending levels clouded the path…

July 27 By Jacqueline Thomsen Former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the criminal case over the retention of sensitive government records at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump now faces 40 charges in the…

July 26 By Lauren Maxwell A Korean Air flight touched down at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to a big welcome on Monday morning. Airport, tourism, and city officials were there to mark the first of five charter flights scheduled to bring about 1,000 South…