Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near
WASHINGTON (AP) — U. S. inflation accelerated last month as gas, clothes, and air fares got more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before the midterm elections that have focused heavily on issues related to affordability. The consumer price index rose 3. 7% in September compared with a year ago, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 3. 4% in August. On a monthly basis, costs jumped 0. 6% from August to September, the biggest gain in a...
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- Katie Zacharias White House debut raises new questions about the press secretarys job
- US futures mostly higher as Wall Street braces for latest consumer inflation report
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- Trump went all the way to Alaska in a sign of just how close its Senate race may be
- Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners about missiles headed to Kyiv
Tue, 13 Oct 2026
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- Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung
- US hits Bank of America with $1.2 billion fine, saying it violated money laundering, sanctions laws
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- Duane Keffe D Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur
- Cornell suspends fraternity parties, gives state police role in investigating campus assault reports
- Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf course until Oct. 26
- MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military sites and suspected plot at RAF Fairford is not unique
- Trumps ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct
- Congos confirmed Ebola cases exceed 9,000 as containment efforts falter
- Cyberattacks hit European supermarket chains and disrupt refrigeration systems
- Florida executes a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence
- The first big batch of US profit reports for the summer has Wall Street mixed
- Supreme Court agrees to hear watchdog lawsuit seeking records on Elon Musks DOGE
- Saudis tell Sanaa residents around oil facility to evacuate, and other Middle East developments
- Trump says he cares for Americans. They think hes more focused on his wealth, an AP-NORC poll finds
- Six Flags closes 9 rides after 1 person dies in an incident involving a roller coaster in Georgia
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- IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt
- Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial over Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shooting
- Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal
- Storms cause 5 deaths in Mexico as flood risk eases in southwestern US
- Trumps diesel deal with Putin draws criticism from a frustrated Congress
- Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting a police officer and nurse
- Agents search Rep. Omars Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she wont be silenced
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- US stocks hover near their latest record in mixed trading on Wall Street
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- Munition blast during school trip kills student in Israel, and other Mideast developments
- 2 American economists win Nobel for work on managing economic shocks
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- Pope will be admitted to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says
- A Spanish-language radio show overflows with voters frustration in Pennsylvania battleground
- Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads
- Pope Leo XIV will have surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule on his lung
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- Isaias moves north into Appalachians and mid-Atlantic; Southern California battered by Rachel
- Saudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killed
- Six senators call for Trump administration to immediately reverse course on Russian diesel plan
- Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an energy ceasefire but Kyiv says attacks continue
- Iran calls latest US response to proposal insufficient, and other Mideast developments
- Georgia takes over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 with Notre Dame, Miami next; Oregon is out of the poll
- Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexicos Pacific coast
- Polish police arrest a man suspected of planning to attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk
- Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them before the midterms
- Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trumps tariffs
- Pakistani president suspends provincial government led by Khans party ahead of march
- Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. Hes happy to oblige
- Nonpartisan state Supreme Court elections are being put to the test in Montana
- Cubans turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce
- Czech opposition outpaced the ruling party in first round of Senate election
- Polish leader says school attacks were fueled by online glorification of violence
- Panama declares a state of emergency as powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities
- 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
- DOJ says its investigating whether White House TV pools coverage halt violated antitrust law
- 12 killed and over 300 hurt in latest attack on Riyadh airport, Saudi authorities say
Sat, 10 Oct 2026
- Puerto Vallarta boards up as Hurricane Simon hits Category 4 strength
- Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say
- Pope Leo declares death penalty inadmissible as his native US plans to livestream execution
- Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
- Christa Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys say
- A third school attack in less than a week shakes Poland
- Trumps Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage
- The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions
- A small-town Alaska fisherman has Republicans on the defensive as they try to keep US House majority
- Adult acne is real, but there are ways to treat it. Heres what to know
- Drone strike in Sudan kills 40, Lebanon welcomes US flight ban lift, and other Mideast developments
- Wildfires threaten Indonesias orangutans as rescuers find injured animals
- India cracks down on youth protests as anger grows against Modi and election chief
- Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding
- Trump and Iran agree on one thing. The US election calendar isnt driving their decisions on the war
- Trump veers into Nobel Prize grievances during upstate New York rally on day award is announced
- Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations
Fri, 09 Oct 2026
- Videos show ICE shooting in NYC unfolded in a few chaotic seconds
- Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
- Trump names commentator Katie Zacharia of his media company as next White House press secretary
- Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooters execution
- Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86
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- US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal
- Republicans once raced to embrace Trump. Their debate answers tell a different story now
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- How Texas landowners are fighting back against Trumps border wall
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- Residents board up windows and National Guard troops deploy as Hurricane Isaias nears US Gulf Coast
- A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for hateful speech
- New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
- Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
- The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
- The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
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- Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
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- Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say
- Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space
- Strike on Ukrainian public buses leaves 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv
- Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful
- Canadian author Anne Carson wins literature Nobel for bold and inventive works that blend genres
- Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation
- Higher oil prices pull the US stock market further from its record
- Most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast, a new AP-NORC poll finds
- Russias public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case
- Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season
- As Democrats eye big midterm wins, Republicans look to turn the tables in some House districts
- FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year
- Texas carries out nations first execution since Christa Pikes failed lethal injection
- Two lawsuits challenge Trumps taxpayer-funded ads, alleging they violate propaganda law
- Cornell gang-rape accuser was misled about criminal investigation, her lawyer says
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- Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died in hospital
- FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle
- Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says
- Israelis mourn Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians in Gaza languish in ruins of the war it sparked
- Trumps $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions arent eligible. Critics see a political stunt
- UN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case
- Christa Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?
- Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
- Scars from Oct. 7 fuel deep divisions over Netanyahu ahead of Israeli election
- Wall Street retreats from its record as stocks fall worldwide
- Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US
- Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 24 in a major attack that Kyiv saw coming
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