US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is...
Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Brustein, a giant in the theatrical world as critic, playwright, crusader for artistic integrity and founder of two of...
Crowd storms Russian airport to protest flight from Israel
MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest...
UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and...
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after...
In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After being in office for over a decade, Mississippi state Sen. Dean Kirby got challenged in the Republican primary. He...
In Myanmar, a Facebook post deemed inflammatory led to an ex-minister’s arrest
BANGKOK (AP) — A former high-profile Myanmar army officer who had served as information minister and presidential spokesperson in a previous military-backed government has...
Israeli media, also traumatized by Hamas attack, become communicators of Israel’s message
When 85-year-old Israeli woman Yocheved Lifshitz was released from Hamas captivity last week, she was warmly welcomed home. Then she began to speak.Addressing reporters...
Russians commemorate victims of Soviet repression as a present-day crackdown on dissent intensifies
LONDON (AP) — Russians commemorated the victims of Soviet state terror on Sunday, while the Russian government continues its crackdown on dissent in the...
Thousands of Ukrainians run to commemorate those killed in the war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Around 2,000 Ukrainians ran a one-kilometer race on Sunday in Kyiv, wearing bibs displaying the name of a person instead...
Video game adaptation ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130 million global debut
It hardly mattered that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend. Fans flocked to movie theaters across...