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FILE - People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2011. More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
No Labels asks state Democratic chairs to back off after Biden said democracy allows for third party
A group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket is pleading with state Democratic Party officials not to interfere with its work after President Joe Biden said its … more
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FILE - A member of European Commission, left, prepares to exchange documents with Chinese delegation at a signing ceremony after the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, on Sept. 28, 2015. The European Union's trade commissioner called for a more balanced economic relationship with China on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, noting a trade imbalance of nearly 400 billion euros ($425 billion), while also warning that China's position on the war in Ukraine could endanger its relationship with Europe. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
EU announces plans to better protect its sensitive technologies from foreign snooping
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced plans on Tuesday to better protect its cutting-edge technologies from foreign snooping that might threaten its economy and security in the wake of … more
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File - Construction workers move equipment on Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for August. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
More evidence that the US job market remains hot after US job openings rise unexpectedly in August
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in August, another sign the U.S. labor market remains strong desite higher interest rates — perhaps too strong for the inflation fighters at … more
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A model wears a creation for the Chanel Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Chanel takes a dip: Viard's spring show brings Paris stalwart down to earth
At Chanel’s Paris show models were inspired by the villa Noailles. The old artsy spot was visited by famous names like Lagerfeld. Virginie Viard’s designs were influenced by the villa’s … more
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Carrie Brownstein, left, and Corin Tucker of the band Sleater-Kinney pose for a portrait in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to promote their album "Little Rope." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Sleater-Kinney announce new album ‘Little Rope’ — shaped by loss and grief — will arrive in 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record … more
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FILE - A view of the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. Meta plans to give European Facebook and Instagram users the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media services as a way to comply with the continent’s data privacy rules, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe could get ad-free subscription option, WSJ reports
LONDON (AP) — Meta plans to give Facebook and Instagram users in Europe the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data … more

Bereaved families hold pictures of their loved ones as they stand outside the opening hearing of Module 2 of the UK Covid 19 Inquiry, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Bereaved families are coming together to protest the fact that in the module investigating core government decision making during the pandemic, only 1 bereaved family witness has been called to give evidence, out of the over 230,115 families bereaved by Covid 19. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlight
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation entered its second phase Tuesday, with political decision-making around major … more
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2022, photo, Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, appear in court in Rochester Hills, Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, clearing the way for the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)
Michigan school shooter's parents cleared to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal Tuesday, clearing the way for the parents of a teenager who killed four fellow students in a shooting at Oxford High School to face … more
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FILE - A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially benefitting from speedier procedures. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially … more
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Pedestrians cross a busy streets in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday Sept. 5, 2023. Made up of hundreds of thousands of members, the Nigeria Labor Congress workers association began Tuesday a two-day “warning strike,” in protest of the growing cost of living due to the removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met. their second in over a month. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A government shutdown in Nigeria has been averted after unions suspended a labor strike
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have shut … more
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to lower prescription drug costs and protect Social Security and Medicare, Nov. 5, 2022, in Joliet, Ill. The Biden administration says the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs it selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate. Tuesday's announcement clears the way for talks that could lower their costs in coming years and gives the White House a potential political win heading into next year’s presidential election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
All 10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations will participate, the White House says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs it selected for Medicare's first price negotiations have agreed to … more
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Franziska Ohnsorge, World Bank Chief Economist for South Asia, speaks during the release the October 2023 development updates for India and South Asia, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
South Asia is expected to grow by nearly 6% this year, making it the world's fastest-growing region
NEW DELHI (AP) — South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels, the World Bank said on … more
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FILE - A pedestrian passes by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange electronic screen in Hong Kong on July 21, 2023. Stocks mostly slipped in mixed trading Monday, Oct. 2, as the constrictor of higher interest rates tightened its coils around Wall Street. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Hong Kong down almost 3% on selling of property stocks
Asian markets have declined following a mixed session on Wall Street, where buying was pressured by rising bond yields. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped nearly 3% as investors unloaded property shares. … more
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FILE - A sign displays an unofficial temperature as jets taxi at Sky Harbor International Airport at dusk, July 12, 2023, in Phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona’s most populous city, is in the record books again for notching a record for dry heat. The National Weather Service said Sunday, Oct 1, that the monsoon season this year in the arid Southwest dropped only 0.15 inches (.38 centimeters) of rainfall from June 15 to Sept. 30. That’s the driest since the agency began keeping records in 1895. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Columbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
NEW YORK (AP) — Saying that journalism isn't showing enough urgency in covering climate change, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review is leaving his job to devote his time to try and change … more
File - Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 16, 2023. The fraud trial of Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency brokerage FTX, begins Tuesday with jury selection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried, a tech wunderkind who once promoted his FTX digital coin exchange as a safe way for regular people to get into cryptocurrency, faces the start of a criminal trial … more
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This photo taken from cellphone video provided by Ruby Anderson shows Le’Keian Woods, with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers, as he's taken into custody, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in northeast Florida. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was conducting an administrative review of what happened to see if any policies were violated, the agency said in a statement. (Ruby Anderson via AP)
Jacksonville sheriff says body camera video shows officers were justified in beating suspect
A Florida sheriff says body camera video shows his officers were justified when they beat a drug suspect who appeared to resist arrest even after being zapped with a stun gun. Jacksonville Sheriff … more
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FILE - Twitter, now X. Corp., and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses before his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A California man who says he was harassed after Musk amplified posts on his platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters sued the billionaire for defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday, Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)
Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit in Texas over posts that falsely identified man in protest
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified posts on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely placed the man at a … more
FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the Pelicans and Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. A judge on Monday, Oct. 2, denied requests by three former Memphis officers to have separate trials in the fatal beating of Nichols after a traffic stop. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
Judge denies request by three former Memphis officers to have separate trials in Tyre Nichols death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Monday denied requests by three former Memphis officers to have separate trials in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. Lawyers for Tadarrius … more
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, left, and Kevin Schreiber, CEO of the York County Economic Alliance, walk in York, Pa. on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Powell met with workers, employers and community leaders in York regarding efforts to strengthen the local economy. (AP Photo/Chris Rugebar)
Fed's Powell gets an earful about inflation and interest rates from small businesses
Federal Reserve officials typically gather many of their insights and observations about the economy from some of the top Ph.D. economists in Washington. On a visit Monday to York, Pennsylvania, … more
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FILE - A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. The federal government has joined a number of former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used its own vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The new lawsuit was announced Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers
The federal government has joined 21 former rail workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble … more
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FILE - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks, Feb. 7, 2023, in Redmond, Wash. Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine. Nadella's comments came in a landmark antitrust trial against Google’s parent company, Alphabet. He told a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 that Google’s actions weakened Microsoft’s search engine Bing. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, file)
Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company’s rival program, Bing. His comments came … more
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Congress has been unable to pass a budget for fiscal 2024, which started Sunday. Lawmakers passed a short-term measure to keep government operating at previous funding levels just hours before a Sunday shutdown. (Photo courtesy Architect of the Capitol)
50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona spared as shutdown averted
Congress approved a stopgap measure to keep the government open with just hours to spare Saturday night, heading off a shutdown that would have meant the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones who would have felt the pinch. more
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FILE - Plaintiffs in a climate lawsuit brought by children and young adults in Montana listen to arguments during a May 12, 2023, court hearing in Helena, Mont. The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark ruling in the case from a state judge who said officials weren’t doing enough to protect the plaintiffs from the harms of global warming. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)
Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs … more
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Josh Kruger, left, then the Communications Director, the Office of Homeless Services at City of Philadelphia, at a tent encampment in Philadelphia, on Jan. 6, 2020. The journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia's most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 police said. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless and LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia's most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, … more
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