Month: May 2021

WASHINGTON — With employers hiring, consumers spending and companies raising some prices, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is embarking on a high-stakes gamble. Powell’s bet is that the Fed can … Read More

And then, there is Earth. When we think about space, we rarely consider our own planet, a “blue marble” against the dark void. Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who we … Read More

PARIS — Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — … Read More

Warren Buffett’s company reported a nearly $12 billion profit in the first quarter a year after a major loss when the value of its stock investments plummeted because of the … Read More

Maine’s seaweed farmers are in the midst of a spring harvest that is almost certain to break state records By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press May 1, 2021, 12:18 PM • … Read More

“I think we can confidently say the worst is behind us,” the Dean of Brown University School of Public Health Dr. Ashish Jha said Friday on “Good Morning America.” “We … Read More

Workers and  union leaders have dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for boisterous May Day marches By NICHOLAS GARRIGA, NINIEK KARMINI and JOHN LEICESTER … Read More

Police say they have received a ‘report of a sex offence’ and urge victims to come forward hours after Noel Clarke furiously denied ‘any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing’ over … Read More

His country was on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. That day, India recorded more than 261,000 new coronavirus cases — more than many countries have seen during the entire … Read More