By Michael R. SisakAssociated Press Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre – $49.3 million in damages, and counting, for claiming the nation's deadliest school shooting was a hoax – a punishing salvo in a fledgling war on harmful misinformation. But what does this […]

BEIJING (AP) China is staging live-fire military drills in six self-declared zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island Beijing claims as its own territory. China has warned aircraft and ships to avoid the areas during the exercises, which run through Sunday. The drills appear to […]

By Fatima HusseinAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Dave Muffley thought he had it made when it came to a solid retirement. The Indiana man spent roughly 30 years as a salaried maintenance technician for Delphi Corp., a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., and expected to retire with a comfortable income by the time he hit 62. […]

By Ken Sweet, Michael Casey And Alex Veiga NEW YORK (AP) It’s the summer that cooled off the housing market. Rising mortgage rates have combined with already high home prices to discourage would-be buyers. Mortgage applications have declined sharply. Sales of previously occupied homes have fallen for five straight months, during what is generally the […]

By Cora Lewis & Adriana MorgaAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist in June. It accelerated. For the 12 months ending in June, the government’s consumer price index rocketed 9.1%, the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981. And that was nothing next to what energy prices did: Fueled by heavy demand and by […]

By Michael HillAssociated Press CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with thin-leafed plants stretching toward the sun in farms around the state. In a novel move, New York gave 203 hemp growers first shot at cultivating marijuana destined for legal sales, which could start by the end […]

By MARINA VILLENEUVEAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is running for election to the post after assuming it following Andrew Cuomo's resignation, faced off Thursday in a final debate with two of her fellow Democrats, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City's elected public advocate, Jumaane Williams, who are […]

WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration said Wednesday that a funding crunch is forcing it to divert more than $10 billion in coronavirus relief from test procurement and other efforts as it tries to come up with money to secure the next generation of vaccines and treatments for some high-risk Americans. The White House said it […]

NEW YORK (AP) Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to have opted against mounting an independent run for his old job – at least for now. Cuomo, who resigned in August amid allegations he sexually harassed multiple women, had said he was open to running for governor this year, despite the scandal. But 5 […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York will temporarily set aside its time limit for adults who were sexually assaulted to bring lawsuits under a law signed Tuesday – a measure similar to one for child victims that sparked a surge of court actions. The Adult Survivors Act signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul will open a one-year […]