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People walk by monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index, left, and the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia's war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023. That was the sobering forecast issued Tuesday Nov. 22, 2023 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In the OECD's estimation, the world economy will grow just 3.1% this year, down sharply from a robust 5.9% in 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

OECD forecast: High rates, inflation to slow world growth

Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023. … more

By PAUL WISEMAN | 11/22/22

Robert McRuer, and Santy Rodelo, right, both of Washington, embrace during a candlelight vigil held in Dupont Circle, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Washington, in memory of the victims of a gunman who opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 25 injured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrested by police. "I teach LGBTQ studies at George Washington University," says McRuer, "and there are more LGBTQ students each year, it's important that we save those lives." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Veteran among those thanked for stopping gunman at gay club

Colorado Springs police is crediting two men for subduing a gunman at a gay club on Saturday night and saving lives in the process. Police Chief Adrian Vasquez on Monday identified Richard Fierro and … more

By SAM METZ | 11/21/22

Musician Ryan Cassata reads the name of 28-year-old victim Daniel Davis Aston, a bartender killed at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the Transgender Day of Remembrance event in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday night, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mother, friends, performers among dead at Colorado gay club

The five people who were killed at a gay club in Colorado are being remembered as loving parents, enthusiastic performers and longtime patrons who cherished Club Q as a safe haven for members of the … more

By SAM METZ, JAMIE STENGLE and STEPHEN GROVES | 11/21/22

FILE - Lainie Kazan attends the premiere of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" in New York on March 15, 2016. Kazan appears in the 1982 film "My Favorite Year," which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

'My Favorite Year,' comic salute to TV's golden age, hits 40

A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone. “My Favorite Year" is marking its 40th anniversary. Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker star in the … more

By LYNN ELBER | 11/21/22

FILE - A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010. Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species, environmental groups said in a petition Monday, Nov, 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species. Environmental groups said Monday in a petition filed … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 11/21/22

This illustration provided by Tel Aviv University depicts hominins preparing Luciobarbus longiceps fish on the shores of the ancient lake Lake Hula. A recent study found the oldest evidence of using fire to cook, dating back to 780,000 years ago. (Ella Maru/Tel Aviv University via AP)

How cooking food and gathering for feasts made us human

If you're cooking or eating a special dinner this week, you have something in common with our ancient human ancestors. A recent study found the oldest evidence of using fire to cook, dating back to … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 11/21/22

Cars drive through blowing, drifting snow on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg in Erie County, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News via AP)

Biden sending federal aid as NY digs out from huge snowstorm

President Joe Biden is sending federal aid to western New York to help state and local authorities clean up from the massive storm that dumped as much as 6 feet of snow in western and northern New … more

11/21/22

This screengrab from NASA TV shows NASA's Orion capsule, left, nearing the moon, right, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. At center is earth. (NASA via AP)

NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within about 80 miles. The close approach occurred Monday as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/21/22

This undated photo provided by Jeff Aston, shows his son Daniel Aston. Daniel Aston was one of five people killed when a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Saturday night, Nov. 19, 2022. (Courtesy of Jeff Aston via AP)

‘Master of Silly Business’ among 5 dead in Colorado shooting

Daniel Aston would let loose on a typical night at the Club Q in Colorado Springs as a bartender and entertainer, sliding across the stage on all fours. The venue provided Aston, a 28-year-old … more

By JESSE BEDAYN | 11/21/22

Colorado Springs police, the FBI and others investigate the scene of a shooting at Club Q on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo. An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday night. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

The suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb last year. Yet despite that scare, there’s no record police or relatives tried to … more

By BERNARD CONDON and COLLEEN SLEVIN | 11/20/22

Officers investigate a homicide at an apartment complex south of the University of Idaho campus on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Four people were found dead on King Road near the campus, according to a city of Moscow news release issued Sunday afternoon. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

Idaho police seek surveillance video after stabbing deaths

Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus are asking for outside surveillance video. The Moscow Police Department late … more

By KEITH RIDLER | 11/20/22

Law enforcement continue their investigation of a deadly overnight shooting at Coronado Hall on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Police: Shooting involved students from 2 New Mexico schools

Authorities say a New Mexico State University student-athlete was involved in the fatal shooting of a student from the University of New Mexico hours before the scheduled tipoff of a basketball game … more

11/20/22

FILE - Brazil Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at the forum Flexible Inflation Targeting: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings on April 18, 2018, in Washington. Latin American governments have selected Goldfajn to lead the region's largest development bank in the wake of a misconduct probe that led to the firing of the previous president, a former Trump official accused of carrying on an intimate relationship with his chief of staff. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Brazilian economist will lead regional development bank

Latin American governments have selected Brazilian economist Ilan Goldfajn to lead the region’s largest development bank. It follows a misconduct probe that led to the firing of the previous … more

11/20/22

This image released by Marvel Studios shows, from left, Dorothy Steel as Merchant Tribe Elder, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, and Danai Gurira as Okoye in a scene from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." (Marvel Studios via AP)

'Wakanda Forever' extends reign, 'She Said' struggles

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” extended its box-office reign in its second week of release with $67 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. “She Said,” … more

By JAKE COYLE | 11/20/22

Ahmed Osman shovels his walk on the West Side, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. Residents of northern New York state are digging out from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped nearly 6 feet of snow in some areas and caused three deaths. The Buffalo metro area was hit hard, with some areas south of the city receiving more than 5 feet by early Saturday. (Libby March /The Buffalo News via AP)

Parts of NY dig out after potentially 'historic' snowfall

Parts of New York are finally catching a break after a storm dumped snow for days on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed … more

By MAYSOON KHAN | 11/20/22

FILE - In this image provided by the city of Tulsa, Okla., crews work on an excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Oct. 26, 2022, in Tulsa. The latest search for remains of victims of the massacre ended Friday, Nov. 18, with 32 additional caskets discovered and eight sets of remains exhumed, according to the city. (City of Tulsa via AP, File)

Latest search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims comes to end

The latest search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 32 additional caskets discovered and eight sets of remains exhumed. The excavation and exhumations at Tulsa's … more

By KEN MILLER | 11/19/22

Personnel rush to where a person was injured during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Witnesses say people attending the Raleigh Christmas Parade heard the truck's driver screaming that he had lost control of the vehicle and couldn’t stop it before the crash.( (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

Girl killed in float crash at North Carolina holiday parade

Police say a girl died on Saturday after she was struck by a vehicle towing a float for a holiday parade in North Carolina. A Raleigh Police Department news release says the driver who lost control … more

11/19/22

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 that takes aim at medication abortions, asking a federal judge in Texas to undo decades-old approval of the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Opponents file lawsuit targeting medication abortions

Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday that takes aim at medication abortions. The challenge filed Tuesday in Texas asks a federal judge to undo decades-old … more

By PAUL J. WEBER | 11/18/22

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP).

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose. The problem was the latest in an … more

By KIM CHANDLER and JAY REEVES | 11/18/22

FILE - Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta on May 14, 2022. Georgia officials asked a court on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, to immediately block a judge's ruling striking down the state's abortion ban. The ruling allowed the procedure to once again be performed beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia asks court to immediately reinstate abortion ban

Georgia officials have asked a court to immediately block a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s abortion ban. The ruling allowed the procedure to again be performed beyond about six weeks of … more

By SUDHIN THANAWALA | 11/18/22