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Indiana Jones hits theaters for one last adventure, but box office prospects look shaky

Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”DisneyIt’s Harrison Ford’s final bow as the boulder-dodging, whip-wielding, Nazi-punching Indiana Jones.On Friday, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” arrives in theaters, marking the fifth and likely final chapter in the Lucasfilm movie franchise.Disney spared no expense in bringing the film… […]

China’s factory activity shrinks for a third month as recovery momentum stalls

China’s factory activity in June contracted for a third month, while non-manufacturing activity was at its weakest since Beijing abandoned its strict “zero Covid” policy late last year.The latest data points to a patchy recovery in the world’s second-largest economy as the growth momentum fizzles.The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 49.0… […]

Professor and 2 others stabbed in gender issues class at Canadian university. Suspect is in custody

By ROB GILLIES Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TORONTO (AP) — A suspect has been charged in the stabbing of a professor and two students during a class on gender issues at Canada’s University of Waterloo in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack.Waterloo Regional Police say Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, an international student… […]

Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says

By PATRICK WHITTLE Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan,… […]

Rain hasn’t quelled Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say

By ROB GILLIES Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TORONTO (AP) — Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.Smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains… […]

US public debt projected to reach 181% of economic activity in 30 years

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office is giving the world a concerning look at the U.S. government’s ledgers: ever higher deficits, greater government spending and tax revenues that only begin to increase when existing tax cuts expire.The nonpartisan agency estimates in its latest… […]

Betty Jean Hall, advocate who paved the way for women to enter coal mining workforce, dies at 78

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Betty Jean Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce, has died. She was 78. Hall died Friday in Cary, N.C., where she had lived since her retirement in 2019, her daughter Tiffany Olsen told The Associated Press on […]

East Palestine residents want more time and information before deciding to accept $600M settlement

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Some East Palestine Ohio, residents want more time and more information before they have to decide by a deadline this week whether to accept their share of a $600 million class-action settlement with Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous train derailment. But it’s not clear whether the judge […]

17,000 AT&T workers in Southeast strike over contract negotiations

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than 17,000 AT&T workers in nine states across the Southeast are on strike after accusing the company of unfair labor practices during contract negotiations this summer. The Communications Workers of America — the union representing the striking employees — said workers walked off […]

Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARK BANCHEREAU Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States, the country’s health minister said Monday, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency […]