Many Americans say their household expenses are outpacing earnings this year, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
Russian consumers feel themselves in a tight spot as high inflation persists (apnews.com)
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison (apnews.com)
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs (apnews.com)
From Dec. 1, citizens of five European countries and Malaysia can enter China without a visa (apnews.com)
UN chief gives interview from melting Antarctica on eve of global climate summit (apnews.com)
Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission from beginning to discipline prosecutors (apnews.com)
Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival (apnews.com)
Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change....
Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping (apnews.com)
El Niño-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate (apnews.com)
Myanmar military says drone attack by ethnic armed groups in northeast destroyed about 120 trucks (apnews.com)
EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx (apnews.com)
The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country....
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to the courts (apnews.com)
Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain....
Small Kentucky town urged to evacuate after train derails, spilling chemical (apnews.com)
Chinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet (apnews.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused of 1993 sexual assault in legal filing (apnews.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a legal summons filed Wednesday....
A 'black day' for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides (apnews.com)
US electric vehicle sales to hit record this year, but still lag behind China and Germany (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle sales are expected to hit a record 9% of all passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, according to Atlas Public Policy. That will be up from 7.3% of new car sales in 2022....
Longer droughts in Zimbabwe take a toll on wildlife and cause more frequent clashes with people (apnews.com)
Dozens evacuate and 10 homes are destroyed by a wildfire burning out of control on the edge of Perth (apnews.com)
Several more children sickened by fruit pouches tainted with lead, FDA says (apnews.com)
More children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said....
Walmart shooter who injured 4 in Ohio may have been motivated by racial extremism, FBI says (apnews.com)
A white gunman who opened fire inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself may have been motivated by racist extremism, the FBI said Wednesday....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
Consumers are expected to use “buy now, pay later” payment plans heavily this holiday season, a forecast that bodes well for retailers but that has credit experts again sounding alarm bells....
Haitian police say member of a gang accused of kidnapping Americans has been extradited to the US (apnews.com)