Kecq Powerful Earthquake Strikes Chile; Hawaii on Edge After Tsunami Warning
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, and its officials signaled that they expect to make three quarter-p
stanley cup oint cuts to their benchmark rate next year.Watch the briefing in the player above.Speaking at a news conference, Chair J
stanley cup erome Powell said that Fed officials are likely done raising interest rates because of how steadily inflation has cooled. Inflation has eased over the past year but remains over our longer run goal of 2 percent, Powell said after the Feds 19-member policy committee ended its latest meeting.On Wall Street, traders celebrated the prospect of lower rates ahead. Stock prices soared and bond yields sank after the Fed policymakers signaled that they envision three interest rate cuts in 2024.In response to a question, Powell said the Fed recognizes that keeping rates high for too long, and waiting
stanley cup too long to cut them, could endanger the economy. Were aware of the risk that we would hang on too long before reducing borrowing rates, the Fed chair said. We know thats a risk, and were very focused on not making that mistake. Powell came close to declaring rate hikes over, although he refused to completely shut the door on more increases.WATCH: Biden says hes helped lower inflation during the first meeting of his new supply chain councilThe central banks policymakers, he said, think its not likely that theyll hike, although they dont want to take that possibility off the table. Bu Tggz Los Angeles approves one of the strictest U.S. vaccination mandates
MEXICO CITY AP 鈥?Mexico sent another planeload of Haitian migrants back to their homeland Wednesday on a flight carrying 129
stanley cup people to Port au Prince.Unlike the first repatriation flight in late September, Mexico did not specify that all those aboard Wednesdays flight were returning voluntarily, and some appear to have been escorted up the steps to the plane by immigration agents.In addition, police, National Guard and immigration agents stood on both sides of the stairs leading to the plane.Wednesdays flight took off from Tapachula, the city near the Guatemalan border where thousands of Haitians wait for their asylum or refugee claims to be processed.READ MORE: U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, citing inhumane deportation of HaitiansIn early September, groups of hundreds of migrants set out walking from Tapachula, in many cases fed up with waiting for the overburdened asylum system to process their cases. Each time, Mexican authorities broke up the groups.Later in the month, some 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants appeared at the Mexico-U.S. border. Some of them also had open asylum cases in Mexico but had grown tired of waiting. U.S. authorities spent a week clearing that camp in Del Rio, Texas, deporting some directly to Haiti and releasing others into the United States
nike dunk with the expectation they
asics would appear before immigration officials at a later date.Some of those migrants who were detained by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Acu帽a, across from Del Rio, were sent back sout
Xkly Pence tells Pelosi he won t invoke the 25th Amendment
WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump said he has told the leaders of Mexico an
stanley cup d Canada that he will not pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement at this time, but could still withdraw if he concludes a renegotiated pact is not a fair deal for all.Trump tweeted early Thursday that he has agreed to remain a partner in the much-discussed trade agreement in calls he received from Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The White House released a statement late Wednesday saying only that Trump had assured the two leaders in phone conversations that the U.S. would not withdraw from NAFTA at this time.In his Twitter post, Trump called America relationships with the two hemispheric neighbors very good and said the prospects of a renegotiated deal are very possible. But he also said that his consent to remaining in NAFTA for now is 8220 ubject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA.I received calls from the President of Mexico and
stanley cup the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate. I agreed..mdash; Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump April 27, 2017 8230 ubject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then termi
stanley cup nate NAFTA. Relationships are good-deal very possible!mdash; Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump April 27, 2017Speaking to reporters Thursday before a White House meetin Uxxl New report details how the next Sandy Hook might be prevented
KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze
stanley cup lenskyy said in an early morning video address that Ukraine is seeing a buildup of Russian forces for new strikes on the Donbas, and we are preparing for that.READ MORE: Ukraine refugee total exceeds worst-case U.N. estimateMeanwhile, a convoy of buses headed to Mariupol in another bid to evacuate people from the besieged port city after the Russian military agreed to a limited cease-fire in the area. And a new round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting was scheduled for Friday.The Red Cross said its teams were headed for Mariupol with medical supplies and other relief and hoped to take civilians out of the beleaguered city. Tens of thousands have mana
yeezy ged to get out in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing the city population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000 as of last week, but other efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks.At the same time, Russian forces shelled suburbs of Kyiv that Ukraine recently retook control of, a regional official said, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significan
stanley cup tly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv to increase
Nzes President Says Major Battles in Iraq Over, Rebuilding Remains
The Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in New York Times Square last month pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism-related charges in federal court.Faisal Shahzad, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., entered a ple
stanley cup a to the first of 10 charges in an indictment, but said he plans to plead guilty to all of them, The Associated Press reported. He told the judge he wanted to plead guilty and 100 times more and warned that unless the U.S. leaves Muslim lands, We will be attacking U.S.He was arraigned Monday by U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum in a Manhattan courtroom. He faces life in prison and has been cooperating with authorities since he was arrested, officials said.Shahzad made the plea and an accompanying statement as the judge began asking him a lengthy series of questions to ensure he understood his rights. She did not immediately accept the plea [Updated 5:41 p.m. ET], but she did later in the hearing. Cedarbaum asked Shahzad if he understood he might spend the rest of his life in prison. He said he did.As he entered pleas one-by-one, he started by pleading guilty to attempted use of weapons of mass destruction.Shahzad, who becam
stanley cup e a U.S. citizen last year, was accused of carrying out a plot to detonate a gasoline-and-propane bomb on May 1 in an SUV parked near a Broadway theater. Two days later, he was arrested aboard a Dubai-bound jetliner that was minutes
stanley cup from leaving New York John F. Kennedy Inte Bkbn As Japan premier seeks to ease tensions in Iran, Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport
The latest in a week filled with racial tension on college campuses across the country, students at Howard University are taking precaution after an online threat from an anonymous blogger surf
stanley cup aced Wednesday night.An screen shot of
stanley cup the threat, allegedly from the site 4chan, circulated among students Thursday. In it, the writer referenced events at the University of Missouri and threatened students at the historically black university in Washington, D.C., using racial slurs and writing that it not murder if they ;re black. Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick released an official statement Thursday that said officials are aware of the threat and are incre
stanley cup asing campus security. But students took to Twitter to express their concerns, many saying they felt worried there was not sufficient security, others saying they would avoid campus Thursday. University officials did not cancel classes, but some professors made it clear that those who did not feel comfortable on campus would not be penalized for missing the day.https://twitter/heyyyhotstuff/status/664852680892882944 Racial tensions on college campuses entered the spotlight this past week after a black graduate student at the University of Missouri began a hunger strike to protest what he called a failure by administration to address racism, sexism and homophobia on campus. The strike, which began on Nov. 3, ended Monday with the resignation of university system President Tim Wolfe. Blac
Sghk WATCH: California governor says 4 banks to waive mortgage fees
WASHINGTON 鈥?The Obama administration is directing all U.S. diplomatic
stanley cup posts overseas to review security and the State Department says it will give additional help to embassies and consulates in need.This initiative comes as the Senate Intelligence Committee edges toward releasing parts of a report documenting CIA abuses of terror suspects after the Sept. 11 attacks. The CIA has contested the conclusions of the report.The department disclosure of the move to tighten security was made in a recent letter to Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho. The department i
stanley cup ndicated in the letter that each American diplomatic post was reviewing security to protect American personnel, facilities and interests, including those of private citizens and businesses.Risch and other Republicans had expressed concerns earlier about publicly relea
stanley cup sing the summary and conclusions of the so-called torture report, fearing another Benghazi-like event. The lawmakers voiced concern that a public presentation of harsh interrogation methods, including what Senate investigators describe as cases of torture, could lead to a range of reactions worldwide.Based on these ongoing discussions with our posts overseas, we are prepared to respond to requests for additional security support, Chad Kreikemeier, the State Department legislative point-man, said in an Aug. 29 letter to Risch. A copy was obtained by the Associated Press.Concern about possible fall-out Pzif Adnan Syed s story continues post- Serial in new podcast
AFP/Getty ImagesChina ban on Wall Street Journal and Reuter Chinese-language sites Friday prompted activists to find a weak spot in China expans
stanley cup ive
stanley cup internet censorship system, the Guardian reports. The two sites were blocked after publishing a New York Times expose on business ties between
stanley cup the daughter of former Premier Wen Jiabao and JP Morgan. Both the New York Times English and Chinese-language sites have been blocked since 2012. Charlie Smith, the co-founder of GreatFire.org, a website that monitors internet censorship in China, said these sites are now accessible after replicas of them were created and hosted on servers that could not be blocked without severely disrupting internet traffic. We ;re serving these mirror sites through companies like Amazon, Smith said. For them to block these mirror sites, they ;re going to have to take down Amazon web servers in China, and that would affect thousands of services in China, maybe tens of thousands, he said.H/T Cindy Huang Go Deeper china Support Provided By: Learn more Support PBS News: Educate your inboxSubscribe to Herersquo the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you wonrsquo;t f
Evto IMF and World Bank are urged to boost funding for African nations facing conflict, climate change
Photo by Flikr user jeco.Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tursday query:Susan Schrank: Judy Woodruff mentioned a new student loan repayment program and said we could find information about it on your Making Sense page. Can you direct me to it Paul Solman: Here is Elizabeth Shell comprehensive assembly of Making Sen$e reporting we ;ve done on the student loan issue over the past year or so. She put togeth
stanley cup er enough to keep you reading and watching for a while. As for specific assistance on repayment programs, you might start with this one. There are other programs specific to federal employees and the military.As usual, look for a second post early this afternoon. But please don ;t blame us if events or technology make that impossible. Meanwhile, let it be known that this entry is cross-posted on the Rundown NewsHour blog
stanley cup of news and insight.Follow @paulsolman Go Deeper editors picks
stanley cup making sen$e supreme court the business desk Support Provided By: Learn more Support PBS News: Akdt COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The spread of a new virus in China has deepened fears about the targets of a mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in the far west of the country, human rights advocates said Wednesday.The Uighur Human Rights Project released video and social media posts from China suggesting that many people are quarantined in their homes and unable to get food, creating a pot
stanley cup ential hunger crisis in a region under a government crackdown since April 2017.Members of the group also expr
stanley cup essed alarm about the potential spread of the new coronavirus among the mass detention camps where the State Department says more than a million Uighurs and other ethnic Muslims are held without charge.China has reported 555 cases of the virus among prisoners, though not yet from the detention camps in the Xianjiang region where witnesses say about 60 people are held per cell, so cramped together they are forced to sleep in shifts, and deprived of adequate food or medicine while being
stanley cup subjected to torture.Kuzzat Altay, president of the Uighur American Association and the son of a detainee, called on China to open up the region to international news organizations and other independent monitors and urged the World Health Organization to inspect the camps.China has rejected criticism of its crackdown and said the camps are re-education and vocational schools. But many of those held are highly educated, retirees and business owners.The government on Wednesday also downgraded the threat pose