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Lin-Manuel Miranda attends Clive Davis' 90th birthday celebration at Casa Cipriani on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in New York. Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez will join the Hispanic Federation Tuesday, June 14, 2022 to launch a new advocacy initiative serving Latinx LGBTQ+ communities. The Advance Change Together (ACT) initiative will provide 20 Latinx nonprofits grants (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

Lin-Manuel Miranda helps launch Latinx LGBTQ support program

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez will join the Hispanic Federation Tuesday to launch a new advocacy initiative … more

By GLENN GAMBOA | 6/14/22

Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak after at a joint news conference with Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the headquarters of Poland's Power Grid in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, Thursday, June 2, 2022. The independence of Poland's courts is at the heart of a dispute with the European Union, which has withheld billions of euros in pandemic recovery funds. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Polish leader OKs judiciary law changes deemed insufficient

Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed into law regulations replacing the controversial body disciplining judges with a new accountability panel. The hope is that the move will persuade the … more

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 photograph, beef is displayed in the meat department at Lambert's Rainbow Market, in Westwood, Mass. U.S. producer prices surged 10.8% in May 2022, from a year earlier, underscoring the ongoing threat to the economy from a bout of inflation that shows no sign of slowing. Thursday, June 14, 2022 report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose at slightly slower pace last month than in April, when it jumped 10.9% from a year earlier, and is down from an 11.5% yearly gain in March. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

May US producer prices soared 10.8 % as energy prices jumped

U.S. producer prices surged 10.8% in May from a year earlier, underscoring the ongoing threat to the economy from a bout of inflation that shows no sign of slowing. Thursday’s report from the Labor … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 6/14/22

FILE - An advertisement for Coinbase, center, is displayed on NASDAQ billboard in Times Square, New York, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Coinbase Global says, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs, or approximately 18% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring in order to help manage its operating expenses in response to current market conditions. The company said in a regulatory filing that it expects to have about 5,000 total employees at the end of its current fiscal quarter on June 30. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Coinbase Global plans to cut 1,100 jobs, or 18% of staff

Coinbase Global says it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs, or approximately 18% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring in order to help manage its operating expenses in response to current … more

By The Associated Press | 6/14/22

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing ceremony, June 13, 2022, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden to visit Israel and 'pariah' Saudi Arabia next month

President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. The White House on Tuesday announced the outline of Biden's … more

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER | 6/14/22

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk will participate in a meeting with employees of Twitter on Thursday, June 16, 2022, as the billionaire and social media platform continue to try to push forward on their agreed-to $44 billion acquisition. Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that the meeting will take place, but did not provide any other details about it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk to address Twitter employees for 1st time this week

Elon Musk will address Twitter employees Thursday for the first time since the billionaire and Tesla CEO offered $44 billion to buy the social media platform. Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter … more

Associated Press | 6/14/22

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a press conference for the launch of new paper on Scottish independence, in Bute House, Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Sturgeon launched her campaign for a second independence referendum on Tuesday, arguing that Scotland would be economically better off outside the United Kingdom. (Russell Cheyne/PA via AP)

Scotland leader to start campaign for new independence vote

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is starting her campaign for a second independence referendum. Sturgeon argues that Scotland would be economically better off outside the United Kingdom. … more

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FILE - An oil well works at sunrise Aug. 25, 2021, in Watford City, N.D., part of McKenzie County. U.N. Secretary-Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday, June 14, of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it. Guterres said the war in Ukraine risked worsening the crisis, because major economies were “doubling down on fossil fuels” that are to blame for much of the emissions stoking global warming. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

UN chief: Governments' inaction on climate is 'dangerous'

The head of the United Nations has warned of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it. … more

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FILE - Then-nominee for Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing July 13, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Navy has issued letters of censure to three Marine and two Navy officers in connection with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle off the Southern California coast in 2020 that killed eight Marines and a sailor (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Navy censures 5 in deadly sinking of amphibious vehicle

The Navy has issued letters of censure to three Marine and two Navy officers in connection with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle off the Southern California coast in 2020. The mishap … more

By LOLITA C. BALDOR | 6/13/22

This image provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's giant Starship rocket standing at its Texas launch pad. Elon Musk's company is looking to attempt the first orbital test flight of the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship sometime this year. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX closer to launching giant rocketship after FAA review

SpaceX has cleared a key hurdle for its plan to launch a gigantic, futuristic rocketship into orbit from Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration concluded an environmental review Monday of Elon … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 6/13/22

Daniel Suarez pours wine on his face from the winner's goblet at a NASCAR Cup Series race, Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Column: Suárez's win at last delivers a Mexican Cup winner

Daniel Suarez has had a long journey from Mexico to NASCAR's top series. He had to teach himself English from watching cartoons and constantly worried his language barrier would prevent him from … more

By JENNA FRYER | 6/13/22

FILE - Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Britain’s government is expected to introduce legislation that would unilaterally change post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland amid opposition from lawmakers who believe the move violates international law. The legislation, expected Monday, June 13, 2022, would let the government bypass the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which requires the inspection of some goods shipped there from other parts of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

UK to introduce law unilaterally changing post-Brexit rules

Britain’s government is expected to introduce legislation that would unilaterally change post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland amid opposition from lawmakers who believe the move violates … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 6/13/22

FILE - An advertisement of Bitcoin, one of the cryptocurrencies, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong, on Nov. 18, 2021. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were collapsing in price Monday, June, 13, 2022 after the major crypto lender Celsius halted all withdrawals citing “extreme market conditions." It is the second collapse of a part of the crypto world in the last two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Bitcoin plunges as major crypto lender halts operations

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were collapsing in price Monday, after the major crypto lender Celsius halted all withdrawals citing “extreme market conditions." It is the second collapse of a … more

By KEN SWEET | 6/13/22

FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American locked up by a foreign country. But the WNBA star’s case is tangled up with that of another prisoner few Americans have ever heard of. Paul Whelan has been held in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage charges he and the U.S. government say are false. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

State Department officials meet with Griner's WNBA team

State Department officials have met with representatives of Brittney Griner’s WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury star’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to … more

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine discusses a law that gives school districts the option of arming trained school employees, on Monday, June 13, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. The Republican DeWine signed the bill into law Monday and ordered the Ohio School Safety Center to require a maximum of 24 hours of initial training and eight hours of annual training. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Ohio governor signs bill allowing armed school employees

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law allowing school districts the option of arming employees. The Republican governor also said he's directing the Ohio School Safety Center to require … more

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MARK GILLISPIE | 6/13/22

FILE - David Geffen Hall appears at Lincoln Center in New York on May 12, 2020. The New York Philharmonic is restoring salaries of musicians to pre-pandemic levels as it prepares to return to Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall for the 2022-23 season. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

NY Philharmonic restores salaries to pre-pandemic levels

The New York Philharmonic is restoring salaries of musicians to pre-pandemic levels as it prepares to return to Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall for the 2022-23 season. A four-year contract agreed to … more

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meets with President Joe Biden meets and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hot inflation dims likelihood Fed can achieve 'soft landing'

For months, Chair Jerome Powell has held out hope that the Federal Reserve will be able to raise interest rates high enough to throttle rampant inflation without tipping the economy into recession. … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 6/13/22

FILE - State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, gestures to the cheering crowd during his primary night election party in Chambersburg, Pa., May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign

The Pennsylvania Republican nominee for governor who's pushed Donald Trump's election lies has appointed Trump's former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his campaign. Lawyer Jenna Ellis … more

By MARC LEVY | 6/13/22

A member of an extraction crew works during an exhumation at a mass grave near Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Police investigating killings of 12,000 Ukrainians in war

Ukraine's national police chief says authorities are investigating the killings of more than 12,000 Ukrainians nationwide in the war Russia is waging. Authorities in the Kyiv region near Bucha on … more

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI | 6/13/22

In this image provided by Yelp, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman poses in 2019 in the company's former headquarters in San Francisco. (Amy Osborne/Yelp via AP)

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on abortion, antitrust reform

Many major companies have chosen to stay quiet on the abortion debate. But Yelp and its CEO Jeremy Stoppelman have chosen a different path. The San Francisco-based online reviews site is among the … more

By HALELUYA HADERO | 6/13/22