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Kelly Rand’s teenage twin boys playing hockey in St. Paul, Minnesota, are going through growth spurts that force the family to buy new equipment what seems like all the time. The goaltender’s $400 helmet in 2022 now runs $1,000. The chest protector they got last year for $465 now goes for $900. For a sport that is increasingly expensive for everything from gear and ice time to travel and coaching, […]

OSNABRUECK, Germany, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Israel’s Aurelius Capital and Volkswagen’s home state of Lower Saxony plan to take over the German automaker’s Osnabrueck plant and convert it to defence production, in a move labour officials said could preserve about 1,400 of the site’s 1,800 jobs. The deal offers a potential blueprint for other Volkswagen sites facing an uncertain future as Europe’s largest carmaker embarks on its biggest ever restructuring. […]

Lebanon ’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a southern Lebanese village has killed nine people. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance plane. Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East. Full coverage can be found here. Israel’s air forces carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village killing at least nine people, including women and children, […]

KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Monday’s strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group despite a truce reached more than two months ago. The strikes also came days after Israel’s military said it […]

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Monday condemned the “intimidating and thuggish behavior” of anti-immigrant demonstrators who converged on a port in southern England where migrants were brought ashore after crossing the English Channel. Hundreds of protesters, many dressed in dark clothing and wearing masks, faced off with police in Portsmouth late Sunday in an attempt to prevent lifeboats from bringing the migrants to land. They then tried to […]

LONDON (AP) — Jamaica is taking its campaign for Britain to pay reparations for the ravages of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to King Charles III. Using legal traditions that stretch back to the early days of the British Empire, Jamaica will on Monday petition the king to refer a series of questions about slavery and the U.K.’s responsibility to pay damages to a committee of the Privy Council, which serves […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine lawmaker and former speaker of the House of Representatives was charged Monday for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars in kickbacks from flood control projects in a widening scandal concerning vital public construction to shield communities from typhoons. Rep. Martin Romualdez, a cousin and former political ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and others are facing plunder charges at the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. “The amount […]

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Democrats need to pick up four seats from Republicans to win control of the 100-seat Senate in the midterm elections on November 3. While voters will pick candidates in 35 states, independent analysts only see nine of those races as competitive. NORTH CAROLINA Democrats have a good chance to pick up a seat in North Carolina, where incumbent Republican Senator Thom Tillis […]

By Joseph Ax Sept 7 (Reuters) – As the unofficial start of the campaign sprint kicks off on Labor Day Monday, President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity is imperiling Republican chances of maintaining their narrow majorities in Congress with just two months before November’s midterm elections. Midterm elections, above all, are a referendum on the occupant of the White House, according to election experts. That is even more of a truism […]