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WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed. The minutes of the July 28-29 meeting, released Wednesday, don’t provide specifics on how many of the 19 officials supported higher rates. Only 12 of the 19 policymakers vote on the outcome. Officials voted […]

Companies that secretly vary prices based on how much they think individual customers will pay could face federal charges under a proposed policy released Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission. “When consumers see a listed price, they expect it to be same price that everyone else sees, not the retailer’s estimate of how much they are willing to pay based on their personal data,” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in […]

Syria, Turkey Condemn Israeli Airbase Strike; Netanyahu Says Damascus Was Warned Over Turkish Troops   By The Media Line Staff   Syria and Turkey condemned Tuesday’s airstrike on the Abu al-Duhur Airbase, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the action by saying Syria had ignored repeated warnings against allowing Turkish troops to deploy at the site.   Syria protested the strikes in letters to the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council.   Lebanese […]

IDF Strikes Gaza City Cafe Meeting of Hamas Nukhba Commanders   By The Media Line Staff   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a cafe at the Gaza City port on Tuesday, targeting Hamas Nukhba commanders who the military said were planning terrorist attacks against Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip.   The IDF said those targeted included a company commander, three platoon commanders, and other Nukhba members. At least one of […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ismael Arias was headed to the market when the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia last week, sowing death and destruction. His home region of Choco was the epicenter. Leaving home early that day likely saved his life, he says — the two-story home he had spent years building with his modest wages collapsed during the quake. “The house is completely destroyed,” said the 66-year-old […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space. That’s the word Wednesday from a pair of NASA astronauts living aboard the International Space Station for the past six months. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway told The Associated Press that the space station’s position prevented them from seeing totality during last week’s solar eclipse, but they still enjoyed […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the Organization of American States, said Wednesday during a trip to Haiti that the country needs help fighting gangs and seizing back territory as it prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade. Ramdin spoke as he concluded a trip to the troubled Caribbean country, where he met with the prime minister and other officials. […]

Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. As a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump’s second-term health initiatives, Overton has become a trusted figure in his administration and a champion of the Republican president’s goals. Yet any new FDA commissioner will […]

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police investigating the death of an off-duty police officer in Massachusetts in what they called a domestic matter are searching for a woman who co-founded a group that focuses on suicide and mental health issues among first responders. The officer, a 31-year veteran, was found dead at a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Police and Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said the 58-year-old […]