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How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive
NEW YORK (AP) — A hidden force is quietly pushing up costs for everything from your summer vacation to your weekly grocery bills: a weaker U.S. dollar.
The dollar has fallen about 10% against other major currencies since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, a pullback potentially playing a role in Americans& ... (full story)
In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America's artificial intelligence economy.
Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scramblin ... (full story)
Far from the original in Philadelphia, these fans hunt for the Liberty Bell replica in each state
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Want to see the Liberty Bell this semi-quincentennial but don’t have the time or cheese for a pilgrimage to Philadelphia? Have no fear: Chances are, there’s one at a state Capitol, museum or even a fire station near you.
It won’t be the original, but it’ll be a dead ringer.
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Oakland attributes a 6-decade low in homicides, in part, to life coaches
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Young men at risk of succumbing to gang violence slump over tables in an Oakland church. With them are prosecutors, clergy and survivors of shootings determined to show them they have more to look forward to than incarceration, injury or death.
The message is not one of punishment but of unceasing su ... (full story)
Exonerees struggle to rebuild their lives and gain lasting employment, even if elected to office
HOUSTON (AP) — Richard Miles set out to find a job after his release from a Texas prison in 2009 with a collection of newspaper clippings about his wrongful murder conviction as his resume. No one would hire him, including warehouses and fast-food restaurants.
It was a period of painful rejection that is familiar to exoner ... (full story)