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Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening, a U.S. official said. The decision came as a senior official in Iran brought up an earlier Iranian attack there.The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, described the move at the base as a precautionary measure. The official wouldn’t go into any further details about the move, including whether the evacuation was optional or mandatory, if it affected troops or civilian personnel,... Read More
Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November as the holiday season kicked into gear
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers increased their spending in November from October as holiday shopping kicked into full gear.Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November, following a revised 0.1% decline October, according to the Commerce Department. The report was delayed more than a month because of the 43-day government shutdown.
Retail sales rose 0.1% increase in September, but jumped 0.6% in July and August and 1% in June.
The federal government is gradually catching up on economic reports that were postponed by the shutdown.
Sales at... Read More
Blasting heat at home and still freezing? There are easy fixes to save money and stay warm
It's that time of year again, when the fuzzy socks are working overtime, the heat is cranking and somehow lots of homes are still freezing.That’s because a lot of that heat leaks out of the house — and the colder it is outside, the faster the warm, inside air leaks out. There are ways to stay warm and save on heating costs that can be achieved though, through a quick trip to the local hardware store, a $100 investment and a free afternoon.
It'll come in handy in the summer too when the same problem recurs, except you lose precious cool air to the sweltering... Read More
Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault in Caribbean as Spanish prosecutors study the allegations
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.The Spanish prosecutors’ office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the allegations were related to media reports from earlier this week that alleged Iglesias had sexually and physically assaulted two women who worked in his Caribbean residences between January and October 2021.
Iglesias has yet to speak publicly regarding the allegations. Russell L... Read More
As global warming melts glaciers, a novel sanctuary in Antarctica is opening to preserve ice samples
ROME (AP) — Scientists on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history of the Earth’s atmosphere in an Antarctic vault for future generations to study as global warming melts glaciers around the world.An ice core is something of a time capsule, containing the history of the Earth’s past atmosphere in a frozen climate archive. With global glaciers melting at an unprecedented rate, scientists have raced to preserve ice cores for future study before they disappear altogether.
The first two samples of Alpine mountain... Read More
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