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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. 4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home ... Read More

Hong Kong businesses shut shop as city struggles to revive post pandemic

When Jacky Yu, 48, opened his Japanese gift shop in Hong Kong more than a decade ago, the tourist and shopping district of Mong Kok was a bustling hub packed with stalls, street food and tourists. Read More

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Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fining Him $9,000 The judge overseeing the criminal trial of Donald Trump said the former president had repeatedly violated a gag order. Testimony has ... Read More

More Fed Officials Ready to Say Goodbye to Low-Rate World

(Reuters) - A growing number of Federal Reserve officials don't see a return to the ultra-low interest rates that prevailed before the COVID-19 pandemic due ... inflation to the Fed's 2% target has ... Read More

World news

The commotion erupted when the horses from the Household Cavalry, which were conducting an extended exercise for an upcoming military parade, presumably became alarmed by the sound of concrete ... Read More

S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower after Fed rate decision, Powell press conference

The tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 slipped on Wednesday as chip stocks led losses on downbeat results and markets weighed fresh economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate ... Read More

Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won't affect decision

Most Fed officials “see it as likely to be appropriate” to ... And average prices are still well above their pre-pandemic levels — a source of discontent for many Americans and potentially ... Read More

WTO Sees Signs of Trade Revival, But Risks From Fragmentation

World trade is set to rebound this year and ... borders have swung wildly over recent years in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lifting of related restrictions. Read More

NPRWorld

Through decades of painstaking research, the fifth-generation New Yorker discovered the stories of how her ancestors bore and resisted the weight of the Chinese Exclusion laws in the U.S. – and ... Read More