(Bloomberg) — Brazil’s and Chile’s consumer prices rose more than expected in January while Mexico’s annual inflation sped up for the third straight month as policymakers in those countries faced renewed food cost pressures. Most Read from Bloomberg Annual inflation in Brazil unexpectedly ran above the central bank’s tolerance range, at 4.51%, while Chile consumer […]
On Feb. 8, 1910, now 114 years ago, the Boy Scouts of America were chartered. Scouting had begun just over two years earlier in Great Britain, the brain child of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, who wisely tended to go by “B-P.” Jeff Gill A war hero in England, he came home invited to do anything, […]
In the small, northern California town of Willits, the birthday of Edie Ceccarelli – the oldest person in the US – has become a bit of a holiday. Well into her 100s, she would throw herself huge birthday parties at a local events hall, or at a senior center – and invite the whole town. […]
Viral photos of politicians jetting off to a tropical hideaway during a deadly cold wave might become a lot rarer under legislation being pushed by Sen. Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican — infamously photographed by a gawker while en route to Cancún in 2021 — is proposing a bill amendment that would offer lawmakers a […]
After eight years of development, the US Air Force has finally cleared the new Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber for production. The move comes just in time. The bomber is the key component in a stealthy reconnaissance-strike complex that could prove decisive in a major war with China over Taiwan – and that war […]
One World Trade Center could soon lose its title as America’s tallest building — if developers in Oklahoma City succeed in their plan of constructing a massive skyscraper at the height of 1,907 feet. Dubbed “Legends Tower” at a development site known as the The Boardwalk at Bricktown, the proposed building would easily surpass One […]
WASHINGTON — Each of them has sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signed bills into law, appointed judges, bartered with foreign leaders and ordered the armed forces into combat. They both know what it is like to be the most powerful person on the planet. Yet the general election matchup that seems […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The English, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. Polish people dubbed it the German disease, while Russians blamed it on Poles. In France, it was named the “Neapolitan disease” after the French army got […]
“People realized we may not see anything like this again,” says former campaign and White House staffer Heather Foster of the historic 2009 swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Fifteen years ago today, the United States of America achieved something that it had not done in its more than 230-year history: a Black president was sworn […]
For the first time in 23 years, none of America’s four largest automakers will air national Super Bowl ads – but foreign-owned companies like Kia and Volkswagen are picking up their slack. The “challenging U.S. automotive market” is a leading reason why. Slowing consumer demand and high interest rates are pressuring Ford, Toyota, GM and […]
Jan. 16—LIMA — The city of Lima announced that applications are open for grants to go to nonprofits, education, local government organizations and independent artists and musicians as of Monday, Jan. 15. The America 250-Ohio Commission will help celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary with grants of up to $50,000 and Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith, a […]
The clubhouse at the site of the PGA Tour Americas’ ATB Classic went up in flames recently, and firefighters were contending with temperatures of 40 below while battling the blaze. The Northern Bear Golf Course in Sherwood Park, Alberta, one of just three Jack Nicklaus Signature Courses in Canada, has a deal to host the […]