The start of Morris Duggan’s soccer career was inauspicious. Growing up as a teenager near Munich, Duggan didn’t play in any youth academy system. He’s a fan of German super-club Bayern, but he only took the field for his village … Continued
By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting toward the close of its worst month since April, and U.S. stock indexes are mixed following an economic report highlighting both encouraging and discouraging trends. … Continued
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia Friday as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection but held out on declaring him out … Continued
By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at … Continued
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers cut back drastically on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House could disrupt that progress. Americans cut … Continued
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered the United States to restore direct air links between the two countries during the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Russian and U.S. … Continued