By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, according to minutes from last month’s meeting released Wednesday. A majority of Fed officials … Continued
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated contingency plan posted Wednesday to the agency website. Most IRS operations are closed, the … Continued
By Céline Gounder, KFF Health News Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The program, known as … Continued
Betty Trull, the co-owner and operator of a basketball training center, has been hired as Hill-Murray’s girls basketball coach, athletics director John Pohl confirmed this week. She succeeds longtime Pioneers coach Erin Herman, let go in the spring after a … Continued
By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia is waging a “targeted gray zone campaign” against Europe, including airspace violations, sabotage and cyberattacks that will only escalate if the Kremlin is not challenged, the European Union’s top official warned … Continued
A 44-year-old man has admitted to groping a teenager at a community pool in a Hugo housing development. Jeremy John Miller, of Hugo, pleaded guilty Friday in Washington County District Court to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct of a minor in … Continued