Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew well the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting. In them, she saw how her country, Ethiopia, had transformed.

Mexico: Odebrecht allegedly paid for slick 2012 campaign

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans were inundated by a slick, expensive ad campaign on behalf of front-running presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto for the 2012 election, but few then suspected who is now being alleged to have paid for it — Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which has admitted to involvement in widespread corruption in Latin America.

Mexico arrests violent gang leader known for emotive videos

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police and military forces on Sunday arrested the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang who spread violence through north-central Mexico and fought a years-long bloody turf battle with the Jalisco cartel.

As virus rages, US economy struggles to sustain a recovery

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales are booming. Stocks are setting record highs. Industrial production is clambering out of the ditch it fell into early this year.

Montana leaders respond to Biden's pause on oil drilling

President Joe Biden emphasized job creation in the renewable energy sector Wednesday as he signed another slate of executive orders tackling climate change, while Montana's congressional Republicans again lamented that his actions will kill jobs in the fossil fuel industry.

Coronavirus Pushes Hospitals To Share Information About Stocks Of Protective Gear

Masks, gloves and other equipment are crucial as health care workers face the COVID-19 outbreak. There  is a strategic national stockpile that the U.S. government controls — but no one knows what, beyond that stockpile, is available in the private sector.

Wal-Mart: We'll fix U.S. economy

Company to hire vets, buy more American products

In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The oil and gas industry's top lobbying group on Thursday endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal of longstanding policy that comes as the Biden administration has pledged dramatic steps to address climate change.

Border patrol OT rises

Arrests drop in same time period

GOP rivals focus on flat taxes, smaller government

Economy adds 103,000 jobs

Encouraging news, but it's not enough

Real Republicans don't eat each other

Much has been written in The Press about both the local and national Republican Party, and its internal battles for control.

Pipeline briefs

The state of local real estate

By BRIAN WALKER

County budget 'flashing yellow'

COEUR d'ALENE — Kootenai County's clerk unloaded a pile of budget concerns he has to other elected officials and commissioners on Wednesday.

Economic summit shines light on complexities of growth

The Flathead Valley has enjoyed economic growth in recent years, but economists say it will require a well-educated workforce to keep a good thing going.

A tepid recovery

American economy expands at modest 2 percent pace

WASHINGTON - The latest snapshot of economic growth shows the U.S. recovery remains tepid.

Coronavirus Pushes Hospitals To Share Information About Stocks Of Protective Gear

Masks, gloves and other equipment are crucial as health care workers face the COVID-19 outbreak. There  is a strategic national stockpile that the U.S. government controls — but no one knows what, beyond that stockpile, is available in the private sector.

Deadliest day yet for Ukraine troops as 16 killed

US virus testing faces new headwind: Lab supply shortages

WASHINGTON (AP) — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn’t work. Then there weren’t enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of a new roadblock: dire shortages of testing supplies.