Americans’ refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike

Americans’ refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike

WASHINGTON (AP) — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America’s largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands, say their customers are increasingly seeking cheaper alternative products and services, searching for bargains or just avoiding items

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Major wildfire rages out of control on fringes of Greek capital; hundreds of firefighters deployed

Major wildfire rages out of control on fringes of Greek capital; hundreds of firefighters deployed

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than two dozen water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of the Greek capital. A children’s hospital and a military hospital were being evacuated early Monday morning, the fire department said, while evacuation orders were

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