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A woman stands near an advertisement for the annual June 18 Shopping festival in Beijing, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Chinese consumers snapped up billions worth of items in China's first major online shopping festival after emerging from the pandemic as merchants slashed prices, but analysts say that consumer confidence still remains weak. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese online shoppers are enticed by deep discounts, payment plans as zest for spending lags
By ZEN SOO - AP Technology Writer
Mon,06/19/23-4:23AM , 204 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese shoppers were treated to deep discounts, new products and payment plans as online merchants sought to revive their sluggish appetite for spending during China’s first major online shopping festival after the end of zero-COVID policies.
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Amryn Tom reacts after graduating from Cedar City High School on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Cedar City, Utah. Tom is wearing an eagle feather given to her by her mother and a cap that a family friend beaded. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation
By SAM METZ AND RICK BOWMER - Associated Press
Thu,05/26/22-4:10PM , 204 Reads
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her.

Amryn Tom graduated this week from southern Utah's Cedar City High School. Her family cheered.
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Inflation squeezes holiday budgets for low-income shoppers
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer
Mon,12/20/21-6:12AM , 204 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Emarilis Velazquez is paying higher prices on everything from food to clothing.
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A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan is of mighty significance to many as the place where Jesus is said to have been baptized. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Wed,08/17/22-11:03PM , 203 Reads
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River.
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