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The Associated Press Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Tuesday as traders returned from the Labor Day holiday, even as gains for some Big Tech companies nudged the Nasdaq composite barely higher. The benchmark S&P 500 slipped, but gains for Apple, Facebook and a few other tech heavyweights nudged the Nasdaq to another record

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: PPG Industries, BioMarin fall; AMC, Callaway Golf rise.

By JAMIE STENGLE and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Young people on social media are protesting Texas’ new law banning most abortions by focusing on a website established by the state’s largest anti-abortion group that takes tips on violations. They’ve shared advice on how to flood the Texas Right to Life site with

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Maryland-based brewery is suing North Carolina regulators after one of its beer labels was rejected after it was deemed inappropriate. WRAL reports the owners of Flying Dog Brewery say in the lawsuit filed last month that the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission has violated its First Amendment rights by

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon was already facing big challenges when Debra Perelman took over as the first woman CEO in its 89-year history in 2018. The publicly traded company backed by her billionaire father Ron Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes Inc. had been struggling for years. That includes a

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The company overseeing the response to a large oil spill spurred by Hurricane Ida says a containment dome has been placed over a broken undersea pipeline. Houston-based Talos Energy said in a statement issued Tuesday that the action has stemmed the flow of oil into the Gulf

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters. It also is seeking $6.4 billion for the resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan to help with transportation, government processing and public health screenings. Shalanda Young,

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Elizabeth Holmes once seemed destined to fulfill her dream of becoming Silicon Valley’s next superstar. Her promises to revolutionize medicine running her startup, Theranos, were being publicly hailed by former President Bill Clinton and then Vice President Joe Biden. But after the scandalous collapse of a company once valued

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the rollout stumbled in its first hours. President Nayib Bukele said the digital wallet used for transactions was not functioning. For part of Tuesday morning, El Salvador’s president became tech

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid is the best offer on the table after regulators rejected a key part of Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer last week. Kansas City Southern said Saturday that its board

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed information about a plan to release treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The three-member team, which is assisting Japan with the planned release, met with

PARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have arrested two suspects following a Bulgari jewelry heist on the posh Place Vendome. Police say one suspect was shot in the leg by an officer before being arrested. Police told The Associated Press that they were alerted to the robbery around noon on Tuesday as officers seized two

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The early months of the coronavirus pandemic shined a spotlight on essential workers. Strict shutdowns left the hardest-hit U.S. cities desolate, except for those fulfilling society’s basic needs. The virus has since spread, evolved and unleashed new challenges. The arrival of vaccines

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ-rights organization, has fired its president because of developments related to the sexual harassment case that prompted Andrew Cuomo’s resignation as governor of New York. The ousted president, Alphonso David, responded with an

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has opened a public inquiry into plans for the country’s first new deep coal mine in three decades amid complaints that permitting the project would send the wrong message as the government seeks to persuade other countries to give up coal. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick

By ERIC TUCKER and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the name of national security – and only about a third believe that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were worth fighting. That’s according

Environmental activists  protesting car culture have disrupted traffic on several highways around Munich ahead of the opening of a leading auto show in the German city. Demonstrators unfurled banners with slogans such as “Block IAA” and in some cases abseiling from highway bridges to do so. They pasted over a highway sign at one location

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet With fewer pandemic-related restrictions this year, the option to do more can result in the urge to spend. You’ve likely had familiar expenses return to your budget like back-to-work or back-to-school wardrobe essentials, or experiences like travel or dining out. But when the nonessentials pile up and creep into your

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants Europe’s top court to impose daily fines on Poland for failing to take action to protect the independence of the country’s justice system In a rare move, the European Commission said Tuesday that it wants the European Court of Justice to “impose financial