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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s astronaut capsule has arrived at the International Space Station in a critical repeat test flight. Only a test dummy was aboard the capsule for Friday’s docking, a huge achievement for Boeing after years of false starts. The only other time Boeing’s Starliner flew

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Ross Stores, Applied Materials fall; Palo Alto, Deckers rise.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO Elon Musk, the company and a Musk supporter. In an order filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Donato in California said the case filed by Aaron Greenspan fell short of making plausible claims.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop for stocks briefly sent the S&P 500 more than 20% below its peak set early this year. The S&P 500 index, which sits at the heart of

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market’s slump this year briefly pulled the S&P 500 into what’s known as a bear market Friday, before a late rally put the index in the green. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market clawed back from a midday drop Friday after coming to the edge of its first bear market since the beginning of the pandemic. The S&P 500 ended 18.6% below the record high it set in early January. A

By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary says it is critical to find a solution for storing the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. Secretary Jennifer Granholm made the comment during a visit Friday to a nuclear power plant in Connecticut. Granholm and Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney toured the Millstone

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general. Trump paid the fine Thursday but must still submit additional

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Investors on Wall Street need a place to hide. The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 within the grasp of what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another drop for stocks on Friday has pushed the S&P 500 index 20% below its peak set early this year. The benchmark index was down 2% for the day in early afternoon trading and on pace for its seventh straight losing week. Rising interest

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary is visiting a nuclear power plant in Connecticut at the invitation of the local congressional member as both work to change how spent nuclear fuel is stored nationwide to solve a decadeslong stalemate. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe

By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The West moved to pour billions more in aid into Ukraine on Friday, as Russia shifted troops freed up by the imminent fall of the pulverized city of Mariupol and fighting raged in the country’s industrial heartland in the east. Russian

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The long-serving Dutch prime minister is facing unusual political and public pressure after revelations that he has been deleting text messages about official matters for years. Critics accuse Prime Minister Mark Rutte of concealing state activity. But he says the messages just took up too

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in late morning trading on Wall Street Friday and are headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two days ago. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 11:27 a.m. Eastern, and is on track for its seventh straight weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant who worked on his private jet in 2016. A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in severance in 2018 in exchange for her agreeing not to file a lawsuit