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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed on Wall Street Tuesday following several sharp reversals after a report suggested inflation may not be slowing as quickly and as smoothly as hoped. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in late trading after swinging between losses and gains throughout the day.

By SARAH EL DEEB, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, BERNAT ARMANGUÉ AND ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago. While the

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn’t commit. Lamar Johnson, 50, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as a member

By JOHN FLESHER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A fraternity chapter president, a science student and a student who wanted to become a pediatrician are among victims of a shooting at Michigan State University. Officials say Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed after a gunman opened fire

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The community of Parkland, Florida, has gathered to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the murder of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. About 200 people attended Tuesday’s ceremony outside a community counseling center that opened up after the massacre. They

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — They broke out windows to escape, barricaded doors and hid under blankets. They silenced their phones — afraid to make even the slightest sound for hours as police searched for a gunman who had already killed three students and critically wounded five

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have released the country’s former anti-graft chief after he served a five-year prison term for allegedly insulting and disseminating false news about the military. Lawyers say Hesham Genena walked free Tuesday from a police station and returned to his home in Cairo’s eastern New Cairo district. They say Genena had

By MATT LEE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist to a post at the Organization of American States over recent comments blasting a top House Democrat as being “Bought. Purchased. Controlled” by pro-Israel groups. The State Department on Friday nominated James

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is outlining how states and nonprofit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from a “green bank” that will provide low-cost financing for projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions. The so-called Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created by Congress in the landmark climate law

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A California man has pleaded guilty to using a stun gun to attack a Washington, D.C., police officer who was brutally injured while trying to defend the U.S. Capitol from the angry mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Rodriguez admitted to taking part in

MOSCOW (AP) — The former president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, has been released from prison in order to seek medical treatment. Atambayev, who led the Central Asian former Soviet republic from 2011 to 2017, was convicted in 2020 of corruption and abuse of power and sentenced to 11 years in prison. His supporters have repeatedly

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A lawyer for Pamela Smart, who’s serving a life-without-parole sentence for plotting with her teenage lover to kill her husband in 1990, says a state council “brushed aside” her request for a chance at freedom. He asked New Hampshire’s highest court on Tuesday to order the

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American defense officials sought to dispel any doubt that Iran is supplying drones for Russia’s war in Ukraine, releasing photos and analysis of unmanned aircraft deployed in the conflict to demonstrate Tehran’s involvement. During a briefing in London on Tuesday, analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency displayed

By SARAH EL DEEB, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, BERNAT ARMANGUÉ AND ANDREW WILKS Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that 35,418 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago. Confirmed deaths passed those

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Russian millionaire with ties to the Kremlin has been convicted of participating in an elaborate insider trading scheme using secret earnings information from companies such as Microsoft that was stolen from U.S. computer networks. Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty on all charges against him on

By GISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press Miami (AP) — A U.S. financier living in Florida has been arrested in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse as the U.S. government presses forward with the investigation as the probe in Haiti stalls. Attorney Tama Kudman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Walter Veintemilla

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The raid on a residential building overnight targeted IS militants who organized recent attacks in the capital, said Khalil Hamraz, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for Afghanistan’s general

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The gunman who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University was a 43-year-old with a previous gun violation who fatally shot himself after an hourslong manhunt that ended in a confrontation with police miles from campus, officials said Tuesday.

The South Carolina Secretary of State says law enforcement agents confiscated over 600 fake championship rings across four major U.S. professional sports leagues and the NCAA from a South Carolina memorabilia store as part of a seizure of counterfeit merchandise. The counterfeit goods could have fetched as much as $15 million at retail. Public Information

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat science, and a lawyer who regularly argues before the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy