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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off an early stumble and marched higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors wait for information on inflation and corporate earnings this week amid worries about recessions hitting economies worldwide. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% as of 12:52 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Comedians Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline passengers. They say the program particularly targets Black passengers through racial profiling and coercive searches. Lawyers for the two men filed a lawsuit Tuesday

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lobster fishermen have hired a former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official to represent them in their case against new laws intended to protect whales. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is appealing its case against the new rules to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 culturally priceless objects that have been returned to the Nigerian government. The Benin Bronzes, including a piece called the “Head of a King” from

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office has tightened rules on gun buybacks after a critic of the policy boasted online about receiving $21,000 in gift cards for weapon parts made on a 3D printer. Buybacks are a popular way for government officials to try to get

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Drake Rodger and Meg Donnelly are premiering their new TV series “The Winchesters,” with a built-in fan base. The series, debuting this week on The CW, is a prequel of the long-running show “Supernatural,” which aired for 15 seasons. “The Winchesters” tells the love story of Mary and John Winchester,

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey disaster management authority says a moderately-strong earthquake has shaken the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye. There are no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, AFAD, says the magnitude 5.1 quake struck at 6:48 p.m. (15:48 GMT) on Tuesday and was centered in

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.” Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad. GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming says Beijing is trying to “rewrite the rules of international security” in new and alarming ways. In a

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. Roof had asked the court to decide how to handle disputes over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys.

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. has returned 129 Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen to their homeland in its first humanitarian repatriation flight to depart from the rebel-held capital of Sanaa this year. The flight was Tuesday. The U.N.’s migration agency has facilitated the voluntary return of more than 1,

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old German man, who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, with several sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The suspect, identified by media as Christian Brueckner, who is

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Hundreds of mourners and families of victims of last week’s massacre at a day care center in northeastern Thailand have bid farewell to their loved ones who were cremated in rows of makeshift pyres. Thirty-six people including 24 children lost their lives last Thursday when

ALTON, N.H. (AP) — Slain journalist James Foley has been honored with a stone memorial outside the church he attended while growing up in New Hampshire. Foley, a freelance journalist, was among a group of Westerners brutally murdered in Islamic State captivity in Syria in 2014. He grew up in Wolfeboro and attended St. Katharine

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of the hit podcast “Serial,” according to a lawyer affiliated with Syed’s case. Laura Nirider, a co-director of the Center on

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance will push ahead with long-planned nuclear exercises next week. NATO’s chief said Tuesday that it’s important to do this despite rising tensions over the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s insistence that he is not bluffing about using

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde’s school district superintendent has announced he plans to resign by the end of the academic year. The school board voted Monday night to begin a search for his successor immediately. In a statement, Hal Harrell said: “My heart was broken on May 24th.” Harrell, law enforcement, the school board and

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball’s first foray into a best-of-three wild-card round provided its share of memorable moments. A 15-inning, 432-pitch game. A seven-run comeback win. Joe Musgrove’s ears. Now it’s on to the division series, which is business as usual with a best-of-five format. The four matchups are Braves-Phillies, Padres-Dodgers,

By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces strafed Ukraine with a fresh barrage of missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday, a day after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in what the U.N. human rights office described as a “particularly shocking” attack that could amount to war crimes. Air raid warnings