AP National News

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday, extending the market’s losses into a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 3:20 p.m. Eastern. It has bounced between a gain of 0.5% and a loss of 1% throughout the day

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labor unrest and fixing a national health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages. At

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work. Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gilbert Mata woke up excited Tuesday for the first day of school since a gunman’s bullet tore through his leg three months ago in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde. The 10-year-old has healed from his physical wounds, but burning smells still remind him of

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages. At the top

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has exited an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments, in an apparent protest against her administration. The seats of the Egyptian delegation were seen empty Tuesday as Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based administration, was addressing a meeting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — International human rights groups have condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee being questioned by security agents. Amnesty International on Tuesday called for Lebanon to transfer the investigation from a military to a civil court. The country’s State Security agency

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their

By MARTHA BELLISLE and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — A civil rights activist, a business owner, a lawyer, an engineer and the founder of a winery and his family were on the floatplane that crashed in the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound, killing 10. The U.S. Coast Guard released the

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An amusement park in Ohio announced Tuesday it would be permanently closing the world’s second-tallest roller coaster. The decision by Cedar Point comes a year after a small metal object flew off the 420-foot (128-meter) tall Top Thrill Dragster coaster and struck a woman in the head at the park in

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund’s entry into North Dakota’s U.S. House race has led the Democratic candidate to drop out, citing pressure from his own party to step aside. Mund entered the race in August as an independent, citing her support for abortion rights as a major reason. The Bismarck Tribune

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HENGCHUN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president says China is conducting “cognitive warfare” against the self-ruled island by spreading misinformation in addition to its regular military incursions into nearby waters and airspace. Experts have warned that China has made substantial inroads within Taiwanese mass media and could plant false narratives in

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession. The primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China have cleared a new approach in COVID-19 vaccination — two needle-free options, one a squirt in the nose and the other inhaled through the mouth. Regulators in India authorized Bharat Biotech’s nasal version on Tuesday as an option for people who haven’t yet

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became Britain’s prime minister when Queen Elizabeth II formally asked her to form a government. The ceremony took place on Tuesday at a royal residence in Scotland. It follows a bruising two-month contest to succeed Boris Johnson. He formally offered his resignation to the queen

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarred by the Chernobyl disaster. “We are playing

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced into an SUV on Friday morning. The news followed an exhaustive search throughout the long weekend

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, extending a losing streak into a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 10:29 a.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is coming off its third losing week in a row. Markets in the U.S.

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has pledged to set up its own anti-corruption agency in an effort to unlock billions in European Union funding that the bloc has withheld over rule-of-law and graft concerns. Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed the decree published late Monday which will establish an “independent

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On nearly every basketball court around the world —from NBA arenas to elementary school gyms — you’ll see players of all sizes regularly attempting long three-point shots. There’s one man largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above the rim game to box office-long