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By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top prosecutors in a handful of states say a Maryland lender deceived customers by tacking on insurance coverage to loans, but that borrowers didn’t ask for the insurance — or even know about. The lawsuit alleges Mariner Finance pressured its sales force to add the additional insurance coverage. The suit seeks

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun in the U.S. after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line. The company said it’s recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice blend. The “Best When Used By” date on

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have withdrawn their guilty pleas in a case involving the sale of secrets about American nuclear submarines. The moves by Jonathan and Diana Toebbe came Tuesday in a federal court in West Virginia after a judge rejected plea agreements

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 54 cents to $93.06 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery rose $1.65 to $100.99 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery rose 4 cents to $2.85 a gallon. September heating oil rose 6 cents to $4.01 a gallon. September natural gas fell

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stock indexes turned mixed on Wall Street in choppy afternoon trading Tuesday as investors cautiously review mostly encouraging financial results from major retailers. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% as of 3:11 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 184 points, or 0.5%, to 34,096

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had the advice in place as monkeypox spreads in the

By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has refused congressional requests for documents and staff testimony about the erasure of Secret Service communication related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, angering top Democrats who accuse him of unlawfully obstructing their investigation. In an Aug. 8

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that authorities have announced the first case of monkeypox in the country. The report said health authorities quarantined a 34-year-old woman living in the southwestern city of Ahvaz. A health ministry spokesperson says the patient and her family members informed doctors after she developed

By ED WHITE Associated Press Defense attorneys have grilled an FBI informant in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They questioned Dan Chappel’s motivation to get inside a band of anti-government extremists and the key steps he took to gather evidence. Chappel was cross-examined for hours as lawyers pressed

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures an extreme drought, federal officials announced Tuesday. The cuts planned for next year

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence. Stitt signed an executive order Tuesday delaying Glossip’s execution that was scheduled for Sept. 22. Glossip asked the Oklahoma

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans commemorate the 45th anniversary of Presley’s death and a new movie reawakens international interest in the singer. Roy Turner was named executive director of the Birthplace last fall after longtime leader Dick Guyton

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Immigration advocates are accusing the data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions of violating Illinois law by collecting and combining extensive personal information and selling it to third parties including federal immigration authorities. Individual activists and two immigration advocacy groups argue in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the result

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists suing to block a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives are seeking U.S. protection for a rare Nevada butterfly near another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have fatally shot a local Hindu man and injured his brother in a shooting that police blame on militants fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir. Police said militants on Tuesday fired at two brothers belonging to minority community of Kashmiri Hindus inside an apple orchard in southern Shopian district.

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Arkansas’ use of the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court judge’s 2020 ruling upholding the state’s execution process. The ruling comes more

LONDON (AP) — Performer Darius Campbell Danesh, who went from a British reality television show to a stage and music career, has died at the age of 41. The singer’s family said Tuesday that he was found unresponsive in his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota on Aug. 11 and pronounced dead by the local medical examiners’

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged mostly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors cautiously reviewed mostly encouraging financial results from major retailers. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 12:03 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 241 points, or 0.7%, to 34,153