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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks moved lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, putting an extended winning streak for the market in jeopardy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. Falling technology stocks helped outweigh gains elsewhere. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% and the Nasdaq fell 0.7%. PayPal sank 11.4% after

By MATTHEW BROWN and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday struck down a Trump-era rule that would have opened millions

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has sentenced two members of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party to 90 years and 75 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption. The sentences appear to be the most severe so far for any of the dozens of

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has hit another record for daily coronavirus deaths amid a spike in infections fueled by public reluctance to receive vaccines. The Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 833 coronavirus deaths over the past day, surpassing the previous high of 793 over the weekend and bringing the

By DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Local Niger government officials say at least 18 people were killed and 7 injured when a gold mine collapsed in the Maradi region. Hundreds have been gathering in the village of Dan Issa, near the border with Nigeria, peering with shock into the collapsed mine. Many

NEW YORK (AP) — A host of musical artists have been tapped for an online concert next month to benefit environmental causes. The Lumineers, Jack Johnson, Black Pumas, Rhiannon Giddens and Ben Harper. The “Peace Through Music” event is being run by the organization Playing for Change and the United Nations Population Fund. It will

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Chris Sununu says he’ll seek a fourth term as New Hampshire governor and won’t run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu made the announcement Tuesday. Sununu, who hails from a political family, won reelection last year by more than 30 percentage points.

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland has died. Cleland lost his right arm and both legs to a hand grenade in Vietnam, and then suffered inadequate medical care. So fellow veterans cheered when President Jimmy Carter appointed him to run the Veterans Administration, where he pushed to get

LONDON (AP) — Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to provide free meals to disadvantaged children during the pandemic. Rashford, 24, was made an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, on Tuesday during a ceremony at Windsor Castle. The England and

The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street, potentially putting an extended winning streak for the market in jeopardy. The S&P 500 index was little changed in the first few minutes of trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2% and the Nasdaq was up by about as

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving is Jonatan Mitchell’s favorite holiday. He and his wife usually host up to 20 loved ones. He’d been looking forward to the day this year after calling off the gathering in 2020 due to the pandemic. But one of the most pressing issues of the

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The rise of labor action during the pandemic includes a business where unions once were rare: bookstores. Since 2020, employees have unionized or are trying to do so everywhere from Printed Matter in New York City to Bookshop Santa Cruz in California. In Minnesota, workers

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish riot police are reinforcing Poland’s eastern border, a day after hundreds of migrants tried to storm across the razor-wire border fence from Belarus. Thousands of migrants still remained in the Belarussian side. Polish authorities say the situation on the border — which

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for fiction on Nov. 3 for his novel “The Promise,” the story of a white South African family in decline in the years before and after the end of the racist apartheid system. It caps a month in

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A coalition of philanthropies announced plans Tuesday to launch a nonprofit newsroom that will provide coverage of Cleveland, kicking off an effort to help fill a void left by the shrinking of news organizations in Ohio. The donors say theirs will be one of the largest local nonprofit news

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chairman of Dubai-based real estate developer Union Properties has been dismissed from his position on the company’s board along with three other board members. The announcement Tuesday on Dubai’s stock exchange website leaves in place just three of the company’s seven board members. The decision follows an order

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, gifting is a crap shoot. You dig around and hope for the best, and you just might come up with gold. A company outside Boston offers tricked-out van rentals for three to 30 days. For an older person, try an animatronic pet that purrs

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inequality can prevent the U.S. economy from reaching its potential. He underscored the Fed’s commitment to reducing unemployment as broadly as possible, including among disadvantaged groups. Powell’s comments illustrate one reason why the Fed has been hesitant to reverse its

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some gifts are great in the moment, such as a candle or a bottle of wine. Others make memorable keepsakes or are so personal they can’t be re-gifted. This holiday season, The AP recommends some gifts meant to be cherished for years to come. They include

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching September’s record annual gain and offering more evidence that inflationary pressures are not yet easing. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits