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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are ending higher Friday as Wall Street closed out a milestone-setting week. Health care, communication services and technology companies rose. The three major indexes all set records: The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3% and Nasdaq closed 0.3%

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says financer Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her has sued another Epstein accuser for defamation, citing a series of tweets. Rina Oh filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court late Thursday, citing a series of year-old tweets by another accuser Virginia Giuffre. Oh said

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a small cargo ship with about 400 migrants on board that suffered engine problems in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete is to be towed to a safe anchorage in Greece. A coast guard statement says the Turkish-flagged

By DIANE JEANTET and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press JUNDIAI, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian and American scientists have performed artificial insemination using frozen sperm for the first time on a wild-born female jaguar. The 110-pound feline  already made history two years ago, giving birth to the first jaguar cub ever born from artificial insemination. The procedure

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have more evidence that Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico was more than just an ancient gathering spot for Indigenous ceremonies and rituals. The researchers used pollen and botanical analysis with mapping to chart environmental impacts of

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHELLE L. PRICE and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Six New York City firefighters upset with an impending COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers were relieved of duty Friday and face suspension after driving a fire truck to a state Senator’s office and threatening his staff. The state

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Dutch woman charged seven years ago with raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial. Farhia Hassan made an initial appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after being brought to the U.S. on Thursday

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged lower in choppy trading Friday afternoon, shedding modest early gains as Wall Street closed out a milestone-setting week. Decliners outnumbered gainers in the S&P 500 index, with real estate stocks, banks and a mix of companies that rely on consumer spending accounting for

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Musician Zayn Malik has pleaded no contest to charges that he harassed his girlfriend — supermodel Gigi Hadid — and her mother during a Sept. 29 argument at the family’s home outside Philadelphia. The former One Direction singer was accused of grabbing Yolanda Hadid, shoving her against a dresser and cursing