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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged further into record heights on Wall Street after shaking off a bumpy start to the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2%, adding to its own record. The Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%. Treasury yields sank in the

Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The Egmont Group, an international organization that fights money laundering, said it will suspend Colombia from its global information sharing platform. The decision came after Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro shared confidential information that Colombian officials had obtained from the group during one of his speeches on national television. In

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal court in Argentina has ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents. The court order came in response to an appeal by Argentine prosecutor Carlos Stornelli after a previous ruling dismissed the

AP Business Writer China has rolled out a raft of measures aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is dragging on the world’s second largest economy. The chief of China’s central bank said it would cut the amount of reserves banks are required to keep. It also slashed interest rates on

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A recently elected state lawmaker is among those who were arrested outside a Hawaii hospital. Ten people were arrested Monday for blocking temporary nurses being bused in to work at Hawaii’s only women’s and children’s hospital. Temporary nurses have been filling in because the hospital in Honolulu locked out its

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a year after FBI agents seized his phones, New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces an expanding constellation of federal inquiries involving his administration. In recent weeks the investigations have produced a drumbeat of subpoenas, raids and whiplash-inducing developments for the first-term Democrat. Federal investigators have visited more

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon elections officials say they struck over 1,200 people from the state’s voter rolls after determining they did not provide proof of citizenship when they were registered to vote. Of those found to be possibly ineligible, only nine voted in elections since 2021, a tiny fraction of the state’s

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on some Japanese islands after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity. The offshore quake Tuesday morning was not felt, and the tsunami advisory was lifted about three hours later. No damage was reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency had advised of a

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — First lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services Monday for New Orleans civil rights activist Sybil Morial. Morial, who was also the widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial, and mother to former

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man convicted of sending his 17-year-old son into a restaurant to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock has been sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. A Los Angeles County judge handed down the sentence on Monday to 42-year-old Freddie Trone. In August, a jury found

Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring school districts to restrict student phone use. The move means California will join Florida, Louisiana, Indiana and other states in passing legislation limiting student device access. Proponents of the policies say they will minimize distractions in class and

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota attorney general, the local prosecutor and family of the victim want a Minnesota man’s murder conviction to be vacated. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. But members of the attorney general’s Conviction Review Unit say they believe Barrientos-Quintana is innocent