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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday following the market’s worst day in two years on fears about higher interest rates and the recession they could create. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% as of 1:34 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is coming

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is accusing North Dakota officials of tampering with the tribes’ efforts to collect royalties from oil and gas production underneath a riverbed on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The state says the tribes have no legal claim. The latest grievance is

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan say 155 troops from the two countries have died since hostilities reignited between the longtime adversaries this week. They accused each other of instigating new rounds of shelling across their borders on Wednesday. Armenia’s Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijani forces of launching combat drones

By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that highlights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week

By MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has picked a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs as its nominee to be the next ambassador to Russia. Administration officials familiar with the matter say the nomination of Lynne Tracy, the current U.S. ambassador to

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s minister of culture says his country will formally ask Russia to return seven paintings now in a leading Moscow museum that were looted during World War II by the Soviet Red Army. He also said Wednesday that about 20 previous requests to Moscow for the return of thousands of other

By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital while highlighting Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States  has announced that it will provide more than $750 million in additional humanitarian funding for the Syrian people. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council Wednesday that the new donation is in addition to the over $800 million in additional U.S. humanitarian aid for Syria that

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Coloradans are taking the state’s housing crisis into their own hands with a ballot initiative that would direct a portion of the state’s income tax to affordable housing projects. The campaign, called Make Colorado Affordable, launched its effort on Tuesday in the Denver suburb

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday after calling only a fraction of their expected witnesses, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism. Cruz’s attorneys had told the judge and

By MARCIO SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER OAK GLEN, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers searched Wednesday for a person missing in a mudslide that swept boulders down fire-scarred slopes in Southern California mountain communities, while firefighters held back a week-old blaze that gained renewed strength and forced more evacuations along foothills in the northern part of the

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with cyberattacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a domestic violence shelter. The charges accuse the hacking suspects of targeting hundreds of victims in the

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Voting opened Wednesday on which toys should go into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year. The class of 2022 finalists are: bingo, Breyer Horses, Catan, Lite-Brite, Nerf Toys, Masters of the Universe, piñata, Phase 10, Pound Puppies, Rack-O, Spirograph, and the top. “These 12 toys span the history of

By MIKE CORDER and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members during a journey to the Houses of Parliament, where it will lie in state until the funeral early next

By JAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The commission of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria says an Israeli airstrike on the airport of the Syrian capital Damascus in June that forced it to close for two weeks led to the suspension of humanitarian activities during that period. On

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Reports that up to 100 staff at King Charles III’s former residence could lose their jobs has drawn criticism of the British monarchy, within days of his accession to the throne. The Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday that dozens of staff at Clarence House, Charles’ former official residence,

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is steadying itself after tumbling to its worst day in two years on fears about higher interest rates and the recession they could create. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early Wednesday trading after drifting between small gains and losses. So was the Dow, a day after losing