AP Business Writers A late-afternoon slide by some Big Tech companies cut into Wall Street’s gains Thursday, leading to a mixed finish for U.S. stock indexes. The S&P 500 ended flat after giving up an earlier gain of nearly 1%. The benchmark index is about 1.3% away from its record set in July. The Dow
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college student and raping the murder victim’s older sister in a national forest 30 years ago has been executed. Loran Cole received a lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing of the 18-year-old man. Cole was also
Continue ReadingAssociated Press POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for families. However, the former president did not detail how he would fund it or how it would work. Trump spoke at events Thursday in Michigan and Wisconsin. He says
Continue ReadingAP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is down 9% compared to this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this summer targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” that Healey calls strictly “anti-abortion.” The federal lawsuit by the Washington-based American Center for Law and Justice says the initiative, which warns people against seeking help from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — For Angelina Jolie, portraying the famed opera singer Maria Callas meant more to her than she can put into words. “I felt such a privilege to feel like I got to know this woman and got to be inside her skin a moment. I really care for her deeply,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city during a hearing Thursday, citing the widespread media coverage of the case and the impact that coverage can have on potential juror
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some consequential issues, instead
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born. Thanks to livestream video, scientists studying the den on a craggy hillside in Colorado are learning more about these enigmatic — and often misunderstood —
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Robert Shackelford and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Almost 4 million people in southern Japan were urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm surges. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a rare
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country. That includes some journalists who formerly worked in Russia and American law enforcement and business figures. A ministry statement said the bans were imposed because of the so-called Russophobic course of the Biden Administration. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and Kerry Carpenter added an RBI single in the third as the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. “We’re finding different ways to win,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddy Peralta pitched six scoreless innings, William Contreras capped a five-run fifth inning with a two-run homer and the Milwaukee Brewers hung on to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Wednesday night. Peralta (9-7) allowed two walks and Thairo Estrada’s base hit through five innings as the Brewers built
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado drove in Masyn Winn with two outs in the ninth inning on Wednesday night, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 walk-off victory over the San Diego Padres. “I shortened up. I didn’t try to do too much there,” Arenado said. “I got rewarded for that,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers are acquiring quarterback Taylor Heinicke from the Atlanta Falcons, two people familiar with deal told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because there hasn’t been an announcement. The Athletic was the first to report on the trade. Atlanta will
Continue ReadingMiriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (T3) – Un empleado postal con una larga trayectoria en San Luis, Arizona, está siendo reconocido por el Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos por más de 40 años de servicio. Salvador Pichardo, un veterano del Ejército de los EE. UU., se ha convertido en una figura conocida en la comunidad
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A three-day hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results of the close 2020 presidential race in Arizona concluded Wednesday with prosecutors insisting their case is not politically motivated after defendants argued their alleged conduct was constitutionally protected free speech. What’s the case
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan said on Thursday that the United States
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Undocumented immigrants in California could be eligible for state assistance in buying a home under a bill the state Legislature sent to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday. The proposal, which prompted contentious debate in the Legislature, would specify that people who meet all other requirements for a loan under a state
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Undocumented immigrants in California could be eligible for state assistance in buying a home under a bill the state Legislature sent to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday. The proposal, which prompted contentious debate in the Legislature, would specify that people who meet all other requirements for a loan under a state
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