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Stock market today: Wall Street limps toward losses to begin a holiday-shortened trading week

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street drifted lower early Tuesday in a holiday-shortened week with some high-profile retailers reporting quarterly results. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 each slipped 0.3% before the opening bell. Wall Street trading was closed Monday for President’s Day in the

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The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, according to a report obtained Monday.

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EU welcomes Polish plan to address concerns about democratic backsliding

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior European Union officials are welcoming a plan by Poland’s new government to address concerns about democratic backsliding. If implemented, they say the plan to roll back political influence over the judiciary could end legal wrangling that’s threatened to suspect Poland’s EU voting rights and blocked it

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Report: North Korean missile fired by Russia against Ukraine contained US and European components

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean ballistic missile fired last month by the Russian military in Ukraine contained hundreds of components that trace back to companies in the US and Europe, according to a new report. The findings mark the first public identification of North Korea’s reliance on foreign technology for its missile program and underscore the persistent problem facing the

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Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up. His jailbreak shines a light on the country’s lawless prisons

By David Culver, Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang, José Adolfo Macías, could have been in a hotel instead of one of Ecuador’s largest prison complexes. This is “better than

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WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that American authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the U.S. government. Lawyer Edward Fitzgerald

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EU welcomes Polish plan to address rule of law fears and hopes it can end years of legal wrangling

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior European Union officials are welcoming a plan by Poland’s new government to address concerns about democratic backsliding. If implemented, they say the plan to roll back political influence over the judiciary could end legal wrangling that’s threatened to suspect Poland’s EU voting rights and blocked it

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Biden heads to California to rev up his fundraising in anticipation of a costly rematch with Trump

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden started a three-day swing through California on Tuesday as he looks to soak up more cash for his reelection bid. Going into the trip, Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that they had collected $42 million in contributions during January

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Polish farmers block Ukraine’s border as they intensify protests against non-EU imports

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish farmers have blocked border crossings with Ukraine as they intensify nationwide protest against the import of Ukrainian foods and European Union environmental policies. Farmers across Europe have been protesting, worried that EU plans to place limits on the use of chemicals and on greenhouse gas

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