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SAO PAULO (AP) — A teenager has opened fire at a high school in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing one student and wounding two others.  The state government says police took the shooter into custody, but authorities have not released details about the suspect.  The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper has identified the assailant

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The truck driver was bound for Miami when he pulled into a parking lot to sleep

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State-inspired attacks at an airport and at an entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area. Rondell Henry pleaded guilty in

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy NEW YORK (AP) — To appeal to a new generation of philanthropists, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is ditching the word “foundation” and establishing itself with a new name: Brooklyn Org. Jocelynne Rainey, who took over as president of the 14-year-old grantmaker two years ago,

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s economy minister and the anti-establishment upstart he faces in a presidential runoff next month began competing Monday to shore up the moderate voters they need. Economy Minister Sergio Massa earned almost seven points more than chainsaw-wielding economist and freshman lawmaker Javier

By DAVID KOENIG and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the two pilots. Authorities in Oregon identified the man as Joseph David Emerson,

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is swinging in mixed trading Monday, continuing a monthslong run where it’s slavishly followed the cue of the bond market. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in late trading, coming off its worst week in a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge. Crude prices rose sharply in early 2022 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and are hovering around $90 per

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Police Chief John Drake has spent much of his career trying to steer young people away from crime. Inspired by mentors who helped him as a young man, Drake has tried to pay it forward. But sadly, he was unable to keep

By SAMYA KULLAB and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Yousra Abu Sharekh’s days begin in the southern Gaza Strip often after sleepless nights amid blaring ambulance sirens and the clamor of neighbors in the brief pause between relentless Israeli airstrikes. By daybreak, the 33-year-old mother is on the hunt for

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was living in a tent in the woods has been convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a retired New Hampshire couple who were out for a walk. After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury on Monday found 27-year-old

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ramped up its airstrikes Monday in Gaza, where the death toll was rising rapidly, and the United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow more time to negotiate the release of hostages taken by Hamas

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans found themselves starting over on Monday — bumbling ahead with few ideas about who will lead, what they are fighting over and when they will get Congress working again. Nine lower-level Republican lawmakers are now running to be