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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to more records after Chinese stocks soar

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to more records after Chinese stocks soar

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to more records Tuesday after Chinese stocks soared following a slew of moves by the Chinese central bank to prop…

Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison over fraud

Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison over fraud

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized repeatedly to…

Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, WILL WEISSERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by…

Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as…

How colorful, personalized patches bring joy to young cancer patients

How colorful, personalized patches bring joy to young cancer patients

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Oliver Burkhardt underwent leukemia treatment at age 9, he’d enter the hospital wearing his patch-covered denim jacket. Pokemon. Superman. NASA. Police, fire, military. Classic rock bands.…

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006

By BASSAM HATOUM, MELANIE LIDMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in…