Stock market today: Wall Street is stuck as the countdown to a rate cut ticks closer to zero
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are holding near their records Wednesday ahead of an announcement in the afternoon that’s expected to kick off a series of cuts to interest rates meant to…
Trump and Harris resume campaigning after second apparent assassination attempt
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential election campaigning revved back up Tuesday, with Donald Trump heading to Michigan and Vice President Kamala Harris answering questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania — all while authorities…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years, threatening them to keep them in line and…
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning Tuesday in the…
Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspected person with firearm near his golf club
By ALANNA DURKING RICHER, COLLEEN LONG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while the Republican presidential…
Texas on top! Longhorns take over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 16 years, jumping Georgia
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved…
Hawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
HONOLULU (AP) — The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision, abandoning their cars in a blocked road and running to an industrial outbuilding for safety. All six perished…
Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden administration rule to limit flaring of gas at oil wells
AP-US-Biden-Climate-Methane BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells. “At this preliminary stage, the plaintiffs have shown they are…
Man accused of shooting 5 on Kentucky interstate vowed to ‘kill a lot of people,’ warrant says
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and…
Louisiana residents prepare as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane
By SARA CLINE and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly…