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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Wall Street closed its latest winning month and quarter with more records on Monday. The drift higher for U.S. stocks followed a wild start to the week for financial markets in Asia, where Japanese stocks tumbled and Chinese indexes soared. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4% to an all-time high

By Associated Press NEW YORK — With a strike deadline looming, the union for 45,000 dockworkers and the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports have exchanged wage offers, leaving a ray of hope that a deal can be reached without a major work stoppage. In a statement, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents 36

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Monday that more interest rate cuts are in the pipeline but suggested they would occur at a measured pace intended to support a still-healthy economy. His comments, at a conference of the National Association for Business Economics in Nashville, Tennessee, disappointed the hopes of

By Jennifer Watling Neal Michigan State University The Conversation via AP In the 2024 election cycle, voters without children are under the microscope. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has said that “childless cat ladies” and older adults without kids are “sociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this country.” So it was notable

By Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Chaim Bloom will replace longtime St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak after the 2025 season, the team’s CEO said Monday. Bill DeWitt Jr. said Bloom will oversee a reset of the club’s player development system next season and then will take over for Mozeliak, who is

By Associated Press BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman and Bobby Witt Jr. were the top two picks of baseball’s 2019 amateur draft, back when the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals were among the worst teams in the sport. “It’s pretty crazy,” Witt said Monday. “Now we’re matching up in the postseason.” Rutschman and the Orioles

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs keep winning close games. They also keep losing important players. The Chiefs’ latest escape job came Sunday in Los Angeles, when they weathered more first-half problems t o rally for a 17-10 win over the Chargers. But it came at the expense of budding

By NewsPress Now The cultures of several Hispanic cultures will be showcased in a special celebration planned for this weekend. The third annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration hosted by Latinos Connect is set for 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Coleman Hawkins Park, Seventh and Felix streets. It will include food, music,

By Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy’s small wood sander. Ralahy, eyes sparkling behind his glasses, has learned in 30 years as a craftsman at the

By Metro Creative According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90% of vision loss from diabetes can be prevented. Despite that, a significant number of people with diabetes are not getting routine eye exams that could protect their vision. A collaborative study between the CDC and researchers at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia

By Associated Press LOS ANGELES | Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home on Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88. McFarland said

By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vice President Kamala Harris poked at Republican Donald Trump during a fancy fundraiser on Sunday, telling donors that as she campaigns around the country her “crowds are pretty big” — before heading to Nevada for a rally at the same venue where the GOP nominee appeared two weeks ago.

By Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Patrick Mahomes passed for 245 yards and a touchdown while rediscovering his connection with Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 17-10 on Sunday. Making his 100th regular-season start, Mahomes completed 19 of 29 passes for the

By Associated Press Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years on Sunday following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide has held the top spot at some point. UNLV, unbeaten through four games for the first

By Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. — Avery Johnson passed for three touchdowns and ran for two as No. 23 Kansas State routed No. 20 Oklahoma State 42-20 Saturday. The Wildcats were motivated after a 38-9 loss at BYU the previous week. “It was (because of) how poorly we played last week,” Johnson said . “We

By Associated Press NEW YORK — The baseball season is going extra innings. While the American League playoff picture cleared up Sunday, the National League remained muddled heading into what was supposed to be an off day before the postseason. AL West champion Houston hosts Detroit, and Baltimore is at home against Kansas City in

By Associated Press Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western attempts at global domination and machinations in Ukraine — and even inside the United Nations itself. Three days after Russian President Vladimir

By Associated Press ERIE, Pa. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying she should be “impeached and prosecuted.” Trump’s rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, took on similar themes as an event one day

By Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages seen over Russian skies since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported that it had shot down

By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Witnesses on Monday reported the first Israeli airstrike in central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict, hours after Israel struck targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people as Hezbollah sustained a string of deadly blows to its command structure, including the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

By Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models Sunday. The decision is a major blow to efforts attempting to rein in the homegrown industry that is rapidly evolving with little oversight. The bill would have established some of

By Associated Press With a dockworkers’ strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried. Butler is CEO of the National Tree Company, and, like many businesses, his is counting on shipments that are en route from Asia but won’t reach their ports before an