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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher to set more records

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher to set more records

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes reached new heights Monday after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 rose 16.02 points, or 0.3%, to…

Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump

Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note detailing his plans to…

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and…

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than…

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when…

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel

By NATALIE MELZER and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of…