By DAMIAN J. TROISE Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday, giving back some of the gains they made a day earlier, as crude oil prices rise sharply again. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% as of 10:22 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 206 points, or 0.6%, to 34,600 and the…
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI DENVER (AP) — The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the nation’s congressional maps may be short-lived, creating the potential for more frequent clashes over how political power should be distributed across the United States. As the once-a-decade scramble to draw new legislative lines, a process known as…
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By JOSH BOAK Vice President Kamala Harris will announce an action plan to stop racial discrimination in the appraisal of home values, according to senior Biden administration officials. The plan contains 21 steps to improve oversight and accountability, including a legislative proposal to modernize the governance structure of the appraisal industry. Appraisers help to determine…
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Even when he doesn’t play him late, when the shots aren’t falling, when the outside noise is calling for Max Strus or Victor Oladipo or Tyler Herro or seemingly anyone or everyone else to start, Erik Spoelstra has his reasons not to relent when it comes to Duncan Robinson. He appreciates how Robinson makes the…
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By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA ARABI, La. (AP) — A tornado flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a storm front that caused damage in places as it blew from Texas to South Carolina. Two deaths were attributed to…
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Alexei Navalny was arrested in January 2021, tens of thousands of Russians filled the streets in protest, demanding that the top Kremlin critic be released and chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Thousands were arrested. Since then, Putin has unleashed the harshest crackdown since the era of the Soviet Union:…
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Q: I have read the tragic situation of police officer Jeffrey Smith who committed suicide after Jan. 6, 2021. He was on duty that fateful day. His wife brought a claim that she was entitlement to benefits because he died “in the line of duty.” Is she correct? If so, what does she get? S.B.,…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday — and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer. Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — With Europe facing its most precarious future since World War II, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in Brussels and Warsaw this week as the leaders try to prevent Russia’s war on Ukraine from spiraling into an even greater catastrophe. Biden embarks Wednesday on…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson returned to the Senate for a third day of hearings Wednesday as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic nature of her nomination to become the first Black woman on the high…
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