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Wall Street holds steadier as bond yields and bitcoin stabilize
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is holding relatively steady on Tuesday as both bond yields and bitcoin stabilize. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, coming off its first loss in six days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 116 points, or 0.2%, as of 11:50 a.m. Eastern time,...
Federal prosecutors say Afghan national made bomb threat on TikTok video in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas man has been charged with making threats online after authorities said a video showing him threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack and kill Americans was posted to TikTok and other social media sites. The charge against Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, an Afghan...
NATO chief dismisses concerns about U.S. commitment to the alliance ahead of Ukraine meeting
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern Tuesday about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend Wednesday’s meeting, which will unfold...
Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84
MADISON, Wis. — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, Michigan, after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from the Hansen-Onion-Martell...
Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging peace efforts to end Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine’s European allies Tuesday of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the war that have gained momentum in recent weeks. “They don’t have a peace agenda, they’re on the side of the war,” Putin said after speaking to an investment forum and before he held talks...
U.S. mass killings down in 2025, but experts say it’s likely just a return to more typical levels
A shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year — the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. Experts warn that the...
Gen Z and millennials embrace sustainable alternatives to imported fresh flowers
Instead of hiring a florist for her October wedding, Emily Day decided to grow her own flowers in her front yard in Calgary, Canada — a creative challenge that turned into a lesson on the hidden climate costs of the global flower industry. She said her homegrown arrangements were just...
More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
BATANG TORU, Indonesia — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with nearly 900 people missing. Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands...
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday....
Israel says it receives ‘findings’ handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel on Tuesday said it had received “findings” handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two hostages still in the territory: an Israeli and a Thai national. Israel’s government said they...
Patriots blow past Giants to become 1st NFL team to 11 wins
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Drake Maye passed for two touchdowns, Marcus Jones had a 94-yard punt return for a TD and the New England Patriots became the first NFL team to reach 11 wins this season, beating the New York Giants, 33-15, on Monday night. It was the 10th straight win...
Chargers QB Justin Herbert has surgery on non-throwing hand, playing status to be determined
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert’s availability to play will be determined later this week after he had surgery on his non-throwing hand Monday. Herbert is day-to-day, the team said in a statement, after he broke a bone in his left hand in the first quarter...
Browns’ Maliek Collins to miss rest of season with quad injury
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Maliek Collins will miss the rest of the season after suffering a quad injury in Sunday’s 26-8 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Coach Kevin Stefanski made the announcement Monday that Collins will have to undergo season-ending surgery. The 10-year veteran defensive lineman suffered...
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in U.S. drug trafficking case in a plea deal
CHICAGO — One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the “Chapitos” — or “little Chapos” — Joaquín Guzmán López and brother Ovidio Guzmán López...
Browns coach Stefanski still isn’t ready to announce Sanders as his starting QB for rest of season
Coach Kevin Stefanski continues to take Shedeur Sanders’ status as the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback on a week-by-week basis. The Browns’ 26-8 loss to San Francisco assured their 23rd losing season since 1999. Sanders struggled in the second half, but finished 16 of 25 passing for 149 yards with a...
Michigan State hires ex-Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald after firing Jonathan Smith
Michigan State has hired former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program. The announcement on Monday comes a day after the Spartans fired Jonathan Smith two seasons into his seven-year contract. “Pat Fitzgerald is widely recognized as an exceptional football coach, whose teams play with extreme toughness and...
Denny Hamlin breaks down in tears as the first witness testifying at NASCAR antitrust trial
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The landmark federal antitrust trial against NASCAR opened Monday with three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin breaking down in tears minutes into his testimony as the first witness in a case that could upend the venerable stock car series. Hamlin’s 23XI Racing, which he co-owns with Michael...
The ACC is trying to spark men’s basketball; a better showing in the ACC/SEC Challenge would help
The ACC and SEC are southern-footprint neighbors best known for different long-running strengths: the ACC with rich men’s basketball tradition, the SEC in football. These days, the SEC has veered into the ACC’s lane. As the third ACC/SEC Challenge begins Tuesday, the SEC is coming off a year with a...
Heavy snow predicted for Northeast as Midwest still struggles with Thanksgiving weather snarlsVideo
PORTLAND, Maine — Black ice, snow showers and fog pestered post-holiday travelers in the Midwest on Monday while the Northeast geared up for its first major snowstorm of the season. More than 8 inches of snow fell at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this weekend, setting a record for the highest...
Trump rallies Tennessee GOP by speakerphone on eve of U.S. House special election
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and top Republicans made a last-ditch push on Monday to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress, while Democrats enlisted former Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to back their candidate. The crush of big-name politicians came...
Babson College supports student deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise
CONCORD, N.H. — Babson College has instructed faculty and staff to provide “academic and community support” to a student who was deported to Honduras when she tried to fly home to visit family for Thanksgiving. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20...
Bitcoin dips below $85,000 briefly in crypto rout
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued. Bitcoin slid 5.6% after being down nearly 12% earlier in the day, settling in just above $85,000. The most-traded cryptocurrency is down about 33%...
Schumer says 3 of his New York offices were targeted with bomb threats
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that three of his New York offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats from an email address alleging the “2020 election was rigged.” Schumer said in a statement that local law enforcement received bomb threats referencing his offices in Rochester, Binghamton...
White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful
WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a September U.S. military operation that has come under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary...
Federal review finds 44% of U.S. trucking schools don’t comply with government rules
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the United States may be forced to close after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements. The Transportation Department said Monday that it plans to revoke the accreditation of nearly 3,000 schools...
