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Stock market today: Asian shares retreat, tracking Wall St decline as price data disappoints

Dec. 12, 2024 23:54 PM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares fell on Friday, tracking Wall Street's decline in response to potentially discouraging data on the economy. U.S. futures and oil prices were little changed. Chinese leaders wrapped up a two-day economic policy meeting in Beijing on...

What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll

Dec. 12, 2024 23:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts. ...

AP Week in Pictures

Dec. 12, 2024 22:34 PM EST

Dec. 6 -12, 2024 Syrian government falls in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family. Notre Dame Cathedral hosts first Mass since 2019 fire. Wind-driven California blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, prompted evacuations as it burned near...

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were present

Dec. 12, 2024 22:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report Thursday that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the scene on Jan. 6, 2021, and none of the bureau’s informants was authorized to participate. ...

Amazon to contribute $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. Meta is also donating $1M

Dec. 12, 2024 21:42 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, a move that comes as major tech companies seek to improve their relationship with the incoming president. A company spokesperson confirmed Thursday evening that the...

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

Dec. 12, 2024 20:54 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern...

New York City mayor meets with Trump's 'border czar' to discuss how to go after 'violent' criminals

Dec. 12, 2024 20:48 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming “border czar” on Thursday, with the Democratic mayor expressing an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue violent criminals in the city while Trump promises mass...

White House releases national strategy to combat Islamophobia

Dec. 12, 2024 20:36 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced what it called the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia, detailing more than 100 steps federal officials are taking to curb hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans. The...

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Dec. 12, 2024 20:19 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground's 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state's...

New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health

Dec. 12, 2024 19:57 PM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would make major new investments in early childhood education, industrial water recycling, and drug addiction and mental health programs linked to concerns about crime under an annual spending proposal from Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. ...