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NATIONAL
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Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn't kill wife and son as he gets another day in court
SUMMARY: Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions. They argue that the trial judge's rulings and a biased court clerk prevented a fair trial. Murdaugh's lawyers told the justices at Wednesday's hearing that allowing evidence that Murdaugh stole from clients biased jurors into thinking he could be a killer, in a case that lacked any physical evidence linking him to the deaths of his wife and younger son. Even if the convictions are overturned, Murdaugh won't get out of prison. He is serving a 40-year federal sentence for stealing $12 million from clients.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMurdaughKillingsAppealstLdWritethru/0d234a230b7ac602f836f9d091a0a88f/text___
Man questioned about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance says he was released
SUMMARY: Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie detained a man in Arizona who says he was questioned for hours Tuesday night before being released. The man told several media outlets that he had nothing to do with last week’s disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. The development came just hours after the FBI released images of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing near Tucson. Authorities have not said what led them to stop the man and had not confirmed he was released. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says it also searched a location Tuesday night in a city where the man lives near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSavannahGuthrieMomMissingthLdWritethru/6f1016e390e2c59d82604731f795a8ba/text___
Letters from a WWII soldier to his sweetheart offer an intimate picture of love during wartime
SUMMARY: A trove of more than 200 letters from World War II that were found in a Tennessee home offers an intimate picture of love during wartime. Ray Whittaker attended school at the historically Black Meharry Medical College in Nashville. There he met and dated another student, Jane Dean. They lost contact for a time, but he wrote to her in 1942, stating that he was in the Army. Soon he was professing his love. A short four months later, they were married. The letters from their courtship and early marriage were donated to the Metro Nashville archive. Several are now on display digitally through the Nashville Public Library.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSWWIILoveLetters/c96e36bfb96fb2df6266ef1fa356eaa6/text___
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
SUMMARY: Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes. A review by The Associated Press found at least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020. The wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse and corruption. Most cases happened before Congress gave ICE $75 billion last year to hire more agents and detain more people, but experts say these kinds of crimes could accelerate. A spokesperson says ICE takes allegations of misconduct "extremely seriously" and thoroughly vets new applicants.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationAgencyMisconductstLdWritethru/45b0d2248c0add9523e0bf5a953faaea/text___
Video in investigation into Nancy Guthrie's abduction raises questions about surveillance technology
SUMMARY: Investigators have found surveillance footage of an armed, masked person at Nancy Guthrie's doorstep on the night she disappeared. Guthrie is the mother of “Today Show” host Savannah Guthrie. The FBI said the footage was retrieved from "backend servers" after initially believing it was lost. The camera was disconnected, and Guthrie didn't have a subscription to the camera company. This discovery raises questions about the persistence of digital content. Experts say footage can remain on cloud servers even if it seems deleted. Privacy concerns are also highlighted, as companies may share data with law enforcement without user consent.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNancyGuthrieDigitalForensicsstLdWritethru/bd5f1d886543e23f2d105535031c9445/text___
U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track
SUMMARY: Three Idaho families are suing over an immigration raid at a horse racing track last year. They claim state and federal law enforcement used unconstitutional tactics, detaining people because they appeared to be Latino and keeping them in zip ties for hours. The raid involved 200 officers and targeted a family-friendly event popular with the Latino community. The October raid came as part of an FBI-led investigation into allegations of illegal gambling, but only five people at the event were arrested in connection with the gambling investigation. More than 100 others were arrested on suspicion of immigration violations. The families, all U.S. citizens or lawful residents, are seeking class-action status and damages.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationRaidCitizensLawsuitrdLdWritethru/5985155d7d0b92ec77d2d2a1292ae820/text___
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman becomes first person executed in Florida this year
SUMMARY: A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a 1989 robbery has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Sixty-four-year-old Ronald Palmer Heath received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison near Starke. Heath was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the shooting and stabbing of salesman Michael Sheridan in the Gainsville area. The lethal injection follows a record 19 executions in Florida last year. In 2025, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis oversaw more executions in a single year than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFloridaExecutionthLdWritethru/88fbd1044dcdae4f496b4d3696016031/text___
A young cancer patient and his family worry nearly a month into New York City nurses’ strike
SUMMARY: A young cancer patient at one of the remaining New York City hospitals where nurses are on strike says he misses his regular caregivers. Logan Coyle is a 9-year-old boy battling advanced liver cancer at NewYork-Presbyterian’s children’s hospital in Manhattan. Two other major hospital systems reached tentative deals to end the strike on Monday. Those proposals, if approved by union members, would see nurses return to work by Saturday. Negotiations at NewYork Presbyterian have progressed slower. The hospital says it has agreed to a proposal from mediators that includes many things the union has sought. But the union says there are no plans yet for negotiations to resume.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNYCNursingStrikePatientsstLdWritethru/a044b86cb48c9a6c4447136cc676def6/text___
Gov. Tim Walz says federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end within days
SUMMARY: Gov. Tim Walz says the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end soon. He spoke with top Trump administration officials, including border czar Tom Homan and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Walz said Tuesday that he anticipates hearing more from the administration soon about the operation's future. Walz emphasized a "trust but verify" approach, as the situation could change. Walz also hopes for cooperation on joint investigations into the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans by federal officers. The crackdown has impacted local businesses, with employees and customers staying away out of fear.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationEnforcementMinnesotastLdWritethru/1f25629bf74467f91e41377f704a6b7a/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on turmoil over the Epstein files
SUMMARY: Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a wide-ranging, passionate defense of President Donald Trump, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican’s chief protector. Bondi's remarks came at a House Judiciary Committee hearing as she tried to turn the page from persistent criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Bondi sought to deflect from criticism of the Epstein files in an extraordinary speech in which she mocked her Democratic questioners, praised Trump over the performance of the stock market and openly aligned herself as in sync with a president.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSBondiCongressthLdWritethru/6d7502b80e42e9e9454264e242507bbd/text___
Netanyahu is pushing for expanded Iran talks as Trump says Tehran wants a deal
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at the White House and set to discuss new nuclear talks with Iran. Their visit comes as both Tehran and Washington are projecting cautious optimism after indirect talks in Oman last week over how to approach negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. It's unclear how much influence Netanyahu will have over Trump's approach toward Iran. Trump says he wants “no nuclear weapons, no missiles” by Iran. Netanyahu’s office has said he wants Iran talks to include limits on Iran’s ballistic missile program and support for militant groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpIsraelndLdWritethru/fa5be8069deb4b1b01cdf30d3e3525e7/text___
FBI search of Georgia election offices relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows
SUMMARY: The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia. That's according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried to help President Donald Trump overturn his 2020 election loss. The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county that Trump and allies have long seen as central to their false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Audits, state officials, courts and Trump’s own former attorney general have all rejected the idea of widespread problems that could have altered the outcome.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSGeorgiaElectionsInvestigationthLdWritethru/9dfecd778c09134e9aa0bba2848718f5/text___
How the head of ICE responded to questions in Congress over Trump's immigration policies
SUMMARY: The heads of three Trump administration agencies have appeared before Congress to discuss immigration policies. The hearing follows the shooting deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis, which sparked outrage over the president's agenda. Todd Lyons of Immigration and Customs Enforcement faced sharp questioning about officers wearing masks during arrests. Democrats criticized the practice, while Lyons defended it for officer safety. The hearing Tuesday also addressed the looming shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, with Democrats threatening to block funding unless changes are made.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationEnforcementCongressTakeaways/1c915cb9efa00c7308838cfabc284682/text___
Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy
SUMMARY: The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule Thursday rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. The Obama-era policy determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. Legal challenges are certain. The White House says the action “will be the largest deregulatory action in American history" and will save as much as $1.3 trillion in avoided regulations. Environmental groups called the shift the single biggest attack in U.S. history on federal efforts to address climate change.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpClimateRulethLdWritethru/233228a5cf2a71f0ecbcd14281530706/text___
ICE chief defends his officers' actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters
SUMMARY: The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is defending his officers, saying they won't be intimidated while carrying out President Donald Trump's deportation agenda. Todd Lyons, along with other agency leaders, faced tough questions from Democrats during a congressional hearing Tuesday. Lyons blames elected officials for rhetoric that endangers officers. The hearing follows recent scrutiny after two protesters were shot and killed by Homeland Security officers in Minneapolis. Democrats are criticizing the administration's immigration policies, while officials argue their actions make the country safer. The hearing marks the first time these leaders have appeared in Congress since receiving increased funding.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationEnforcementCongressthLdWritethru/1fa0cc0c9297479fcc02b1dc5a706d37/text___
Malinowski concedes to Mejia in Democratic US House special primary in New Jersey
SUMMARY: Former congressman Tom Malinowski has conceded to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House special election. Mejia, a progressive activist and former political director for Bernie Sanders, overtook Malinowski by a narrow margin on election night. The Associated Press has not yet called the race. Mejia had endorsements from Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She previously served as deputy director of the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau under President Joe Biden. Mejia would face Republican Joe Hathaway in the special general election on April 16. The district covers parts of Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionNewJerseyHousethLdWritethru/b258179c8aa924e2cf415f1e45a9e129/text___
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims
SUMMARY: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child. It's a reversal of Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late financier after 2005. He was questioned by Democrats during a Tuesday subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee. But Lutnick is facing calls from several lawmakers for his resignation after the release of case files on Epstein contradicted Lutnick’s claims on a podcast last year that he had decided to “never be in the room” with Epstein again after a 2005 tour of Epstein’s home that disturbed Lutnick and his wife.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEpsteinLutnickndLdWritethru/2ead9f281ba2491e0581aced50a0533d/text___
Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
SUMMARY: The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events. The bipartisan governors' group said it will not hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump after the White House only included Republicans. A large group of Democratic governors said on Tuesday they would boycott a White House dinner after some Democratic governors were excluded. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, shared the news that the National Governors Association wouldn't be partaking in the business meeting at the White House in a letter to fellow governors on Monday. The NGA is scheduled to meet in Washington from Feb. 19 to 21.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpGovernorsthLdWritethru/ee4e696534082638795e1804d71f4966/text___
Democrats say White House offer on ICE is 'insufficient' as Homeland Security funding set to expire
SUMMARY: Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement late Monday that a White House counterproposal to the list of demands they transmitted over the weekend “included neither details nor legislative text” and does not address “the concerns Americans have about ICE’s lawless conduct.” The White House proposal was not released publicly.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressHomelandSecuritystLdWritethru/84d4b2e5a7123f2b316cca4857b7762a/text___
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Iran commemorates 1979 revolution as nation is squeezed by anger over crackdown and tensions with US
SUMMARY: Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home. On Wednesday, state TV shows huge pro-government rallies with chants against America. Witnesses in Tehran also report shouts of “Death to the dictator” from homes. President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is ready to negotiate and accept verification on its nuclear program. The U.N. nuclear watchdog still cannot inspect Iran’s stockpile. Pezeshkian also says a recent crackdown has caused “great sorrow.” A senior Iranian official has met Qatar’s foreign minister as talks with the U.S. remain uncertain.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranthLdWritethru/4ffab53ef628073ca90b9c8707485577/text___
New revelations from Epstein files take a toll across Europe
SUMMARY: The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein saga is rippling through Europe. Politicians, diplomats, officials and royals have seen reputations tarnished, investigations launched and jobs lost. It comes after a trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents revealed their ties to the U.S. financier and convicted sex offender who died behind bars in 2019. Some experts note that the reckoning in Europe’s parliamentary democracies has been swifter and more severe for now than in the United States where Epstein built his empire and hobnobbed with many American elites.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUEpsteinEuropeWhattoKnow/f83e424195d6af111ecec1cb9fda0ac9/text___
Canada in shock after one of the country's worst mass shootings
SUMMARY: Canadians are in shock after a deadly mass shooting in British Columbia. Seven people were killed at a school in Tumbler Ridge, and two others at a nearby home. Authorities say the suspected shooter, a woman, was found dead from a self-inflicted wound. More than 25 people were wounded in Tuesday's attack, with two in critical condition. Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed his condolences and announced flags will fly at half-staff for seven days. School shootings are rare in Canada, which has strict gun control laws. The motive remains unclear as the investigation continues.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCNCanadaShooting/e577eb5689d1af42f6077a56368d4170/text___
What to know about the deadly shooting at a school in Canada
SUMMARY: A school shooting in northern British Columbia has left seven people dead and more than 25 wounded. The shooting occurred Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Two more people were found dead at a nearby home. Canadian authorities say the female suspect also was found dead from a self-inflicted wound. Authorities have not released her name and said the motive remains unclear. The school, which has 175 students in grades 7 through 12, is in a small town in the Canadian Rockies near the provincial border with Alberta.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCNCanadaShootingWhattoKnow/c00c17e3a15734ecf845d4dc6b77734a/text___
Russia says it will stick to New START's nuclear arms limits as long as the US does
SUMMARY: Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same. The New START treaty expired Feb. 5, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that even though the U.S. hasn’t responded to President Vladimir Putin’s offer to maintain New START's caps for another year, Moscow will respect the treaty's limits if the U.S. observes them too.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUSNuclearTreatyndLdWritethru/dddab5e6b4d98ff428747487f401db15/text___
Russian drone attack kills a father and 3 children in Ukraine while pregnant mother survives
SUMMARY: A Russian drone has struck a home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in an attack that killed a father and his three small children. Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that the family's pregnant mother was wounded but survived. The attack destroyed the house and trapped the family under rubble. The drone was identified as a Russian-made Geran-2. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 129 long-range drones at Ukraine last night. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an industrial plant in the Russian city of Volgograd. Officials said that eight Russian airports briefly suspended flights because of drone attacks.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/d680de8e1ac590dd1be54056ca3989f0/text___
Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza as death toll mounts despite ceasefire
SUMMARY: Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire. Gaza health authorities say 586 Palestinians have been killed since the truce took effect, bringing the war’s overall toll to more than 72,000. Israel says its strikes respond to ceasefire violations. Some elements of the agreement have advanced, including the return of all hostages and limited reopening of the Rafah crossing. Plans for an international stabilization force are also emerging, with Indonesia saying it is preparing thousands of troops for humanitarian and reconstruction roles, though the force’s mandate remains unclear.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsGazandLdWritethru/08acadd177a13e971de88c56b12d456f/text___
King Charles III seeks 'moral high ground' with pledge to help police as Epstein scandal deepens
SUMMARY: In an earlier era, Britain’s royal family might have tried to bury the scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Not during the reign of King Charles III. Since October, the king has stripped his younger brother of the right to be called prince, forced him to move out of the royal estate he occupied for more than 20 years and issued a public statement supporting the women and girls abused by Epstein. Then came Monday’s unprecedented announcement that Buckingham Palace was ready to cooperate in the event of a police inquiry into Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Epstein.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUJeffreyEpsteinBritainRoyals/07cb587ce6468d80df268781f1a44e71/text___
UK leader Starmer averts a leadership challenge for now but remains damaged by Epstein fallout
SUMMARY: Keir Starmer has secured a temporary respite after fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files threatened his leadership. The British prime minister was saved by a fightback and hesitation among Labour Party rivals about the consequences of a coup. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said Tuesday that Labour lawmakers decided to unite behind Starmer. The crisis stems from Starmer's decision to appoint Epstein friend Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington. Starmer has apologized and said that Mandelson had lied about his ties to Epstein. Starmer's leadership remains shaky despite firing Mandelson. Many lawmakers are concerned about their reelection chances.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUJeffreyEpsteinBritainPoliticsrdLdWritethru/729040b1bc95a74ebbdeb7f19f9d7487/text___
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Surge of 130,000 US hires last month is a stark contrast to the weak hiring of 2025
SUMMARY: U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, weakest since the pandemic year of 2020, and less than half the previously reported 584,000. The job market has been sluggish for months even though the economy is registering solid growth.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEconomyJobsReportthLdWritethru/c760d3f86988833bc9ccb3936d44d61b/text___
US stocks wobble after feeling both the upside and downside of a strong jobs report
SUMMARY: U.S. stocks are feeling both the upside and downside of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. After initially rising toward its all-time high on Wednesday, the S&P 500 flipped to a loss before pulling back to roughly flat The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 97 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Both also erased early gains. Treasury yields, meanwhile, remained higher in the bond market. The upside of the jobs data for stocks is that it could drive continued growth in profits for companies. The downside is that it could discourage the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/4cfa87d4a833d315ed219dcd22da2f49/text___
Trump administration briefly closes El Paso airspace, blames Mexican cartel drone incursion
SUMMARY: The Trump administration says a Mexican cartel drone incursion prompted an hourslong closure of airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that grounded all flights to and from the airport. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X Wednesday morning that the FAA and the Defense Department “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” He did not say how many drones were involved or what specifically was done to disable them.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElPasoFlightsGroundedthLdWritethru/1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa/text___
Paramount sweetens offer for Warner Bros. shareholders in hostile takeover fight
SUMMARY: Paramount is intensifying its efforts to take over Warner Bros. Discovery. On Tuesday, the company offered Warner shareholders an added “ticking fee” if the deal doesn't close by year-end. Paramount also pledged to fund Warner's proposed $2.8 billion breakup payout to Netflix under their merger agreement. Paramount's offer otherwise remains at the same price of $30 per share in cash. Paramount aims to buy Warner for $77.9 billion but needs more shareholder support — and is again extending the deadline for its tender offer, which is now March 2. Meanwhile, Warner's leadership has continued to back its $72 billion studio and streaming deal with Netflix. Both deals face tremendous antitrust scrutiny.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSWarnerBrosthLdWritethru/8e0137b7ca4fb56c7bdcfa806fb9b162/text___
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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
SUMMARY: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology. The company announced the news on Tuesday. The FDA's decision reflects heightened scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has criticized mRNA technology. Moderna received a “refusal-to-file” letter, objecting to its clinical trial methods. The FDA said the trial didn’t compare the new shot to the best available standard of care. Moderna has requested an urgent meeting with the FDA and noted it has applied for approval in Europe, Canada and Australia.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMEDModernaFDA/2fc551cb2fb45735e67db0a4e2e2b0fb/text___
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Winter Olympics recap: Shiffrin out of the medals again, Klaebo wins another gold
SUMMARY: Olympic redemption will have to wait for Mikaela Shiffrin. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Games after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg. Shiffrin raced the slalom leg and finished with the 15th fastest time. That dropped the U.S. to fourth place. Shiffrin has gone seven straight Olympic races without a medal stretching back to the 2022 Beijing Games. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway powered to his second straight Olympic gold and seventh of his career by winning the cross-country sprint. The U.S. routed Canada 5-0 in women's hockey.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APOLYMilanCortinaRoundupndLdWritethru/d284237c724fdfba2ebc0d7f34058fff/text___
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