MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption nonprofit group Wednesday, and said he will send a diplomatic note to the United States in protest. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed the group is part of the conservative opposition, and shouldn't receive foreign funding...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Ticks Higher After Inflation Data Clears the Way for Cuts to Rates
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks ticked higher in a quiet Wednesday after the latest update on inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to follow up on one of its best days of the year and climb within 3.7% of its all-time high set...
President Biden Backs New Election in Venezuela
SAO PAULO — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support new elections in Venezuela, after the United and its allies rejected Nicolás Maduro claims of victory. Asked by reporters at the White House if he supports another vote, Biden said “I do.” Biden did not elaborate, and the...
NASCAR Revokes Austin Dillon’s Playoff Eligibility
CHARLOTTE — Austin Dillon's automatic spot in NASCAR's playoff was revoked — though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway — after it was determined the driver "crossed a line" in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly...
5 People, Including 2 Doctors, Charged in Investigation Into Matthew Perry’s Death
LOS ANGELES — A prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death from a ketamine overdose last year, including the actor's assistant and two doctors. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying the doctors supplied Perry with a large amount of ketamine and...
Brandon Aiyuk Appears at 49ers Practice as a Spectator as His ‘Hold in’ Enters a 4th Week
SANTA CLARA — Star receiver Brandon Aiyuk was back out at San Francisco 49ers practice as a spectator as his contract hold in enters a fourth week still in search of a resolution. Aiyuk had mostly stayed off the field the past two weeks after making waves with his boisterous...
Police Identify Suspect in Break-in of Trump Campaign Office in Virginia
ASHBURN, Va. — Police in northern Virginia said Wednesday they were looking for a homeless man they suspect broke into an office of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said it has issued an arrest warrant for Toby Shane Kessler, 39, of no fixed address, on a...
Gena Rowlands, Acting Powerhouse and Star of Movies by Her Director-Husband, John Cassavetes, Dies
LOS ANGELES - Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker "The Notebook," has died. She...
Officials Probe Why Robbery Suspects Had Gun of Ex-LA Officer Involved in 2013 Shooting Spree
LOS ANGELES — Officials are looking into why two robbery suspects were in possession of a gun registered to rogue ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2013, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. One of the suspects, Jesus Eduardo Padron Rojas, a 19-year-old Venezuelan...
US Approves $20 Billion in Weapons Sales to Israel Amid Threat of Wider Middle East War
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120...