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Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006

By BASSAM HATOUM, MELANIE LIDMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in…

Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs

Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SMITHTON, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump sat in a large barn in rural Pennsylvania on Monday, asking questions of farmers and offering jokes, but, in a rarity for…

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher to set more records

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher to set more records

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes reached new heights Monday after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 rose 16.02 points, or 0.3%, to…

Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump

Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note detailing his plans to…

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and…

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than…