Japan PM Abe, Cabinet set to resign ahead of new leadership

TOKYO (AP) — Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet are set to resign Wednesday morning, clearing the way for his successor to take over after parliamentary confirmation later in the day.

US stocks rise again as tech makes up more lost ground

Stocks were losing some of their early strength Tuesday afternoon, with gains in big technology companies outweighing losses in banks and elsewhere in the market.

Mexican president wants referendum on judging predecessors

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday he will ask the Senate to schedule a referendum on whether to investigate and possibly bring charges against his predecessors, including…

US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totaling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body.

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Virus death toll linked to Maine wedding grows to 7

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — At least seven people have died in connection to a coronavirus outbreak that continues to sicken people in Maine following a wedding reception held over the summer that violated state virus g…

Wall Street opens higher, following broad gains overseas

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, building on gains made over the previous two days. The S&P 500 was up 0.9% early Tuesday. Markets were also higher overseas folllowing encouraging economic …

The Latest: Flooding from Sally, a death in Paulette's wake

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3 more COVID cases linked to American's bar crawl in Bavaria

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in southern Germany have recorded three more COVID-19 infections in people who frequented bars visited by a 26-year-old American woman suspected of flouting quarantine rules in the Alpine …

Source: Louisville offers settlement to family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed when officers burst into her home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Source: Louisville offers settlement to family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed when officers burst into her home.

Vietnam sentences 7 for human smuggling to Britain

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A court in central Vietnam on Monday sentenced seven people to up to 7 1/2 years in prison for smuggling a woman who later died in a truck together with 38 other people as they were being tran…

US industrial production up modest 0.4% in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production slowed to a modest increase of 0.4% in August, far weaker than the strong bounce back recorded in previous months when factories were coming back to life.

Pakistan's top court postpones appeal in Daniel Pearl case

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's top court on Tuesday postponed for two weeks the much-awaited appeals hearing against the acquittal earlier this year of a British-Pakistani man and three others in the 2002 kidnapping a…

City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mom, reform police

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor's slaying by police thrust the Black w…

St. Louis matches homicide total for all of last year

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A teenage girl shot to death in St. Louis has become the city's 194th homicide victim in 2020, matching the total for all of 2019 with 3 1/2 months still to go in the year.