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NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processing giant Visa Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth quarter profits rose by 33 percent from a year earlier, helped by a lower tax rate and more payments processed on its signature network....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Public Radio is selling the century-old theater where Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” was based. MPR President and CEO John McTaggart announced Wednesday that the...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN chief Jeff Zucker criticized the White House for a “total and complete lack of understanding” of the seriousness of its attacks on the media, as his network’s New York bureau was evacuated...

Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street Wednesday, led by a swoon in technology companies that erased the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s gains for the year. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite had...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Water service was cut off to an estimated 1.4 million people living in more than a half-a-million American households that got behind on their bills two years ago, as some struggled to keep up with rising...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Republican secretary of state told officials to award an emergency $265,000 contract to a printing company owned by a Republican political consultant and former executive of the state GOP for...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Tesla’s quarterly results (all times local): 4:57 p.m. Tesla Motors delivered on CEO Elon Musk’s promise to make money during its latest quarter after fulfilling his pledge to boost...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran NBC sports and news producer Jim Bell is the new producer in charge of “The Tonight Show.” NBC said Wednesday that Bell is starting immediately with the late-night show hosted by Jimmy...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Boeing Co., up $4.60 to $354.65 The company raised its annual forecasts after a strong quarter and said airlines ordered planes at a faster pace. Texas...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. official is accusing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of illegally exporting tons of gold in a bid to rescue his country’s collapsing economy. U.S. Treasury’s Assistant Secretary...