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Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street as traders became more hopeful that some of the U.S.’s frictions with its trading partners will ease. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that Washington is getting...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is issuing an executive order to help protect the United States against foreign adversaries that are taking advantage of technological vulnerabilities to threaten U.S. communications...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: The Progressive Corp., up $3.86 to $77.50 The insurance company reported a sharp increase in premiums during its most recent quarter and reapproved...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Greyhound driver who authorities say fell asleep before the bus careened off a road in the Utah desert two years ago was tired, sick and should never have been behind the wheel, according to a new lawsuit...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the state will appeal the dismissal of the state’s lawsuit against the maker of OxyContin over opioid abuse. South Central District Judge James Hill...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — More than 5,000 Cubans have visited Nicaragua so far this year, a 900% increase over the total for all of 2018, Nicaraguan officials said Wednesday. It lends evidence to anecdotal accounts from Cuban...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker plans to open a manufacturing plant in North Texas and create about 500 jobs. The Connecticut-based company on Wednesday announced groundbreaking will take place this...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Trump administration appointee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who came under fire after racist comments he wrote years ago resurfaced is leaving the agency. Eric Blankenstein was appointed in 2018...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-China trade blowup was a long time coming. And it won’t be easily resolved, not even if U.S. and Chinese negotiators reach a truce in the next few weeks that reassures jittery financial markets....