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Wall Street ends mixed as Dow ekes out another record

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks ended on a mixed note following the latest signals that the U.S. economy continues to hum. The S&P 500 closed little changed Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4% to the all-time high it set the day before, and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%.

Netanyahu says Israel has 'settled its account' with Sinwar

Israel says Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza. Foreign Minister Katz called Sinwar's killing a "military and moral achievement for the Israeli army." Sinwar was a chief architect of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the latest escalating conflicts in the Middle East.

Editorials from New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post on AI’s impact on chemistry, biomedicine. One of this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics, Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered work on the neural networks that undergird artificial intelligence, has warned that machines might someday get smarter than humans. Perhaps.

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US shoppers spent more last month driving growth

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices.

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Europe's Airbus to lay off 2,500 workers

AP – European aircraft maker and Boeing rival Airbus said Wednesday that it was laying off 2,500 workers as it tries to turnaround its struggling defense and space division.

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US provides $750 million to Wolfspeed for advanced computer chips

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York.

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Editorials from New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post on AI’s impact on chemistry, biomedicine. One of this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics, Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered work on the neural networks that undergird artificial intelligence, has warned that machines might someday get smarter than humans. Perhaps.

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Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel had "settled its account" with "the person who carried out the worst massacre in the history of our people since the Holocaust."

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Sinwar's death is 'good day' for world

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops is a "good day for Israel, for the United States, and for the world," and called it an "opportunity” to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas and end the yearlong war in Gaza.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told lawmakers Wednesday that Ukraine's Western partners are increasing pressure to negotiate with Russia, but he hinted such talks would be unfavorable to Kyiv as he unveiled what he called his "victory plan" for the war.