US stocks push further into record heights

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market added to its record as Wall Street closed out a second straight winning month. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after completing a stunning rebound from its springtime sell-off of roughly 20%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.5%.

Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup

SAO PAULO (AP) – When Lt. Col. Mauro Cid arrived at Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday to testify against his onetime ally, former Defense Minister Gen. Walter Braga Netto, he did not salute the senior officer.

What's in latest version of Trump's big bill

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans are inching closer to getting their tax and spending cut bill through Congress with a final Senate vote likely late Monday or early Tuesday. At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities.

Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A 27-year-old Brazilian woman, who said she became pregnant after being raped in March during Carnival in Brasilia, should have been granted access to a legal abortion. But when she sought to terminate the pregnancy at a hospital around a month later, she was told she needed a police report.

67 killed by Israeli strike on cafe

CAIRO (AP) – Israeli forces killed at least 67 people in Gaza on Monday with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that left 22 others dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses, hospital and health officials said.

Bolsonaro spied on judges, lawmakers and journalists

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazil’s federal police accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 others of involvement in a sprawling scheme that used the country’s intelligence agency to spy on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists. The seal on the 1,125-page document, which adds to the far-right leader’s woes, was lifted by the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Editorials from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and others

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Brazil auctions off Amazon oil sites despite protests

BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) – Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups.