NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks drifted higher following another encouraging update on inflation. The S&P 500 added 0.4% Thursday and is sitting less than 2% below its record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Treasury yields fell again in the bond market.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Caribbean country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines say they have discovered an abandoned boat and the remains of 11 people along with passports from the west African country of Mali.

TEl AVIV, Israel (AP) - Iranian state television confirmed the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in Israel’s strikes Friday morning. Gen. Hossein Salami was the chief of one of the country’s most powerful centers, and his death was a tough blow to Iran’s embattled leadership.

MIAMI (AP) - Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - President Donald Trump must return to California Gov. Gavin Newsom control over National Guard troops the president deployed to Los Angeles to assist in immigration enforcement and controlling unrest, a federal judge said in a temporary restraining order Thursday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti's prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it circulated recently on social media. The protesters, who were HIV positive, did not conceal their faces - a rare occurrence in a country where the virus is still heavily stigmatized.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the U.S. territory, attempts to strengthen its fragile economy. Government officials are jumping on planes to try and convince international companies to relocate their manufacturing plants to the island.