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%.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador reelects President Daniel Noboa, a conservative millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crimefighting record.

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.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A conservative young millionaire who is Ecuador ‘s incumbent president and a leftist lawyer are again the choices as Ecuadorians head to the polls on Sunday in the country's second presidential runoff election in less than two years.

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.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - In a polarized political landscape, Ecuadorian voters will choose Sunday between an incumbent young millionaire and a leftist lawyer to lead the South American country for the next four years.

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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday took another step in his effort to enlist foreign military assistance to combat the drug cartels and organized crime groups that have been behind the escalation in violent crime over the past four years.