Wall Street is split as Tesla drops while other US stocks climb

NEW YORK (AP) - A mixed day of trading left the U.S. stock market split, as Wall Street's momentum slowed after setting record highs in each of the last two days. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Tuesday for its first loss in four days. The Dow rose roughly 400 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.8%.

 

Guyana cracks down on gold smuggled from Venezuela

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government.

Mystery surrounds Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims 'tens of thousands' of videos

WASHINGTON (AP) – It was a surprising statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Trump administration promises to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein: The FBI, she said, was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” of the wealthy financier “with children or child porn.”

Colombia landslide death toll rises to 22

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – The number of people killed in a landslide this week in northwest Colombia has risen to 22, with eight still missing, according to authorities.

Pro-Iran hackers threaten to release Trump-tied emails

WASHINGTON (AP) – Pro-Iran hackers have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump, according to a news report, a move that federal authorities call a “calculated smear campaign.”

Mercury pollution in Peru from illegal mining

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with toxic mercury.

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

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Brazil strikes deal with Musk's Starlink to curb criminal use in Amazon r

Brasilia, BRAZIL (AP) – Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink to curb the use of its services in illegal mining and other criminal activities in the Amazon.