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GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated 02/06/2024 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Build more wall. Reinstate Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressional Republicans argue that President Joe Biden already has all the authority he needs to halt the flow of migrants through the U.S.-Mexico border. They're making the c Coherent, Spotify rise; Crown Holdings, FMC fall, Tuesday, 2/6/2024 02/06/2024 04:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Coherent Corp., up $8.58 to $58. The Laser and optics manufacturer beat analysts' fiscal second-quarter earnings forecasts. BP Plc., up $2.15 to $36.39. The oil and natural gas giant beat analysts' fourth-quart Amcor: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2024 04:20pm • WARMLEY BRISTOL, Britain (AP) — WARMLEY BRISTOL, Britain (AP) — Amcor plc (AMCR) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $134 million. The Warmley Bristol, Britain-based company said it had net income of 9 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 16 cents Big questions surround the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics exactly 2 years before the next Winter Games 02/06/2024 08:15am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Construction on the much-debated bobsled track hasn’t even begun. Plans for the San Siro Stadium, where the opening ceremony is slated to be held, remain unclear. And an all-new 15,000-seat hockey arena that’s supposed to welcome back NHL players to the Olympics Mexico's president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire 02/05/2024 09:42pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday he will propose guaranteeing people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire, something done by no other country, not even those much richer than Mexico. It was among a raft of 20 constitutional reforms that President André Border bill supporters combat misleading claims that it would let in more migrants 02/05/2024 09:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the most hard-fought provisions in the bipartisan border security package, and one that Democrats had to be persuaded to include: a new authority for the U.S. government to block migrants from entering the country. Now it’s the central line of attack from many Re Irish and UK leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland's political deadlock 02/05/2024 08:23pm • LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland went to Belfast Monday to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government and bask in a good-news moment after two years of political crisis. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar visited the new administration at How to Start Investing and Saving for Retirement With Little Money 02/05/2024 07:00pm • Americans often have the misconception that they need a loaded bank account to invest in the stock market. That's not the case. While stocks such as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) cost about $590,000 per share, there are plenty of other stocks, bonds and funds that r Ohio attorney general opposes speeding up timeline for lawsuit over proposed voting rights amendment 02/05/2024 05:46pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, Yost sa Crown: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/05/2024 04:54pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Crown Holdings Inc. (CCK) on Monday reported fourth-quarter net income of $32 million. The Tampa, Florida-based company said it had net income of 27 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.24 per share. The results missed Wa House GOP leaders: Senate border deal 'waste of time' 02/05/2024 04:52pm • The bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement on the southern border took months to reach, but it was only a matter of hours after its release that it was blasted by House GOP leadership and former President Trump. The border deal would make some of the most significant changes to U.S. immigration pol Amkor Technology: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/05/2024 04:20pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Amkor Technology Inc. (AMKR) on Monday reported fourth-quarter net income of $117.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Tempe, Arizona-based company said it had net income of 48 cents. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of Largest Baseball Contract Packages 02/05/2024 03:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball contracts worth $280 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources and include all guaranteed income but not income from potential incentive bonuses. There is no distinction for deferred money: Player, ClubYearsTotalShohe Opposition to the Senate border bill jeopardizes help for Afghans who aided U.S. troops 02/05/2024 02:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive $118 billion Senate border bill not only contains once-in-a-decade border security legislation and wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine, but also offers a chance for the U.S. to keep its promise to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in America’s longest war. Zelenskyy signals a shakeup of Ukraine's military leadership is imminent at a critical point in war 02/05/2024 12:15pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thinking about dismissing the country's top military officer as part of a broader leadership shakeup, a possibility that has shocked the nation fighting a war to end Russia's invasion and also worried Ukraine's Western allies.