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By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is steadying on Wednesday as Alphabet and other technology stocks rise. The S&P 500 added 0.3% and was on track to break its two-day losing streak since setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 152 points, or 0.3%, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9% higher. Google’s parent company climbed 7.9% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the market after avoiding some of the worst-case scenarios in its antitrust case. A federal judge on Tuesday…

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Diplomatic Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — A day after President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his administration’s military role in the Caribbean with what he called a deadly strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting the president of Mexico, who has voiced fears of the U.S. encroaching on Mexican sovereignty. Rubio will sit down with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday to stress the importance the U.S. places on cooperating with Washington on Western Hemisphere security, trade and migration. Rubio will visit Ecuador on Thursday on his third trip…

California has long been a center of global technological innovation. That means the California Legislature has a unique responsibility to ensure burgeoning technologies are regulated sensibly. Missteps will damage California and America in our competition with China over AI leadership and more.  Despite that, the Legislature is advancing two misguided bills rooted in state paternalism.  Assembly Bill 56 is by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda. The bill warns of the health hazards for young people from heavy internet use. It would “enact the Social Media Warning Law” that would mandate an “addictive internet-based service or application” must “display a certain black…

By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, is set to visit the White House on Wednesday, looking to strengthen his relationship with President Donald Trump and make the case that the United States needs to maintain its robust military presence in his country. The visit to Washington is Nawrocki’s first overseas trip since taking office last month. It comes after Trump took the unusual step of involving himself in the elections of longtime ally Poland, endorsing Nawrocki, who was backed by the conservative Law and Justice party. Now in office, the former amateur boxer…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang, blocking a signature administration push that is destined for a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country, agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to…

Lakers star Luka Doncic scored 26 points as Slovenia topped Iceland, 87-79, to secure a spot in the knockout stage of the EuroBasket tournament, qualifying France along the way. Doncic, who battled early foul trouble, shot just 8 for 22 from the field (2 for 10 from 3-point range) and 8 for 11 from the free-throw line to go with seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in 32 minutes in Katowice, Poland. Doncic is the leading scorer in the tournament so far at 31.3 points per game, with Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (Finland) and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis…

As far as modern-day affronts to our autonomy go, the outlawing of drugs is one of the most egregious. Since the mid-to-late 19th century when drug laws started to crop up in the US, it has been the status-quo for the government to have the power to partly command what we choose to put into our bodies and dole out punishment when we fail to comply.  There is no argument in favor of outlawing drugs that isn’t characterized by excessive paternalism – they all run up against the robust tenet that we should be free to do as we please…

Seventh-seeded Novak Djokovic returns a shot against fourth-seeded American Taylor Fritz during their U.S. Open quarterfinal on Tuesday night in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot against Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, during the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, serves against Taylor Fritz, of the United States, during the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot…

Last week, President Trump took steps to re-name the Department of Defense the “Department of War.” The President explained his rationale for the name change: “It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. We want defense, but we want offense too … As Department of War we won everything…and I think we…have to go back to that.” At first it sounds like a terrible idea. A “Department of War” may well make war more likely – the “stronger sound” may embolden the US government to take us into even more wars. There would…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mitch Farris pitched five effective innings to win his major league debut and Jo Adell hit a two-run homer that helped the Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5-1, on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Ferris (1-0), drafted by Atlanta and acquired by the Angels this past offseason, allowed only a third-inning sacrifice fly, three hits and two walks while striking out three on 70 pitches. Jo Adell ensured Ferris would come away with the win, connecting for a 454-foot two-run homer to left field in the top of the sixth inning against former Angel (and Anaheim…