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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)2025-12-16T05:31:39Z NEW YORK (AP) The U.S. stock market is drifting lower on Tuesday following mixed data on the economys strength, which did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% in midday trading and remains a bit below its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 220 points, or 0.5%, as of 11:50 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower. Treasury yields eased a bit, following a larger initial drop, after one report said the U.S. unemployment rate was at its worst level last month since 2021, but employers also added more jobs than economists expected. A separate report, meanwhile, said an underlying measure of strength for revenue at U.S. retailers grew more in October than economists expected.The mixed data initially sent Treasury yields lower in the bond market. The knee-jerk reaction seemed to be that the reports could encourage the Federal Reserve to see the slowing job market as the biggest threat to the economy, rather than high inflation, and cut interest rates further in 2026. But yields quickly recovered and then drifted up and down. What the Fed does with interest rates is a top driver for Wall Street because lower rates can give a boost to the economy and to prices for investments, even if they also may worsen inflation. A report coming on Thursday will show how bad inflation was last month, and economists expect it to show prices for U.S. consumers continue to rise faster than anyone would like. A report released on Tuesday after U.S. stocks began trading suggested price pressures are rising sharply, with average selling prices for businesses climbing at one of the fastest rates since the middle of 2022. The preliminary data from S&P Global also said growth for overall business activity slowed to its weakest level since June. Higher prices are again being widely blamed on tariffs, with an initial impact on manufacturing now increasingly spilling over to services to broaden the affordability problem, according to Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.15% from 4.18% late Monday. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for the Fed, eased to 3.48% from 3.51%. Helping to keep the overall market in check were continued swings for stocks that have been caught up in the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology. Oracle rose 1.5%, and Broadcom added 0.1%. They both had dropped to sharp losses last week, even though both reported stronger profits for the latest quarter than analysts expected. But CoreWeave, which rents out access to top-of-the-line AI chips, fell 3.4%. Questions remain about whether all the spending underway on AI technology will produce the kind of profits and productivity that will make it worth the expense. Elsewhere on Wall Street, Pfizer fell 4.4% after giving a forecast for profit in 2026 that was below what some analysts expected. Its forecast for revenue next year, of between $59.5 billion and $62.5 billion, was close to analysts expectations. Kraft Heinz rose 0.7% after saying Steve Cahillane, who was most recently CEO of Kellanova, will join as CEO on Jan. 1. After Kraft Heinz splits into two companies, which is expected to happen in the second half of 2026, Cahillane will lead the one that will hold onto the Heinz, Philadelphia and Kraft Mac & Cheese brands.In stock markets abroad, indexes fell across much of Europe and Asia.Japans Nikkei 225 dropped 1.6% ahead of an expected hike to interest rates by the Bank of Japan later this week.Other markets in Asia also had some of the worlds sharper swings. South Koreas Kospi dropped 2.2%, while indexes fell 1.5% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. ___AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti shouts to the fans as he leaves the field following an NCAA college football game against UCLA, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)2025-12-16T16:58:21Z Indianas Curt Cignetti exceeded expectations again this season and it earned him a second consecutive honor as The Associated Press coach of the year in college football.Cignetti is the first coach to win the award in back-to-back years since it was first presented in 1998. He is the fourth coach to win it twice, joining Brian Kelly, Gary Patterson and Nick Saban.The 64-year-old Cignetti is 24-2 while leading the Hoosiers to unprecedented heights in his two seasons since leaving James Madison of the Championship Subdivision to take over what had been the losingest program in major college football. Last year, the Hoosiers won their first 10 games, were ranked as high as No. 5 in the AP Top 25, and reached the first round of the College Football Playoff.He outdid himself this year, showing his smashing debut was not a one-off.Indiana is 13-0, Big Ten champion for the first time since 1967, No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time and the top seed for the CFP. He also is coach of Indianas first Heisman Trophy winner, quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the AP player of the year. Cignetti was a landslide winner for coach of the year in voting by the nationwide panel of 52 media members who cover college football. Cignetti received 47 first-place votes. Texas Techs Joey McGuire and Vanderbilts Clark Lea received two each, and Virginias Tony Elliott got one. The magnitude of Cignettis work at Indiana cant be overstated. In 2022, the Hoosiers became the first Bowl Subdivision program to reach 700 all-time losses. They entered this season with 714, a figure that still stands, and theyve since been passed by Northwestern (717) for the dubious FBS mark.In a program that had never won more than nine games in a season before Cignettis arrival, the Hoosiers have double-digit wins for a second straight year and completed a regular season without a loss for the first time. Cignetti had said before last week that his program was chasing Ohio State in recruiting and on the field. The 13-10 win over the Buckeyes in the Big Ten championship game marked another milestone. Its another step we need to take as a program, he said after the game. Its a great win, obviously. And were going to go in the playoffs as the No. 1 seed. And a lot of people probably thought that wasnt possible. But when you get the right people and you have a plan and they love one another and play for one another and they commit, anythings possible.___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football ERIC OLSON Olson is an Associated Press college football writer based in Omaha, Nebraska. He also covers the Big Ten, the NCAA, the College Football Playoff alongside local teams Nebraska and Creighton. twitter mailto

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-12-16T20:04:49Z WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The decision follows the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over Thanksgiving weekend.In June, President Donald Trump announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The decision resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term.At the time the ban included Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen and heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. On Tuesday, the Republican administration announced it was expanding the list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the U.S. to Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria. The administration also fully restricted travel on people with Palestinian-Authority-issued travel documents. An additional 15 countries are also being added to the list of countries facing partial restrictions: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cte dIvoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Trump administration said in its announcement of the expanded travel ban that many of the countries from which it was restricting travel had widespread corruption, fraudulent or unreliable civil documents and criminal records that made it difficult to vet their citizens for travel to the U.S. It also said some countries had high rates of people overstaying their visas, refused to take back their citizens who the U.S. wished to deport or had a general lack of stability and government control, which made vetting difficult. The restrictions and limitations imposed by the Proclamation are necessary to prevent the entry of foreign nationals about whom the United States lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose, garner cooperation from foreign governments, enforce our immigration laws, and advance other important foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism objectives, reads the White House proclamation announcing the changes.The Afghan man accused of shooting the two National Guard troops near the White House has pleaded not guilty to murder and assault charges. REBECCA SANTANA Santana covers the Department of Homeland Security for The Associated Press. She has extensive experience reporting in such places as Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. twitter mailto

Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series "The Kennedys After Camelot" in New York, March 30, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)2025-12-16T20:01:18Z LOS ANGELES (AP) A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included 3 years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr. Mark Chavez in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles. Before the sentence was delivered, Chavez addressed the judge and said he had lost a loved one recently and understood the grief that Perrys death has caused.I just want to say my heart goes out to the Perry family, he said.Chavez acquired ketamine and gave it to Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison earlier this month for selling ketamine to Perry in the months leading up to his death.Chavezs attorneys emphasized the difference between the two doctors and said that Chavez accepted responsibility early by cooperating with investigators and voluntarily giving up his medical license ahead of his detention hearing. These are real steps that someone takes toward accountability, attorney Matthew Binninger said.He called the sentence a fair and just outcome for the case. Perry had been taking the surgical anesthetic ketamine legally as a treatment for depression. But when his regular doctor wouldnt provide it in the amounts he wanted, he turned to Plasencia. Plasencia admitted to taking advantage of Perry, knowing he was a struggling addict. Plasencia texted Chavez that Perry was a moron who could be exploited for money, according to court filings. Chavez admitted to obtaining the ketamine from a wholesale distributor on false pretenses and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. He has not been in custody.Perry struggled with addiction for years, dating back to his time on Friends, when he became one of the biggest TV stars of his generation as Chandler Bing. He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBCs megahit. Chavez is the second person to be sentenced of the five defendants who have pleaded guilty in connection with Perrys death at age 54 in 2023. Perry was found dead by his assistant on Oct. 28. The medical examiner ruled ketamine was the primary cause of death. The actor had been using the drug through his regular doctor in a legal but off-label treatment for depression that has become increasingly common.Seeking more ketamine than his doctor would give him, about a month before his death Perry found Plasencia, who in turn asked Chavez to obtain the drug for him.He met with Plasencia between San Diego and Los Angeles to hand off ketamine he got using fraudulent prescriptions. In all, he admitted to supplying 22 5-milliliter vials of ketamine and nine ketamine lozenges.Chavez will also be expected to do 300 hours of community service.The other three defendants who reached deals to plead guilty will be sentenced at their own hearings in the coming months. Garnett has said she would seek to make sure all the sentences made sense in relation to one another. ___ AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton contributed reporting. JAIMIE DING Ding covers California breaking news for The Associated Press. She focuses on law enforcement and the courts, and is based in Los Angeles. twitter mailto

This undated combo photo created with images released by the Iowa National Guard shows Sgts. William Nathaniel Howard, left, and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. (Iowa National Guard via AP)2025-12-16T19:19:09Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert that is testing the rapprochement between Washington and Damascus.The two guardsmen killed in the attack on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army. Both were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment. A U.S. civilian working as an interpreter was also killed.The ritual at Dover Air Force Base honors U.S. service members killed in action and is one of the most solemn duties undertaken by the commander in chief.During the process, transfer cases draped with the American flag holding the remains of fallen soldiers are carried from the military aircraft that carried them to Dover to an awaiting vehicle to transport them to the mortuary facility at the base. There, the fallen service members are prepared for their final resting place.Trump, a Republican, said during his first term that witnessing the dignified transfer of service members remains is the toughest thing I have to do as president. Remembered as the best of IowaThe Iowa National Guard is remembering the two men as heroes. Howards stepfather, Jeffrey Bunn, said Howard loved what he was doing and would be the first in and last out, noting that he had wanted to be a soldier since he was a young boy.In a post on the Meskwaki Nation Police Departments Facebook page, Bunn who is chief of the Tama, Iowa, department called Howard a loving husband and an amazing man of faith and said Howards brother, a staff sergeant in the Iowa National Guard, would escort Nate back to Iowa.Torres-Tovar was remembered as a very positive person who was family oriented and someone who always put others first, according to fellow guardsmen who were deployed with Torres-Tovar and issued a statement to the local TV broadcast station WOI.They were dedicated professionals and cherished members of our Guard family who represented the best of Iowa, said Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard. Trump stands by Syrian leader al-SharaaOn Saturday, Trump told reporters that he was mourning the deaths and vowed retaliation. Trump said Monday that he remained confident in the leadership of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the onetime leader of an Islamic insurgent group who led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad, whose family had an iron grip on Syrian rule for decades.The U.S. president welcomed al-Sharaa to Washington last month for a historic visit to the White House and formally welcomed Syria as a member of the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. Hundreds of U.S. troops are deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting IS.This had nothing to do with him, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. This had to do with ISIS.Three other members of the Iowa National Guard were injured in the attack. As of Monday, two were in stable condition and the other in good condition. The Pentagon has not identified them. Trump traveled to Dover several times during his first term to honor the fallen, including for a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during a raid in Yemen, for two Army officers whose helicopter crashed in Afghanistan and for two Army soldiers killed in Afghanistan when a person dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire. SEUNG MIN KIM Kim covers the White House for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in 2022 and is based in Washington. Kim is also a political analyst for CNN. twitter mailto

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz, speaks to reporters near the Senate Subway stakeout, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)2025-12-16T19:05:38Z WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagons escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military.This is just about sending a message to retired service members, active duty service members, government employees do not speak out against this president or there will be consequences, Kelly told reporters after a classified briefing from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others about deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in Latin America that Kelly and other lawmakers have opposed.Kelly said the Defense Department did not notify him of an investigation because what they really care about is the public message.The Pentagon confirmed late Monday that Hegseths office escalated a preliminary review of Kelly to an official command investigation over serious allegations of misconduct. Command investigations are a very common tool used by military officials to look into allegations of wrongdoing that dont rise to the level of criminal charges. It is far less common for them to be used against a retired service member, much less a sitting member of Congress. The investigation heightens tensions between the Democratic senator, who was a Navy fighter pilot before becoming an astronaut, and the Trump administrations Pentagon, coming as lawmakers have increased scrutiny of the U.S. militarys attacks on boats accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. In a letter this week to the Pentagon, Kellys lawyers said that there is no legitimate basis for any type of proceeding and that any such effort would be unconstitutional and an extraordinary abuse of power.The investigation was ordered after President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging troops to defy undefined illegal orders of sedition punishable by DEATH. Hegseth said Kelly faced investigation because he is the only one of the lawmakers who formally retired from the military and is still under the Pentagons jurisdiction, arguing that Kellys conduct brings discredit upon the armed forces. Legal experts have said Kelly did nothing illegal, the Pentagon was misreading military law and he couldnt be prosecuted by the executive branch as a member of Congress.The video was released in November by Democrats who served in the military or intelligence community: Kelly, Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan. The lawmakers, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the videos wide exposure, spoke directly to members of the military. Kelly told troops that you can refuse illegal orders, while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.The lawmakers didnt mention specific circumstances. But their message was released amid the boat strike campaign and Trumps attempts to deploy National Guard troops to American cities. The issue of illegal orders became even more salient following the revelations of a follow-up strike that killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage of a boat after the first hit, which some legal experts and lawmakers say went against the laws of war. Trump and several Republican lawmakers have argued that the strike that killed survivors was justified because the people were trying to overturn the boat and stay in the fight. The administration says the attacks are stemming the flow of narcotics into the United States and that the U.S. is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels. Hegseth on Tuesday called it a highly successful mission to counter designated terrorist organizations bringing in drugs that are poisoning the American people.When it announced its investigation into Kelly, the Pentagon suggested Kellys statements interfered with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions. The Defense Department also said it could recall Kelly to active duty for court-martial proceedings. Kelly rejected the claims by Trump and the Pentagon, saying he upheld his oath to the Constitution and has dismissed the Pentagon investigation as the work of bullies.Theyre trying to shut people up, he said Tuesday. But in this case, they picked the wrong guy. So Im not going to shut up about this.

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