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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. The hacked system was disconnected from the network shortly after the breach and stolen data were discovered Feb. 17. The Justice Department determined it was a major incident and opened an investigation as […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: AdaptHealth Corp., down $5.99 to $15.99. The home health care equipment company trimmed its revenue forecast for the year. Universal Health Services Inc., down $12.27 to $133.57. The hospital and health facility operator’s earnings forecast for the year fell short of analysts’ expectations. Progyny Inc., up $6.47 to $37.56. The provider of fertility and family building […]

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled last year in voting machine conspiracies voted Tuesday to give responsibility for elections through 2024 to the county’s elected Republican recorder, a move the state attorney general’s office suggested may be illegal. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors backed the agreement giving administrative election duties to county Recorder David Stevens, another Republican. Democrat […]

Stocks drifted to a weak close on Wall Street, closing out a rocky February. The S&P 500 lost 0.3% Tuesday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite also fell. Treasury yields were mixed. After a hot start to the year bolstered by hopes that inflation was on the way down, the stock market shifted into reverse this month. A stream of data showed that inflation and the […]

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is moving closer to closing its factory in Belvidere, Illinois, as it prepares for the costly transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles. The factory, which now employs about 1,350 workers, officially was placed on “idle” by the company on Tuesday. That term means it intends to shut down the plant. Belvidere’s future is likely to be a lightning-rod issue in national contract talks coming up […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA, Justice Department sue Louisiana chemical plant to force major cuts in chloroprene emissions amid cancer concerns. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

The power in Leah Thomas’ Beverly Hills, Michigan, home went out about 9 p.m. last Wednesday. It was back on Sunday evening, but was lost again the next day. And like thousands of Michigan residents left in the dark following back-to-back ice storms, Thomas wonders when the lights will come on — and stay on. “It has been unsettling … not knowing exactly what is going to happen day to […]

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose $1.37 to $77.05 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $1.44 to $83.89 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 6 cents to $2.43 a gallon. March heating oil was unchanged at $2.82 a gallon. April natural gas rose 2 cents to $2.75 per 1,000 cubic feet. Gold for April delivery rose $11.80 to $1,836.70 an ounce. Silver for […]

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women’s World Cup was described Tuesday as “tone deaf” by the former leader of the soccer body’s task force for women’s soccer. Lima’s appointment to “develop, promote and participate in several global initiatives” was announced by FIFA on Monday hours before the former Victoria’s Secret runway model helped present the […]