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Broadcom and other AI stocks lift Wall Street closer to its record

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry led Wall Street higher on Tuesday, as their yo-yo moves swing back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and pulled within 1.2% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 15 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2%. The majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell, but the gains for influential AI stocks made up for that. AI stocks rose to another winning day after swerving for weeks on worries about whether their boom is under threat because of how expensive it's ...

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Would Demuth pardon Derek Chauvin?

House Speaker Lisa Demuth declined to say Monday whether she would pardon convicted murderer Derek Chauvin if she’s elected governor. Demuth, the Republican nominee for Minnesota governor, convened the Capitol press conference Monday to again criticize Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s response to fraud in Minnesota’s social safety net programs, arguing that Klobuchar’s claim of working to hire more prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office was not enough. Demuth was asked if she is open to voting in favor of clemency for Chauvin, who was convicted in 2021 of murdering George ...

Celebration of life held for SMSU professor

MARSHALL - In his years as a member of the Southwest Minnesota State University community, Will Thomas’ impact went beyond the classroom, colleagues and students said this week. “He led a kind, generous and principled life,” said SMSU Provost Ross Wastvedt. Family, area residents, ...

'Always be in our hearts'

MARSHALL — It was an emotional thing to see the people gathered at Marshall’s Adult Community Center on Saturday morning, Nancy McClain said. The audience was there to honor a group of veterans receiving Quilts of Valor. “It is a blessing to see all of you so very proud of our ...