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Oil prices rise another 3%, while Wall Street drifts in mixed trading

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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes barely budged on Wednesday after oil prices climbed another 3% as fighting continues in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1%, coming off its best day in three weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 6 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6%. Despite the modest moves for indexes, stocks had some big swings underneath the surface. Philip Morris International rallied 3.3% after the seller of Marlboro cigarettes reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than expected. Its shipments of ...

Crime for July 23

News of Record

BALATON — A 58-year-old woman was cited for speeding at 7:31 a.m. Tuesday on the intersection of East Second Street and East U.S. Highway 14, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department said. BALATON — A report is being sent to the county attorney for consideration of charges in a violation of an order for protection in an incident reported at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday on the 300 block of East Second Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department said. MARSHALL — Two instances of identity theft, reported at 1:33 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, are under investigation, Marshall Police ...

Luverne now boasts the world's tallest nutcracker

Minnesota News

LUVERNE (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you'll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small town of Luverne and the figure — a nearly 66-foot tall nutcracker, ...

Feds freeze Medicaid money for Minnesota

Minnesota News

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota in an effort to crack down on fraud. Medicaid is the public health insurance for people with low incomes, including some disabled and elderly people, jointly funded by state and federal dollars. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services deferred more than $867 million to California and $199 million to Minnesota. The feds say they need more documentation from those states to support some Medicaid ...

Senate panel advances Jay Clayton's nomination to lead US intelligence agencies

National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick to head the nation's intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats had praised Clayton and indicated that they might vote for him. But that shifted after a contentious hearing last week in which Clayton repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the panel, said at the end of the hearing that he was "bitterly disappointed" in Clayton, the ...