ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
Stocks moved between small gains and losses on Wall Street Tuesday, the final day of trading in 2019.
Losses in health care and industrial stocks as well as companies that rely on consumer spending led the selling, outweighing gains in energy, materials and real estate. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher. Gold rose and crude oil...
WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren marked one year of running for president on Tuesday by slamming billionaires from both parties who she says put corporate interests above the needs of the rest of the country, as many top Democrats looking to unseat President Donald Trump spent the last day of 2019 rallying core supporters....
Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump.
A look at how the world is ushering in 2020:HONG KONG
Revelers as well as pro-democracy protesters flocked to sites across Hong Kong to usher in 2020.
The semi-autonomous Chinese...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tembo, a 48-year-old elephant, was euthanized at the San Diego Zoo after a sudden change in her health following longtime treatment for age-related ailments, the zoo announced Monday.
The female African bush elephant died Sunday.
"She had been under veterinary care, including stem cell therapy to alleviate age-related ailments over a long period of time," the zoo...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private prison firm that just won multibillion-dollar contracts to run federal immigration detention centers in California sued the state on Monday, claiming that a new ban on for-profit lockups in California is unconstitutional.
The GEO Group, Inc., argued in the federal suit that Assembly Bill 32, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October, would unlawfully...
SANTA ANA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked enforcement of a California law aimed at preventing increased billing costs at dialysis clinics.
There is "a dire public interest" in granting a preliminary injunction that would bar enforcement for months while a lawsuit against it proceeds through the courts, Judge David O. Carter said.
If Assembly Bill 290 is permitted...
JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
COSTA MESA (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers go into the offseason at a crossroads. Not only are they moving into a new stadium but they have to confront who will be their quarterback not only for next season but beyond.
Philip Rivers was at the team complex on Monday as teammates cleared out their lockers...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One person was in grave condition after possible exposure to the drug fentanyl at a Los Angeles hotel early Tuesday, authorities said.
Three other people appeared to be in stable and fair condition, Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.
The incident occurred before 7 a.m. at an Extended Stay America hotel in Woodland Hills.
The hotel room was...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, adding that he will visit Beijing at a later date to open another round of talks aimed at resolving other sticking points in the relationship.
The...