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Sharp drops for AI stocks overwhelm markets worldwide as oil prices jump

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NEW YORK (AP) — The latest shudder for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry pulled markets lower worldwide on Thursday, while oil prices hit their highest levels since May on worries about the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its worst day since July, while the Nasdaq composite tumbled 2.6%. The weakness for tech stocks was so overwhelming that it masked strength for the rest of the U.S. market, where the majority of stocks actually rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 11 points, or less than 0.1%. AI-related stocks have been swinging on worries that their ...

Crime

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MARSHALL — An incident reported at 8:06 a.m. Thursday on the 1100 block of Winchester Avenue is under investigation, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — An incident reported at 7:59 a.m. Thursday on the 500 block of West Marshall Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A Marshall man, 46, was cited for driving after revocation in a traffic stop at 7:04 a.m. Thursday on the 1200 block of East College Drive, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. TRACY — A suspicious incident was reported at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday on the 1000 block of Craig Avenue, Tracy Police said. No ...

Hospitals: Federal changes will worsen MN health care crisis

Minnesota News

Minnesota hospitals had a record high of over 2 million emergency department visits in 2024. That year, more than a quarter of hospitals lost money on operations. The Minnesota Hospital Association painted a bleak picture of Minnesota health care Tuesday in a new report titled “A Statewide Crisis of Care.” The hospitals are gearing up for what could be a bruising budget year at the Legislature in 2027, as efforts to counteract federal Medicaid cuts will run into the state’s own long-term fiscal challenges. At a Capitol press conference, executives of rural hospitals spoke of ...

Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day. In Texas, early voting is up 74% compared with 2022. In Kansas it's more than doubled. Maine, North Carolina and Ohio also have seen increases of more than 30% in early in-person and mail voting compared with the same point in 2022. Democrats are trying to flip Republican-held Senate seats in each of those states. In most of them, ...

Lyon Co. approves feedlot permit

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MARSHALL — This week, Lyon County Commissioners approved a permit request to build a new 700-head cattle feedlot on land near the intersection of Lyon County Road 5 and County Road 20. Commissioners heard a request Tuesday from Dylan Anderson for a conditional use permit for a new feedlot located in Lyons Township. Anderson was requesting a permit for a feedlot with 700 animal units, the permit request said. “This is located on County Road 5 and County Road 20, in the corner here,” said Lyon County Planning and Zoning Administrator John Biren. “With the size of the feedlot, it ...