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More drops for AI and tech stocks overshadow gains for most of Wall Street

National News November 2, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — A morning rally for U.S. stocks petered out on Monday as the tech and AI industries remained shaky following their sell-off last week. The S&P 500 sank 0.5% after erasing a gain that had reached 1.1% early in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 213 points, or 0.4%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1.1%. The mixed performance for indexes came even though the majority of stocks within the S&P 500 climbed. They benefited from a 7.6% drop for the price of a barrel of Brent crude to $104.77. It's the latest yo-yo move for oil prices on uncertainty about when ...

Crime

News of Record November 2, 2026

TRACY — Vandalism was reported at 7:16 a.m. Monday on the 900 block of Rowland Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — Bicycle theft reported at 5:09 p.m. Sunday on the 1100 block of Birch Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. TRACY — Theft was reported at 3:23 p.m. Sunday on the 200 block of Morgan Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — A report is pending on a domestic incident at 3:00 p.m. Sunday on the 400 block of Village Drive, Marshall Police said. LYND — A report was ...

ICE officer accused of hitting immigrant in Houston with an SUV turns himself in

National News November 2, 2026

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston turned himself in Monday, his attorney said. Mario Alberto Morales made his first court appearance on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for striking Miguel Parra Hernandez with an unmarked SUV on Oct. 10, as Morales chased the 48-year-old construction worker through a parking lot. A grand jury indicted Morales, 33, on Friday. During Monday's hearing, Judge Matthew Peneguy set bond at $30,000. Prosecutors had asked ...

GOP bus tour stops in Marshall

Local News November 1, 2026

MARSHALL — Republican candidates for Minnesota state offices said Sunday they were working to give the state “a fresh start” if they were elected. “This is how we come together, giving our state a fresh start, a new direction. Because the pathway that we are on is not sustainable,” ...

Eric DeGroot

Local News October 31, 2026

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I grew up on a dairy farm north of Lake Wilson and attended Chandler-Lake Wilson schools until the 1992 tornadoes destroyed our high school. I graduated from Murray County Central in Slayton and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in ...

Erik Osberg

Local News October 31, 2026

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities? I’m running for Congress because I believe that we can do better. I’m running to defend the Constitution and to restore checks and balances. I’m running to get corporate money out of politics to end corruption in ...