Associated Press

U.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

Stories

• 2 North Carolina Among 20 States Joining FTC Suit Alleging Dollar General Charged More at Register Than on Shelf
• 2 Iran Says Four Tankers Hit Mines on Hormuz Routes It Calls Unauthorized; U.S. Says the Main Shipping Lanes Are Clear of Mines
• 2 Trump Cancels Kansas and Iowa Rallies, Shifts to Phone 'Tele-Rallies' in at Least 19 States Before Nov. 3 Midterms
• 3 UN General Assembly Votes 130-17, With 25 Abstentions, to Call for End of U.S. Embargo on Cuba; Support Is Lowest Since 1995
• 2 Supreme Court Declines to Block Texas–Justice Department Deal That Bars Immigration Judges From Pausing Deportation Cases
• 2 Kospi Closes Up 3.09% at 5,638 on Chip Buying as U.S. Futures Hover Near Flat Ahead of Fed Decision
• 2 U.S. and China Name About $30 Billion Each in Goods for Possible Tariff Cuts; No Rates or Start Date Set as of Oct. 27
• 2 San Juan River Tops Its 1909 Record at Farmington; About 1,500 Homes Damaged as Trump Signs Emergency Declaration for Northern New Mexico
• 4 Audi Plans Its First U.S. Factory, a $4 Billion Plant Near Macon, Georgia; Trump Announces It at Campaign Rally
• 2 Week Ahead: Fed Announces Rate Decision Oct. 28; Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon Report Earnings; Q3 GDP and September PCE Data Due Oct. 29
• 2 Dow Falls 652.82 Points as Brent Oil Settles at $116.72, Its Highest Close Since April 29
• 4 Trump Lifts 50% Tariff on Plywood, Seaweed and Other Canadian Goods Sought by Sen. Collins, Adds Carpets, Paints and Freezers, Effective Oct. 30
• 2 Gunman Kills One and Wounds Five in Drive-By Shooting Near Paris; Antiterror Prosecutors Investigate a Racist Motive
• 3 Kim Jong Un Enters China at Dandong via New Yalu River Bridge, Seoul Says; South Korean Official Reports Meeting With Premier Li Qiang
• 2 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall 6,000 to 194,000, Lowest Since July; Continuing Claims Rise to 1.728 Million