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CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $401.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Chandler, Arizona-based company said it had net income of 68 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 97 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. (APLE) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The Richmond, Virginia-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $118 million, or 50 cents per share, in the period. Funds from operations is a closely...

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Savers Value Village Inc. (SVV) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $23.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Bellevue, Washington-based company said it had net income of 15 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to extinguish debt, came to 16 cents per share. The results exceeded...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (HALO) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $247 million. On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had net income of $2.01. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.39 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average...

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — MannKind Corp. (MNKD) on Thursday reported a loss of $23.2 million in its third quarter. The Danbury, Connecticut-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $101.9 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Automated...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Teradata Corp. (TDC) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $38 million. The San Diego-based company said it had profit of 40 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 70 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four...

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $568.4 million. The Corona, California-based company said it had profit of 29 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 30 cents per share. The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts...

RESTON, Va. (AP) — RESTON, Va. (AP) — ICF International Inc. (ICFI) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $31.7 million. The Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $1.76 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.98 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts...

A UC Berkeley student was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at San Francisco International Airport Friday while waiting to board a flight to Portland for a vacation with her boyfriend. Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, 23, is currently being held at ICE’s California City Detention Center, agency records show, while UC Berkeley students and administration...

Federal prosecutors have charged a son of Ecuador’s former president, a former member of Ecuador’s legislature and three other Ecuadorians with trafficking tons of cocaine to the United States and Europe in part by hiding it in containers carrying tuna, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York City announced Thursday. The five defendants played a...

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will serve on Will Jawando’s transition steering committee, he announced Wednesday.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s election authorities on Thursday declared the final results of the Oct. 25 vote, paving the way for the formation of a new Parliament and government that will be dominated by the student movement that defeated former strongman Aleksandar Vucic ‘s government. The Students’ List group will have 140 lawmakers in...

GENEVA (AP) — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes. The findings point to...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Lewis Hamilton says he is “still frustrated” after the opening lap incident at the Mexico City Grand Prix last weekend involving himself and Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc. The seven-time Formula 1 champion insists it cost them a 1-2 finish at the race. Hamilton, who spoke Thursday at a press conference in...

The Trump administration on Thursday escalated its economic campaign against Cuba, issuing a determination that clears the path for U.S. sanctions on several crucial sectors of the island’s economy while also targeting Chinese-based suppliers to Havana’s military forces. The sanctions are part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to force...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — A coalition of environmental and human rights advocacy groups has filed 14 legal complaints with European financial regulators and prosecutors against JBS, the world’s largest meat company, along with its banks, investment managers and advisers, accusing them of facilitating money laundering linked to alleged illegal Amazon deforestation. In the filings, the...

From Kimi Antonelli clinching the Formula One world title to Boca Juniors defeating River Plate and Day of the Dead celebrations, here’s a look at the week in Latin America and the Caribbean through the lenses of AP photographers. This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, based in Mexico City.

NEW YORK (AP) — An FBI agent drove his government car the wrong way down a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare, blew through a red light and then struck a pedestrian before speeding away, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Andrew Reyes later lied to investigators about the Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left the victim seriously injured, according to...

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — LAREDO, Texas (AP) — International Bancshares Corp. (IBOC) on Thursday reported net income of $114.5 million in its third quarter. The bank, based in Laredo, Texas, said it had earnings of $1.84 per share. The financial holding company posted revenue of $246.4 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest...

In a stunning turn in his murder trial Thursday, a Manassas Park, Virginia, man admitted to dismembering his wife's body and putting her remains in the trash, but claims he did it after finding her dead from what he believes was a suicide.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “A Court of Splintered Harmony” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury) 2. “The Hollow” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 3. “The French Illusion” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “Threshing Day (Wing and Claw ed.)” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 5. “The Witch (deluxe ed.)” by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 6. “The Calamity Club”...

A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2 million in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara was overseeing extradition proceedings in Mexico in 2024 for Canadian citizen Andrew Clark, who was charged in the U.S. with helping to run...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s beloved Strand Bookstore will pay back nearly $1.5 million after improperly applying for and receiving a pandemic-era small business loan even though it wasn’t eligible, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. According to the DOJ, the Strand was ineligible because the owner, Nancy Bass Wyden, is the wife...

On Election Day, out of 47 Virginia localities, about 30% authorized their governments to collect a 1% sales tax to address rising school construction costs, while about 70% did not.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration held secret talks with Iran on deporting Iranians during the war, unsealed court documents show.

BEIRUT (AP) — From Michigan to the Middle East, Arabs are celebrating Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win and delighting in his introduction of Arabic terms like “habibi” and “inshallah” to the American political lexicon. After being the target of Islamophobic rhetoric on the campaign trail, the rising political star who will be the first Muslim American...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the third straight week, offering some relief to prospective homebuyers facing higher home prices. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. declined to 7.18% from 7.24% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.22%. Borrowing...

This year's headliner is Oddisee, a D.C.-area native hip-hop artist and record producer.

From his early days as a stand-up comedian to Hollywood stardom and his recent appearances in court, a look back at Russell Brand’s career and public life. Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault following allegations dating back more than two decades. He denied the charges.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A shooting at an Iowa post office left three people injured Thursday, authorities said. Des Moines police that the suspect has been detained. The main post office is just north of downtown Des Moines and across the street from one of the city’s main hospitals.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah built a football identity around tough defense under Kyle Whittingham. BYU made its mark with high-flying passing offenses under LaVell Edwards. Both teams are bucking their traditional football identities going into the latest edition of their Holy War rivalry on Saturday. This season, the Utes are overwhelming opponents with...

CAIRO (AP) — An assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman on Thursday, in what Jordanian authorities described as a terrorist act. The attack comes weeks after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in southern Jordan, killing nine people and wounding dozens more....

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Hours after Paraguay’s central bank seized Ueno Bank, a major digital lender that went from an obscure finance company to a household name in less than five years, President Santiago Peña was facing impeachment, protesters were clashing with riot police and the bank’s executives had been detained. The swift collapse of...

For decades, the modestly sized but fervently loyal crew of University of New Mexico sports fans endured the same ritual. With the scent of grilled green chiles still wafting from tailgate parties outside, they would file into the football stadium, find their seats and gaze longingly across University Boulevard, toward the arena called The Pit....

With the election over, attention is turning to what happens next. WTOP went to Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, to find out what voters expect from the new Congress.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk spent at least $445 million in a gambit to help Republicans keep control of Congress, an amount roughly equivalent to someone on a $100,000 annual salary saving every penny for 4,400 years. To the world’s first trillionaire, it’s a pittance, but the billions of dollars’ worth of business his...

The world’s coral reef ecosystems almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, according to a global assessment released Thursday. It’s the latest dose of bad news for coral reefs, which are critical sources for seafood and tourism and often serve as...

CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Vivmark Residential (VMRK) on Thursday reported a loss of $735.1 million in its third quarter. The Chicago-based company said it had a loss of $1.27 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 97...

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were higher in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Dec. corn gained 1.25 cents at $4.46 a bushel. Dec. wheat was up 0.75 cent at $5.99 a bushel. Dec. oats gained 3.75 cents at $3.40 a bushel. Nov. soybeans rose by 4.5 cents at $11.98 a bushel....

BERLIN (AP) — Hubert Aiwanger, the leader of a conservative party that has become a mainstay of Bavarian politics and sought to expand its influence across Germany, has been found dead at a Berlin hotel. The body of Aiwanger, who was Bavaria’s deputy governor and the southern state’s economy minister, was found in his hotel...