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WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The White House has a dim view of former American pro basketball player Dennis Rodman's reported plan to travel to Russia and gain the release of American basketball star Brittney Griner, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic champion and star player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WBNA). Earlier this month she convicted by a Russian court and given a nine-year sentence on drug charges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday, extending the market’s losses amid worries about inflation and the path ahead for the economy.

The S&P 500 fell 1.7% as of 12:11 p.m. Eastern and more than 90% of stocks in the benchmark index posted losses. It finished in the red last week, breaking a four-week winning streak.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 481 points, or 1.4%, to 33,226 and the Nasdaq fell 2.1%.

Technology companies and retailers had some of the heaviest losses. Microsoft fell 2.5% and Target fell 2.1%.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment when there’s also a national shortage of people working in the trades.

At hand is the $20 billion semiconductor manufacturing operation near the state’s capital, announced by Intel earlier this year. When the two factories, known as fabs, open in 2025, the facility will employ 3,000 people with an average salary of around $135,000.

CHICAGO (AP) — Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with mixed greens, creamy carrot and wild rice soup, roasted turkey with squash. This contemporary Native American meal, crafted from the traditional foods of tribes across the United States and prepared with “Ketapanen” – a Menominee expression of love – cost caterer Jessica Pamonicutt $976 to feed a group of 50 people last November.

Today it costs her nearly double.

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday’s primary elections feature two top Florida Democrats squaring off for the chance to face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising conservative star frequently mentioned as a top alternative to Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential contest.

In New York, redistricting has left two longtime House Democratic colleagues competing for the same seat, while the head of the party’s campaign arm in the chamber is running in new territory and faces a challenge from the left.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mounds of paper piled on his desk. Framed magazine covers and keepsakes lining the walls. One of Shaquille O’Neal’s giant sneakers displayed alongside football helmets, boxing belts and other sports memorabilia, crowding his Trump Tower office and limiting table space.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Sunday paid tributes to victims of terrorism, marking the international day established to ensure that “victims and survivors are always heard and never forgotten.”

“On this international day and every day, let us make sure that victims and survivors are always heard and never forgotten. And let us do everything we can to prevent more victims in the future,” the UN chief said in a message for the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed on August 21 annually.

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (APP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on India’s Independence Day this year marked a departure from his predecessors’ addresses in which they traditionally set aside partisan rivalries, and focused on the importance of the country’s founding leader, M.K. Gandhi, and the nonviolent movement, the Indian democracy, and the need for tolerance and inclusion, according to two Indian-American experts on South Asia.