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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 8/19/2025

1:18 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Wall Street fell further from its records

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison briefs reporters in his office about the lawsuit he filed against social media giant TikTok, alleging it preys on young people with addictive algorithms, at the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota sues TikTok, alleging it preys on young people with addictive algorithms

12:53 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health

US appeals court blocks New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period on gun purchases

12:03 PM on Tuesday, August 19

US appeals court blocks New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period on gun purchases

FILE - Ed Martin speaks at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe

11:16 AM on Tuesday, August 19

The Justice Department official tapped by President Donald Trump’s administration to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter urging the Democrat to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days into his probe

Milan Lucic, 37, who last played in 2023, gets a tryout with the Blues

11:12 AM on Tuesday, August 19

The St. Louis Blues are bringing in 37-year-old forward Milan Lucic for a tryout

NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

9:40 AM on Tuesday, August 19

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus

The Chow's Gymnastics & Dance Institute is seen Aug. 4, 2025, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Takeaways from AP's reporting on coach accused of abuse at renowned US gymnastics academy

8:44 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A coach at a center in Iowa that has trained Olympic champions is facing allegations that he abused young female gymnasts and secretly photographed others undressing at a prior job in Mississippi

FILE - Work progresses on the Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)

Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center

4:43 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Trump administration vying to own a big stake in Intel after SoftBank's $2 billion bet on company

10:15 PM on Monday, August 18

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO

On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church is moved for relocation at a speed of half a kilometer per hour, in Kiruna, Sweden, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town

9:03 PM on Monday, August 18

One of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches is being moved as part of the relocation of the town of Kiruna

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says

9:02 PM on Monday, August 18

The U.N. humanitarian office says a record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas

FILE - In this image provided the. the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), geologist deployed to the rim look over evening views of lava fountaining from Haleumaumau Crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii., Feb. 11, 2025. ( J. Barnett/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again

8:38 PM on Monday, August 18

Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming days for the 31st time since December as the mountain lives up to its identity as one of the world’s most active volcanoes

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