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Associated Press — A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died from “blunt force due to an alligator” and drowning, police said Wednesday. Bryan Vasquez was first reported missing on the morning of Aug. 14, after he reportedly escaped through a bedroom … Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration. The announcement follows similar moves by postal services from the European Union and several other countries to pause shipping as they … Read more

LANCASTER, Calif. — A man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in a Southern California forest earlier this month has been arrested in Peru and will be extradited back to the U.S. to face a murder charge, Los Angeles officials said Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it was informed … Read more

Nvidia reported a 56% increase in second-quarter revenue Wednesday and a 59% rise in net income compared to a year ago. However, sales in its main data center division came in slightly below Wall Street estimates and the stock fell in after-hours trading. Nvidia and other companies benefiting from the boom in artificial intelligence have … Read more

An Amish woman who told authorities she was testing her faith when she threw her 4-year-old son into an Ohio lake was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder in the boy’s death. Authorities said Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio, told investigators she believed she was acting at the direction of God … Read more