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Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday as a sell-off in big technology companies spread from Asia back to the U.S. over worries about potentially higher interest rates by the end of the year.

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

Forty mayors from around the world have signed onto a pact announced Tuesday to try to shape how urban data centers are built and operated.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Exxon Mobil can sue Cuban state-owned companies in American courts over property on the island nation that was seized after Fidel Castro took power.

President Trump insisted Tuesday that Iran would agree to inspections of its nuclear sites as part of peace talks "despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary."

A ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, said the 84-year-old had died, CNN and other news organizations are reporting, citing law enforcement sources.

The top U.S. auto regulator opened an investigation Monday after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.

The Senate is set to pass a bipartisan housing bill on Monday that aims to bring down prices and increase supply in one of the most sweeping efforts in recent decades to reduce federal regulations and increase local control.

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Monday pushed back against fears that Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh would seek direction from President Trump on setting interest rates.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday issued a 60-day license allowing Iran to export and sell its oil, fulfilling one of the provisions in the memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran.