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New York and New Jersey are suing the IRS, saying the agency is withholding records about a decision to stop requiring certain nonprofit organizations to disclose who gives them money.

German automaker BMW says its profits fell 74 percent in the first quarter as earnings were hit by a 1.4 billion-euro ($1.6 billion) set-aside for an expected anti-trust penalty from the European Commission and by higher up-front costs for new technology and factories.

The Latest on the U.S.-China trade talks (all times local): ___ 5:15 p.m.

China says its top trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, will go to Washington this week for tariff war talks.

U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Asian airlines are cutting routes, revamping their schedules and leasing extra aircraft to fill the gaps left by groundings of Boeing 737 Max 8s after deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people.

Google Assistant has made for a name for itself in a voice technology market once dominated by Amazon and Apple.

Russia's main investigative body says both flight recorders have been recovered from the plane that caught fire while making an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, killing at least 40 people.

A Chinese spokesman says a team from Beijing is "preparing to travel to the United States" for trade talks, suggesting negotiations might go ahead despite President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat.

Microsoft is announcing an ambitious effort intended to make U.S. voting more secure and verifiable.

A jury began deliberating on Monday at the trial of a business manager and another defendant accused of secretly bribing assistant college basketball coaches.

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin denies request for Trump's tax returns, rebuffing oversight priority of Democrats.

The Trump Administration is making 30,000 more temporary visas available for seasonal work through the end of September.

US trade rep: Higher tariffs on China to take effect Friday; negotiations to resume Thursday.

___ US-China deal seems dim but possible as talks stay on track BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump's new threat to escalate tariffs on Chinese goods has clouded prospects for a trade agreement, though preparations by Beijing's envoys to still visit the United States this week are buoying hopes for some breakthrough to end the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

New jitters over the possibility of an escalation in the costly trade war between the U.S. and China pulled stocks broadly lower Monday.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that side curtain air bags can inflate for no reason on some Mazda CX-9 large SUVs.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Anadarko Petroleum Corp., up $2.77 to $75.49 Occidental revised its bid for the oil company by raising its cash portion of the offer to $59 from $38 per share.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that it has picked the University of Rhode Island as the home of a new institute for ocean exploration.

A Massachusetts man freed from prison after serving three decades for a rape he says he did not commit pleaded not guilty Monday to new rape charges.