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How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 3/17/2025

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mon,03/17/25-3:15PM, 106 Reads
U.S. stocks climbed again following weeks of scary swings.
The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Monday and notched a second straight gain after falling 10% below its recent record last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%.
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A depiction of a smuggler videoing migrants walking through the desert for later posting on social media based on hundreds of TikTok videos reviewed by the AP. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

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TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities

By MEGAN JANETSKY MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Mon,03/17/25-12:03AM, 156 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The videos roll through TikTok in 30-second flashes.
Migrants trek in camouflage through dry desert terrain. Dune buggies roar up to the United States-Mexico border barrier. Families with young children pass through gaps in the wall. Helicopters, planes, yachts, tunnels and Jet Skis stand by for potential customers.
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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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The Tren de Aragua gang started in a Venezuelan prison. Now US politics are focusing on it

By REGINA GARCIA CANO AND JOSHUA GOODMAN REGINA GARCIA CANO AND JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
Mon,03/17/25-2:19PM, 149 Reads
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Debates over U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardline migration policies are focused on the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, to some a ruthless transnational criminal organization and to others the pretext for an overhyped anti-migrant narrative.
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This photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows a female Lau banded iguana in Fiji. (Robert Fisher/U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

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Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN - AP Science Writer
Mon,03/17/25-2:01PM, 184 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one giant ocean away.
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