Swalwell

accused

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement.

Lonna Drews said during a news conference Tuesday that she believes Swalwell drugged her and then sexually assaulted her at a hotel. Drewes says Swalwell choked her and she lost consciousness.

Swalwell’s attorney did not immediately comment on the allegations. Swalwell has denied prior accusations of sexual assault by another woman.

The AP does not typically name people who say they’ve been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race on Sunday amid the sexual misconduct allegations.

Super typhoon

pounds islands

(AP) — A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains. The storm shredded tin roofs and forced residents to take cover from flying tree limbs.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounded the Northern Mariana Islands for hours before daybreak Wednesday. It slowed just to inflict more damage across the islands of Tinian and Saipan, home to nearly 50,000 people. The National Weather Service says the tropical typhoon was packing sustained winds of up to 150 mph when it made landfall on the islands.

The weather service says tropical force winds and torrential rainfall also led to flash flooding on Guam, home to about 170,000 residents.

US stocks

rally higher

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high, and crude oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war.

The S&P 500 rose 1.2% Tuesday, bringing the index within 0.2% of its record set in January. The Dow gained 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 2%.

If talks succeed and the war ends up being only a temporary setback for the global economy, investors can turn their attention back to the rising profits for companies that had markets worldwide doing well before the fighting began.