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Tibetan monks stage their biggest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Chinese rule. China's state-run news agency says hundreds of protesters joined the Buddhist monks in the capital, Lhasa. Several shops were burned.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has announced that he is resigning. Spitzer will step down on Monday and hand over the reins of power to Lt. Governor David Paterson. Spitzer had been under intense pressure to resign after federal law enforcement alleged that he had paid large sums of cash to a high-class call girl agency.

Geraldine Ferraro has given up her position on the finance committee of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in the wake of a controversial remark about Sen. Barack Obama.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed a key interest rate by three-quarters of a point, making it cheaper for banks to borrow. Banks may eventually pass the savings to consumers in the form of lower interest rates for loans, but the interest that consumers earn on savings can also go down.

Ohio is getting money from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021, which set up a program to provide federal funds for electric vehicle charging stations in each state.

Sen. Barack Obama has addressed the simmering controversy about racially charged remarks made by his longtime pastor. In his speech in Philadelphia Tuesday, Obama denounced the remarks and engaged in a conversation about the broader issues of race in America.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna released video of the July 2022 incident this week, saying he'd only just learned of it. He said the deputy has been disciplined and the FBI is looking into it.

The Federal Reserve lowered a key interest rate on Tuesday by three-quarters of a percentage point, a hefty cut that nonetheless was smaller than many analysts had expected. The federal funds rate now stands at 2.25 percent, the lowest since February 2005. It makes it easier for consumers and businesses to borrow money.

Throughout the Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, issues of race and gender have arisen in controversial ways. The latest: Geraldine Ferraro's comment to a California newspaper that "(i)f Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position." She subsequently quit her position with the Clinton campaign.

The face of gang members taking over the streets in Los Angeles is diversifying. Sam Quinones of The Los Angeles Times and Connie Rice, author of the new study "A Call to Action: A Case for a Comprehensive Solution to L.A.'s Gang Violence Epidemic," talk about the rise of Latino gangs in Los Angeles.