Dave Mattingly

Machado's daughter, Ana, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday on her mother's behalf at that ceremony.

Machado later appeared in Oslo.

The Federal Reserve is lowering U.S.

interest rates for the third time since September.

The Fed cut rates by a quarter point yesterday, the same as it did at its policy meetings in September and October.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank continues to respond to a slowing job market, even though inflation remains an issue.

Three members of the Fed committee dissented.

Two wanted the Fed to hold rates steady, while the other backed a half-point rate cut.

Lower interest rates make it cheaper to borrow money.

The move by the Fed sparked a day of gains on Wall Street.

The Dow added nearly 500 points, or more than 1%.

Coca-Cola says the company's chief operating officer, Enrique Braun, will be its next CEO.

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Votes in the Senate are expected today on separate Republican and Democratic bills to extend federal health care subsidies beyond the end of the month.

That's when they're set to expire.

Senators say neither proposal will likely pass.

Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina says negotiating an extension of the subsidies is too complicated and too difficult to get done before Congress adjourns for the year.

The subsidies were a focal point for Democratic leaders in the House and Senate during the recent 43-day government shutdown.

NASA says it's lost contact with a spacecraft orbiting Mars.

As Joe Palka reports, the MAVEN has been circling the Red Planet for more than a decade.