Wall Street drifts, indexes mixed after latest run at record
NEW YORK — Stocks are drifting in early trading on Wall Street today, with indexes mixed, and the market remains within a breath of erasing…
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U.S. jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high
WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified…
AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening
NEW YORK — AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Thursday, Aug. 20, with retro ticket prices of…
Facebook beefs up anti-misinfo efforts ahead of U.S. election
OAKLAND, Calif. — Beginning today, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing readers to…
U.S. says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions…
‘Kicked in the teeth’: Devastation mounts from Midwest storm
IOWA CITY — The impact of a wind storm that tore through the Midwest continued to grow Wednesday, as widespread power outages kept businesses closed,…
Science and politics tied up in global race for a vaccine
WASHINGTON — No, Russia isn’t having a Sputnik moment. The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve…
Hundreds of thousands without power days after Midwest storm
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hundreds of thousands of residents in Iowa’s three largest cities remained without electricity today, two days after a rare wind storm…
Stocks rebound on Wall Street as S&P 500 nears record again
NEW YORK — Stocks are rebounding on Wall Street today, carrying the S&P 500 back toward the edge of its record high. The benchmark index…
Microsoft back in the smartphone business with its new Duo
Microsoft is back to selling smartphones for the first time since it abandoned its mobile business more than four years ago. The company began taking…