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Wall Street heads for second straight day of solid gains in a whipsaw week

Wall Street heads for second straight day of solid gains in a whipsaw week

NEW YORK (AP) – Wall Street pointed sharply higher Wednesday as anxiety about a softening U.S. economy took a back seat to another trove of mostly strong corporate earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500…

Wall Street rallies to bounce back from its worst day in nearly 2 years, as Japanese stocks soar

Wall Street rallies to bounce back from its worst day in nearly 2 years, as Japanese stocks soar

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are bouncing back, and calm is returning to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987. The…

Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket

Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with her decision, after a breakneck selection process that began barely two weeks…

Dow drops 1,000, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake around the world

Dow drops 1,000, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake around the world

NEW YORK (AP) — A scary Monday that started with a plunge abroad reminiscent of 1987 ‘s crash has swept around the world and pummeled Wall Street with more steep losses, as fears worsen about a slowing U.S. economy. The S&P 500…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery…

Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign

Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy…