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Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves

Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves

By STAN CHOE Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher in a quiet Wednesday, and Treasury yields rose following an encouraging update on the job market’s strength. The S&P 500…

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

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By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted…

Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, CHRIS MEGERIAN, WILL WEISSSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s…

Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways

Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways

By BILL BARROW, ZEKE MILLER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as they engaged in a policy-heavy discussion…

Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows

Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows

By AAMER MADHANI, MELANIE LIDMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict…

Wall Street retreats from records and oil prices jump after Iran’s missile attack on Israel

Wall Street retreats from records and oil prices jump after Iran’s missile attack on Israel

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks retreated from their records Tuesday after Iran fired missiles into Israel, a sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East that investors fear could lead to disruptions…