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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Hovers Around Records Ahead of Nvidia Earnings and Inflation Data

WPTF StaffAug 26, 2024
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Hovers Around Records Ahead of Nvidia Earnings and Inflation Data

Stock Market Graph (Photo Used Under License from Shutterstock.com) Via AP News Wall Street is hovering around its record highs at the start of a week featuring another full slate of corporate earnings and the…

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk.…

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until…

Hezbollah says it launches attack on Israel with large number of drones

Hezbollah says it launches attack on Israel with large number of drones

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ABBY SEWELL JERUSALEM (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced early Sunday that it had launched an attack on Israel with a large number of drones in retaliation for the…

At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after Trump assassination attempt

At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after Trump assassination attempt

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July, a law enforcement official told The Associated…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump

By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ALI SWENSON and GABRIEL SANDOVAL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could…