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Stock market today: Dow tops 40,000 for the first time as Wall Street drifts higher
Stronger-than-expected profit reports have been one of the main reasons U.S. stock indexes jumped through May to r…
Thousands pack Omaha arena to soak up guru investor Warren Buffett's wisdom
As part of Buffett's stock sales, he trimmed about 13% of Berkshire's massive Apple stake. Holdings in the iPhone maker are still Berkshire's biggest stake, ma…
Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and orders to evacuate
More than 9 inches of rain fell during the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood warning until Tuesday for the reg…
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
A group of observers from LGBTQ advocacy groups embraced, some in tears. “Thanks be to God,” said one.
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
A group of observers from LGBTQ advocacy groups embraced, some in tears. “Thanks be to God,” said one.
4 officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage as shots rained from above, police say
He said more than 100 spent rounds were found, though it wasn't clear how many of those were fired by the suspect. At least 12 officers also fired their weapon…
Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month
Gas prices jumped again last month, the government said — up 1.6% just from February to March. So far in April, gas prices are up still further, to a national …
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York's top court
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it intends to retry Weinstein, and at least one of his accusers said through her lawyer that she would testify ag…
Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
Justices on the high court's liberal minority, meanwhile, aired arguments that Idaho's law was putting women's health at risk.
Columbia lets students attend class online amid growing campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza
Since the war began, colleges and universities have struggled to balance safety with free speech rights. Many long tolerated protests but are now doling out mo…
Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels
Company officials say the goal is to have trains exceeding speeds of 186 mph — comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains — operating in time for the Summe…
Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels
Company officials say the goal is to have trains exceeding speeds of 186 mph — comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains — operating in time for the Summe…
Music Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater
In moments, her 11th album feels like a bloodletting: A cathartic purge after a major heartbreak delivered through an ascendant vocal run, an elegiac verse, or…
Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina
Residents and tourists had no way to get emergency alerts or communicate with loved ones, and 911 operators were inundated with calls
Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for unprecedented blazes
It was the first of two major assessments of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century coming out this week.
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
And they’re fairly skeptical that Trump is getting a fair shake from the prosecutors in the case — or that the judge and jurors can be impartial in cases invol…