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HOW MAJOR US STOCK INDEXES FARED THURSDAY

Stocks pushed broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday, helping the S&P 500 claw back the ground it lost over the previous two days and...

RON POPEIL, INVENTOR AND KING OF TV PITCHMEN, DIES AT 86

Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic,...

XCEL PROFITS RISE OVER 7%, BEATING ESTIMATES

SUN COUNTRY NEARLY BACK AT PREPANDEMIC OPERATION LEVELS

U.S. ECONOMY RECOVERS PANDEMIC LOSSES, BUT FACES NEW TEST

TARGET GIVING ANOTHER $200 BONUS TO FRONT-LINE WORKERS

WILDFIRE RAGES FOR 2ND DAY IN LEBANON, SPREADS TO SYRIA

Lebanese firefighters struggled for the second day on Thursday to contain wildfires in the country's north that have spread across...

US ECONOMY SURPASSES PRE-PANDEMIC SIZE WITH 6.5% Q2 GROWTH

Fueled by vaccinations and government aid, the U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.5% annual rate last quarter in another sign that the...

CONGRESS VOTES TO RENAME POST OFFICE FOR FORMER MINNESOTA REP. JIM RAMSTAD

The legislation awaits a signature from President Joe Biden.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL: SENATE SUDDENLY ACTS TO TAKE UP BILL

The Senate has voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits...

CDC MASK GUIDANCE MET WITH HOSTILITY BY LEADING REPUBLICANS

One of the Republican Party's most prominent rising stars is mocking new government recommendations calling for more widespread use...

FROM MINNEAPOLIS RIOTS TO CAPITOL ATTACK, SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BROADCAST THEIR OWN CRIMES

Oversharing by lawbreakers makes life easier for police

RESIDENTS SAY FLOOD-HIT GERMAN TOWNS GOT LITTLE WARNING

Like other residents of his town in Germany, Wolfgang Huste knew a flood was coming. What nobody told him, he says, was how bad it...

NICARAGUA ARRESTS 7TH PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER IN NOV. 7 VOTE

Nicaraguan police placed under house arrest a seventh presidential contender on Saturday, meaning that almost all of those who could...

FRENCH PROTESTERS REJECT VIRUS PASSES, VACCINE MANDATE

Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of France's yellow vest movement, protested Saturday across the country...

BIDEN FACES CHALLENGES IN BID TO REACH A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

WILDFIRES BLASTING THROUGH WEST DRAW STATES TO LEND SUPPORT

Out-of-state crews headed to Montana Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggled with a series...

THE LATEST: STATES SCALE BACK VIRUS REPORTS DESPITE SURGES

Several states scaled back their reporting on the coronavirus this month just as cases in the nation tripled. The delta variant of...

THE LATEST: TANZANIA GETS 1 MILLION J&J VACCINES FROM U.S

Tanzania has received its first batch of 1 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government.

MICHIGAN RESIDENT SAYS NOOSE IN WINDOW MEANT FOR POLITICIANS

A white man in western Michigan said a noose he hung in a window was a statement against corrupt politicians and had nothing to do...