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Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades

Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Crude prices jumped Thursday on worries that worsening tensions in the Middle East could disrupt the global flow of oil, while U.S. stocks pulled back further from…

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

By FADI TAWIL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer…

Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild

Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild

By KATE PAYNE and DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press/Report for America HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived…

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…