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Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street after three days of losses as a week of worry about trade talks between the U.S. and China winds down. The modest gains weren’t enough to erase a weekly loss for the S&P 500, its first after six weeks of gains. November 22, 2019, 9:11 PM 3 min […]

Nordstrom and Gap gain while Tesla and Pure Storage slide November 22, 2019, 9:46 PM 1 min read Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Nordstrom Inc., up $3.63 to $37.95 The high-end retailer reported earnings that blew past Wall Street analysts’ forecasts. Tesla Inc., down $21.79 to $333.04 Investors had concerns about

Negotiations on a package of spending bills to fund the federal government have produce a key breakthrough, though considerably more work is needed to wrap up the long-delayed measures By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press November 23, 2019, 11:42 PM 2 min read Negotiations on a package of spending bills to fund the federal government have

Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Friday, recovering some ground after three days of losses amid uncertainty over whether the U.S. and China will reach a deal to halt their trade dispute November 22, 2019, 10:04 PM 2 min read Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Friday, recovering some ground after three days

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says steelmaker ArcelorMittal has agreed to try for a negotiated solution over the fate of a southern Italian steel plant By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press November 23, 2019, 2:19 PM 3 min read Italy’s leader says steelmaker ArcelorMittal has agreed to try for a negotiated solution over the fate of a

At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered. Not in 2019. Conspiracy theories continued to flourish, even after prosecutors took pains to point out the

President Donald Trump has a sophisticated machine at his disposal for gathering and analyzing information: the U.S. government. But many of his inflammatory statements come from another place, an ethereal world where his sources are never identified: “They say. … Well, that’s what the word is. … That’s the way it was explained.” Over the

For a few hundred dollars, tools and some elbow grease, you can make your own rifle or handgun. It’s all perfectly legal — and it can be done without leaving anything behind for the government to trace. These “ghost guns” have long been popular among hobbyists or gun enthusiasts. But gun control advocates say they

In a move that shocked California’s struggling marijuana companies, the state is increasing pot taxes for the legal market By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press November 22, 2019, 10:58 PM 3 min read California is increasing business tax rates on legal marijuana, a move that stunned struggling companies that have been pleading with the state

President Donald Trump heard opposing viewpoints Friday in the debate over youth vaping, but offered no insight into where he would ultimately come down on the issue after promising two months ago that he would ban most flavored e-cigarettes By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press November 22, 2019, 11:13 PM 5 min read President Donald Trump