Category Archives: World/National
Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, ...
Apr 15, 2026
Wall Street hits a record as S&P 500 continues its 2-week rally on hopes for the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market hit a record Wednesday after adding to its two-week rally built on hopes the war with Iran won't create a worst-case scenario for ...
Apr 15, 2026
Treasury secretary says US will ramp up economic pain on Iran
By SAMY MAGDY, SAM METZ, MUNIR AHMED and MIKE CORDER Associated Press CAIRO (AP) --Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Wednesday that the U.S. will ramp up its infliction of economic pain on Iran....
Apr 15, 2026
Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Pr...
Apr 14, 2026
Lebanon and Israel hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades. Tuesday's more than two-hour meeting in Washin...
Apr 14, 2026
Wall Street rallies to the edge of its all-time high as oil prices ease
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of an all-time high Tuesday, and oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talk...
Apr 14, 2026
Oil prices gives back much of their morning jump as US stocks climb on a still hopeful Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records Monday as hope remains on Wall Street that the global economy can still avoid a worst-case scenario because ...
Apr 13, 2026
Judge dismisses Trump's $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein
By MEG KINNARD and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on ...
Apr 13, 2026
The US is short 10 million houses. A new White House report lays out a blueprint to fix that
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday - and say regulatory cuts co...
Apr 13, 2026
What to know about Trump's tax breaks for tips and overtime when filing state tax returns
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As the tax-filing deadline nears, millions of Americans are expected to claim new federal income tax breaks for tips and overtime wages available for the first time u...
Apr 12, 2026