Category Archives: World/National
US stocks climb to the brink of a record
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is rising toward the brink of another record.The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in afternoon trading and just 0.2% below its all-time ...
Jun 26, 2025
College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - While completing a master's degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a town near Silicon Valley. The location made ...
Jun 26, 2025
US stocks hang near their record as Wall Street takes a breath following two big days
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high on Wednesday as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israe...
Jun 25, 2025
US stocks hang near their record as Wall Street takes a breath following two big days
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high on Wednesday as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Ir...
Jun 25, 2025
Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome crushing the Eas...
Jun 24, 2025
Trump announces a ceasefire in Iran-Israel war; Iran to halt its fire if Israel stops its strikes
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and total ceas...
Jun 23, 2025
Iran launches missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran launched missile attacks Monday on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the A...
Jun 23, 2025
Stocks rally and oil tumbles as Wall Street hopes for a limited retaliation after US strikes on Iran
By STAN CHOE, ELAINE KURTENBACH and BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rallied, and the price of oil tumbled Monday on hopes that Iran will not disrupt the global flow of c...
Jun 23, 2025
Israel targets Iran’s government and a key Tehran prison as Iran launches more attacks on Israel
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel hit Iranian government targets in Tehran on Monday in a series of strikes that followed a sal...
Jun 23, 2025
Iran launches missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran launched missile attacks Monday on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the ...
Jun 23, 2025