By Stan Choe AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks started August with more gains, and a worldwide rally on Monday sent Wall Street back to where it was just a couple days after it set its record earlier this year. The S&P 500 tacked 0.7% more onto its four-month winning streak, and Big Tech

By Corey Williams Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Despite fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson said he's not planning to take advantage of Michigan's expanded vote-by-mail system when he casts his ballot in November. The retired teacher from Detroit just isn't sure he

By Jeff Martin Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When John Lewis is mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, he will return to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. The arc of Lewis' legacy of activism will once again

On Sunday, Fox News’s Chris Wallace asked a Trump campaign senior adviser a very straightforward question: would the 2020 Trump campaign accept foreign assistance in the impeached president’s bid for

By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is projecting government borrowing of $947 billion in the current July-September period, which would be a record for the quarter but down from the all-time high of $2.75 trillion in this year's second

By David Fischer Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday. The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. Trump's comments came after published reports that the

Ryan Breaux, the 18-year-old brother of singer Frank Ocean, has reportedly died. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the accident occurred at approximately 1:30

By Christopher Rugaber AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose at the slowest pace in three years in the April-June quarter, a sign that businesses are holding back on pay as well as cutting jobs in the coronavirus recession. Pay and benefits increased

By Tali Arbel AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers cut back. The company reported Thursday that its NBCUniversal TV, film and theme park divisions, as well as its

Former Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain has died after weeks of battling the coronavirus, a statement posted on his personal website on Thursday confirmed. 'You’re never ready for the kind

Georgia’s largest school district is having a rough time grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CNN, Gwinnett county has confirmed that roughly 260 employees have either tested positive or

By Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press A federal appeals court on Friday tossed the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial, finding that the judge