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Updated Aug 3, 2024 - Business

Small cars are hot again — because they're cheap

Image of a green Chevrolet Trax SUV parked in front of a lake

Kamala Harris' prosecutorial record takes center stage

Kamala Harris, then San Francisco District Attorney, in her office in 2006.
Updated Aug 3, 2024 - World

Hostage-ceasefire deal talks stall over new Netanyahu demands, Israeli officials say

Buildings crumbled in Gaza
Aug 3, 2024 - Business

Why some homeowners are leaving their low mortgage rates behind

Illustration of a door knocker in the shape of a percentage sign
Aug 3, 2024 - Economy

The alarm bells for an economic downturn are clanging

Illustration of an alarm clock with money spilling out as it is ringing.

Climate whiplash helping to fuel California's massive wildfires

Collage of a forest fire on mountain landscape, a fire encroaching on a town, and a road closure due to flooding

Trump and Harris go all-in to make Pennsylvania the new Florida

Trump attack on Harris comes as U.S. multiracial population exploding

Bruno Mars, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Kamala Harris
Aug 2, 2024 - World

U.S. sends more forces to region ahead of possible Iranian attack on Israel

Biden walks to board Marine One
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - World

Abandoned boxing match unleashes a gender storm at Paris Olympics

Imane Khelif of Team Algeria and Angela Carini of Team Italy exchange punches during the Women's 66kg preliminary round match on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Aug. 1, 2024.

Harris remodels campaign with Obama alums

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Economy

New jobs numbers raise alarm bells on recession risk

Illustration of an alarm light with a dollar bill sign on the front
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Politics & Policy

DOJ sues TikTok over alleged child privacy law violation

The TikTok short form video hosting service logo is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 17 July, 2024. In an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek Trump said in light of the need for competition TikTok is needed against rivals such as Facebook and Instagram.
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Kamala Harris secures the 2024 Democratic nomination

ice President Kamala Harris takes the stage for a campaign event at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
Aug 2, 2024 - Business

Google yanks Olympics ad about AI-drafted fan letter

A screen grab from a Google commercial for Gemini. It says "daughter write a letter...how inspiring" and "angelic choir sings

California's Park Fire wildfire erupts to 4th-largest in state history

Scoop: Top Senate Dem wants new power against SCOTUS

Illustration of a gavel knocking down a line of columns

Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation as risk of regional war grows

Netanyahu and Biden
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Economy

U.S. economy adds 114,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate spikes

Construction workers

Harris VP mystery: Signs point to Shapiro

Josh shapiro

Israel's new powder keg

Khamenei and group pray

Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking

Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Chicago.
Aug 2, 2024 - Business

WSJ publisher: Gershkovich release took "thousands of hours" of advocacy

The Wall Street Journal's front page for Aug. 2, the day after the historic release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Cover: The Wall Street Journal

Tech's AI message to Wall Street: Stop fretting

Illustration of a hand petting the Wall Street bull statue

Harris raises twice as much as Trump in July

US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, 2024.
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Business

Biden, Harris greet freed Americans in U.S. after historic prisoner swap

President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greet Evan Gershkovich , a prisoner freed by Russia, as he arrives on August 1, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
Aug 2, 2024 - Business

Drug store theft woes driving customers to Amazon, CEO says

photo of a man with gray hair wearing a blue blazer and button down on stage
Updated Aug 2, 2024 - Energy & Climate

Heat wave builds from coast to coast, worsening wildfires

U.S. says opposition beat Maduro in Venezuela elections

Edmundo González Urrutia gives a thumbs up while looking down at a crowd cheering for him in Caracas, Venezuela
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