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Stocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump above $100 a barrel after US and Iran war escalates

Stocks are falling on Wall Street as the price of crude oil tops $100 a barrel. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 320 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq com...

The Latest: Trump gave $45,000 cash to Natalie Harp amid gifts to White House aides

President Donald Trump gave sizeable cash gifts to Natalie Harp and several other White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. A White House offi...

Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina

BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP) — Investors and scientists are restoring a 23-square-mile (60-square-kilometer) tract of peatland in North Carolina's Inner Banks to curb emissions of climate-warming car...

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP) — The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Blac...

Renoir paintings are worth a fortune, but not when they're stolen

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Selling w...

Oil rises past $100 a barrel after the latest wave of Middle East attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weaken...

Hours after a Russian attack destroys their home, a Ukrainian couple marries anyway

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On the eve of her wedding, Liudmyla Ryzhak pressed her delicately embroidered dress, laid out a full white tulle skirt and her soon-to-be husband’s traditionally pattern...

Republicans gather in Dallas for two-day midterm convention billed as a 'Trump-a-Palooza'

NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual midterm convention, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall’...

Shelton ends Alcaraz's title reign in late-night marathon, will face Tiafoe in US Open semis

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Shelton had gone toe-to-toe with Carlos Alcaraz for five exhausting sets and finally at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday came the chance to end the U.S. Open champion's title reign. S...

Yankees host the Rockies on 3-game home win streak

Colorado Rockies (55-89, fifth in the NL West) vs. New York Yankees (82-62, second in the AL East) New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8, 5.19...

Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children

MINAB, Iran (AP) — The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s ...

New Apple CEO to unveil latest iPhone lineup

Apple is unveiling its latest generation of iPhones, widely expected to include a foldable version, on Wednesday at an event headlined by new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on ...
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