NEW YORK (AP) — The U. S. stock market rose Wednesday following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies. The S&P 500 added 0. 6% and pulled within 0. 8% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 360 points, or 0...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla reported a decline in profit for the latest quarter as it prepares for a possible merger with Elon Musk’s other big business, SpaceX. The electric vehicle maker reported third-quarter net income of $787 million, or 22 cents per share, down 44% from the year-earlier period...

Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, a deal completed during a visit by a top U. S. envoy and at a time when President Donald Trump has taken a series of actions meant to benefit Moscow. Trump told at a...

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner blamed New York's players for the team's failure to win the World Series and defended manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman, who is getting a new contract as he enters his 30th season in charge of baseball operations. “I thought Boone managed a good...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV got good news from his doctors: The pontiff will need no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday. Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the...