Wall Street hits records amid profit reports, DC changeover
NEW YORK (AP) ??" U. S. stocks are rallying to records Wednesday on encouraging earnings reports and continued optimism that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the struggling economy. The S&P 500 was 1. 3% higher at 3,848 in afternoon trading, topping its record closing level of 3,824. 68 set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 226 points, or 0. 7%, at 31,157 as of 12:44 p. m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1. 8% higher. Joe Biden took U...
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- EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House
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- An inauguration unlike any other amid a pandemic, unrest
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- Jack's back: Chinese e-tycoon ends silence with online video
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- DC on lockdown and on edge before Biden's inauguration
Tue, 19 Jan 2021
- Trump wishes new administration luck in farewell video
- Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin
- Justice Dept. won't charge Sen. Burr over stock sales
- Georgia certifies Democrats Warnock and Ossoff's Senate wins
- McConnell: Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, mob was fed lies
- Biden marks nation's Covid grief before inauguration pomp
- From Gaga to Garth, Miranda to Moreno: Celebs join inaugural
- Exhausted hospital chaplains bring solace to lonely, dying
- 2 Guard members made extremist statements about inauguration
- Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies
- EXPLAINER: Election claims, and why it's clear Biden won
- Long shot? Capitol rioters hold out hope for a Trump pardon
- Biden immigration plan opposed by GOP, conservative groups
- Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
- 'Shameful': US virus deaths top 400K as Trump leaves office
- Wall Street's momentum swings back as stocks, yields tick up
- US soldier arrested in plot to blow up NYC 9/11 Memorial
- Kremlin brushes aside Western calls to release Navalny
- SAT doing away with optional essay, subject tests
- US virus death toll tops 400,000 in Trump's final hours
- Yellen pushes GOP senators on $1.9 trillion relief package
- Plunged into virus 'dark winter,' Biden must lead US out
- Halted rocket test could stall NASA moon shot, redo possible
- Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'
- Meghan seeks court ruling over 'serious breach' of privacy
- 'We know this is real': New clinics aid virus 'long-haulers'
- 'Peanuts' pen pals find comfort in correspondence
- Biden DNI pick says no room for politics in intel agencies
- 3 more COVID-19 cases linked to Australian Open arrivals
- Oxygen-starved city in Brazil's Amazon starts immunization
- Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary
- AP-NORC poll: Virus, economy swamp other priorities for US
- Mets fire GM after he sent explicit texts to female reporter
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- Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic
- Tokyo Olympics QA: 6 months out and murmurs of cancellation
- Spain's rising cases give pandemic hospital a second chance
- The Latest: India vaccine developer warns some to avoid shot
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Mon, 18 Jan 2021
- Asia Today: China sees virus outbreaks across its northeast
- The Latest: New Zealand visitors to need negative tests
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- Garth Brooks joins lineup of entertainers at Biden inaugural
- Biden's test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
- Canada urges Biden not to cancel oil pipeline on first day
- Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data
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- Inaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black Americans
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- Coronavirus deaths rising in 30 US states amid winter surge
- King Day service calls for nonviolence amid turbulent times
- Military nurses, tests coming to help hard-hit Arizona city
- WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first
- Man allegedly hid 3 months at Chicago airport due to virus
- Kremlin foe Navalny jailed for 30 days; allies plan protests
- Israel moves to rein in rights group over 'apartheid' use
- Biden aims for unifying speech at daunting moment for US
- Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot
- Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House
- Lockdown: Tennis players getting on with life in Australia
- China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains
- SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery
- Israel trades Pfizer doses for medical data in vaccine blitz
- 'Rooting hard for you': Will departure notes end with Trump?
- What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate
Sun, 17 Jan 2021
- FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
- Heavily fortified statehouses around US see small protests
- Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
- Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot
- Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try
- 'Little old West Virginia' sets pace on vaccine rollout
- Biden's long political evolution leads to his biggest test
- The Latest: After delays, Brazil approves two virus vaccines
- Democrats build impeachment case, alleging 'dangerous crime'
- The Latest: Springsteen, Miranda set for inaugural gala
- Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playground
- Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push
- In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity
- Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
- Death toll from violence in Sudan's West Darfur rises to 83
- UK aims to give 1st COVID-19 shot to all adults by September
- Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring
- Mexico publishes heavily edited probe of exonerated general
- 72 tennis players in lockdown after virus cases on flights
- Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday
- Deceptions in the time of the 'alternative facts' president
- Gen. Milley key to military continuity as Biden takes office
- Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details
- 'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray
- EXPLAINER: Italy faces a political crisis amid a pandemic
- Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts
Sat, 16 Jan 2021
- Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
- Banking heir Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57
- Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?
- Betty White marks 99th birthday Sunday; up late as she wants
- Bus driver in dramatic bridge plunge says it 'just took off'
- Biden outlines 'Day One' agenda of executive actions
- Guard troops pour into Washington as states answer the call
- Wind, rain, heavy snow batter New England, eastern Canada
- Boy reported dead at sea in attempt to reach Canary Islands
- March for Life asks its supporters to stay home this year
- State capitols boarded up, fenced off, patrolled by troops
- Inauguration Day also is move in/out day at the White House
- Journalists prepare for protests where they could be targets
- Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island spews hot clouds
- Some in the GOP parrot far-right talk of a coming civil war
- India starts world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
- European powers press Iran to back off latest nuclear move
- Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising
- Uganda says president wins 6th term as vote-rigging alleged
- Inauguration week prayer event aims to show Christian unity
- After Trump, Biden aims to reshape the presidency itself
- Long road to normalcy: Virtual village connects marathoners
- Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans
- China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
- Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue
- Pragmatic governor Laschet elected to lead Merkel's party
- Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response
- Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
- Trump's presidency not just a blip in US foreign policy
- Diary shows how quest for love landed Navy vet in Iran jail
Fri, 15 Jan 2021
- NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Maduro ally presses for dialogue with Biden
- Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response
- Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol
- Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments
- Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'
- Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration
- States declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of rallies
- Mike Pence calls Kamala Harris to offer congratulations
- Dorothy Schmidt Cole, oldest living Marine, dies at 107
- NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances
- Stocks fall as economic pain deepens, rally runs out of gas
- Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts
- Deep South falls behind in coronavirus vaccine drive
- Abbas decrees first Palestinian elections in 15 years
- No charges in Pennsylvania discarded-ballots case
- NBA fines Irving $50,000 for health, safety violations
- Flint water charges escalate debate over officials' failures
- Ex-foreign correspondent reflects on risks for US reporters
- Biden's aid plan could revamp economy, prompt GOP resistance
- The Latest: CDC concerned virus variant may dominate in US
- The Latest: Pence, in call to Harris, offers congratulations
- 'This is not a game': Global virus death toll hits 2 million
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- Wisconsin teen charged with killing infant daughter in woods
- Unity has long been a theme, and anxiety, for new presidents
- At least 42 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings
- Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot
- Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate
- Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine
- Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says military enters home
- Iranian Guard drones in drill mirror those in Saudi attacks
- Russia follows US to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
- Biden taps former FDA chief Kessler to lead vaccine science
- Bus dramatically plunges off bridge; driver, passengers hurt
- China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise
- Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia
- N.Korea holds huge military parade as Kim vows nuclear might
- Rare conviction of South Sudan soldiers for rape raises hope
- Spain rejects virus confinement as most of Europe stays home
- AP Interview: Netanyahu challenger pledges change with Biden
- Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, will read at Biden inaugural
- US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection
- Amazon city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients
Thu, 14 Jan 2021
- Impeachment complicates the early days of Biden's presidency
- Urban Hire: Meyer returns to sidelines with NFL's Jaguars
- VIRUS TODAY: Unemployment claims in US rise to 965,000
- Biden unveils $1.9T plan to stem virus and steady economy
- Joanne Rogers, widow of TV's famed Mister Rogers, dies at 92
- FBI tracking 'extensive' online chatter about armed protests
- National Guard troops flooding in as Washington locks down
- Trump impeachment trial to focus on his attacks on election
- Lingering questions about how Trump will finish out his term
- What should I know about COVID-19 vaccines if I'm pregnant?
- Oxygen shortage in Amazon city forces mass patient transfer
- The Latest: 21,000 National Guard troops approved for DC
- RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet
- Watchdog: DOJ bungled 'zero tolerance' immigration policy
- For first time in 5 years, US gas mileage down, emissions up
- Expanded vaccine rollout in US spawns a new set of problems
- Trump backers seek online refuges after big tech backlash
- NY attorney general sues NYPD over Floyd protest response
- Trump administration slashes imperiled spotted owls' habitat
- A day to remember: London nursing home greets virus vaccine
- At virus tipping point, Lebanon imposes all-day curfew
- NY Democrat's ties to Maduro may help Biden unlock stalemate
- Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol riots
- Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried Roy dies
- Companies push incentives to get workers vaccinated
- Unclear who presides at Trump trial if he's out of office
- 2 ex-health officials charged with manslaughter in Flint
- US unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll
- Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record
- Jacob Blake says he was ready to surrender before being shot
- WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
- James Harden headed to Nets in blockbuster multiteam deal
- German lockdown loopholes criticized as deaths hit new high
- Lady Gaga to sing anthem, J-Lo to perform at inauguration
- EXPLAINER: What is WHO team in Wuhan looking for
- Somber Tunisia marks 10 years since revolution in lockdown
- Leaders like UK's Johnson who wooed Trump face tricky reset
- EXPLAINER: Barring Trump from holding office again
- EXPLAINER: What's next after House impeachment vote
- 'Not worth my life': Ugandans vote in tense election
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
- Biden forgoing Amtrak trip to Washington over security fears
- Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik to be 'Jeopardy!' guest hosts
- Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge
- Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
- Demoted? Pushed aside? Fate of Kim Jong Un's sister unclear
- Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats
- Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans back Trump impeachment
- Enduring 2nd impeachment, Trump stands largely silent, alone
- Flint families welcome water crisis charges, seek healing
- McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial
- Capitol investigators try to sort real tips from noise
- Defiance of virus dining bans grows as restaurants flounder
- VIRUS TODAY: Coronavirus deaths hit another daily high in US
- Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinated
- The Latest: House records enough votes to impeach Trump
- California opens scarce vaccines to those 65 and older
- US budget deficit up 60.7% in first 3 months of budget year
- Illinois replaces longest-serving legislative leader in US
- Mix of extremists who stormed Capitol isn't retreating
- EXPLAINER: Vaccine push gains steam but many still face wait
- Amazon seeks to keep right-wing app Parler offline
- US to block cotton from China region targeted in crackdown
- Anti-Semitism seen in Capitol insurrection raises alarms
- Italian coalition ally yanks ministers, sparks govt crisis
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