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U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish after a quiet day of trading, and the Nasdaq composite rose to another record

Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country’s leading trading publisher continues to transform during a period of uncertain revenues and generational change

A bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan by the cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global to return about $3 billion to its creditors and investors, including thousands of people who New York regulators say were defrauded by the company

Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale has surprised the graduating class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth by giving each of them $1,000

The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is going forward without the support of the nation’s premier narcotics agency

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 26 cents to $79.80 per barrel Monday

Kosovo police have closed six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank in line with the decision on the ban of the use of the Serbian dinar currency in the country

The Dow stands above 40,000 for the first time in history.

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next

A California congressman says tribes should be more involved in the decision-making process for the development of the first offshore wind farms along the West Coast

The Environmental Protection Agency warns that cyberattacks against water utilities around the U.S. are becoming more frequent and more severe

A Senate inquiry has found BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen have bought parts made by a Chinese company sanctioned under a 2021 law for using forced labor

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson

While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a scathing portrait of Trump in the 1980s

Boesky, involved in one of the biggest insider trading scandals, dies at 87.

Ivan Boesky, involved in one of Wall Street's biggest insider trading scandals, dies at age 87, according to reports

Saudi Arabia’s national airline said Monday that it ordered more than 100 new Airbus jets, a reflection of the kingdom’s ambitious drive to lure more tourists

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Norwegian Cruise Line, Wix

The CIA’s first chief technology officer Nand Mulchandani is marshaling generative AI tools to the intelligence agency

The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes."

The National Association of Realtors releases its monthly snapshot of existing U.S. home sales Wednesday

Uber and Lyft say they’ll keep operating in Minnesota after the state Legislature passed a compromise driver pay package

Target is cutting prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, goods ranging from diapers to milk, with more Americans paying closer attention to their spending as inflation cuts into household budgets

Casual dining chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Numbers show that the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency has never lived up to his own hype

Surprising flavor combinations – think gravy-flavored Jones Soda or Sour Patch Kids Oreos -- are showing up more frequently in grocery stores and restaurants

U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish after a quiet day of trading, and the Nasdaq composite rose to another record

South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence

China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies for their arms sales to Taiwan

China sanctions Boeing, two other U.S. defense companies on day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration

A plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota that lawmakers believe would prevent the companies from leaving the market advanced in the state Legislature before the midnight deadline

Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family’s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died

The Russian state news agency Tass says a court in St. Petersburg has ordered the seizing of assets of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in Russia

The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work

Internet-enabled phones can play a unique role in sub-Saharan Africa, where infrastructure and public services are among the world’s least developed

Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life have chosen to unionize following a three-day vote

Elon Musk has traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation

Vegas tourism authority sponsoring each Aces player for $100K in 2024 and 2025.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war

88rising has been a key driver in globalizing the music scene.

Eighty-five percent of people surveyed said inflation is an important issue.

Honolulu's former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee

U.N. experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion loan from a company in the United Arab Emirates, despite the oil-rich country’s difficulties in managing debts backed by its oil reserves

Federal wildlife officials have declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species

U.S. stocks drifted to a mostly higher close on Wall Street, marking their fourth winning week in a row

The defeat follows a UAW victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee last month.

Employees at Alabama Mercedes plants vote 56% against union, slowing United Auto Workers’ organizing drive in the South

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 72 cents to $79.95 per barrel Friday

Police say a former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker took his own life