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US stocks power within 3% of their record as Wall Street closes out a winning week

By STAN CHOE
May 16, 2025 8:54 am - U.S. stocks rose again to close out their winning week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% Friday for a fifth straight gain and pulled within 3% of its record set in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 331 points, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.
Comey under investigation for ‘86 47’ social media post, Trump officials say

Maegan Vazquez, Frances Vinall, Patrick Svitek
May 16, 2025 8:51 am - Trump administration officials said Thursday that they would investigate former FBI director James B. Comey, whom they accused of threatening President Donald Trump after Comey posted a picture of seashells on a beach arranged to spell out “86 47.”
Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours with deal to swap POWs

By HANNA ARHIROVA and ANDREW WILKS
May 16, 2025 8:46 am - The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours Friday, and while both sides agreed on a large prisoner swap, they clearly remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting.
JD Vance plans return to Vatican for Pope Leo’s inaugural Mass

Kate Sullivan, Akayla Gardner and Skylar Woodhouse
May 15, 2025 3:38 pm - Vice President JD Vance will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV following the pontiff’s historic election as the first American leader of the Roman Catholic Chur...
Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks are still on

By MEHMET GUZEL, HANNA ARHIROVA and SUZAN FRASER
May 15, 2025 3:09 pm - ANKARA, Turkey — Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim...
Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

By JEFF AMY, SUDIN THANAWALA and GEOFF MULVIHILL
May 15, 2025 3:03 pm - ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months to allow enough time fo...
Cassie forced to read aloud explicit messages with Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his sex trafficking trial

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
May 15, 2025 2:58 pm - NEW YORK — R&B singer Cassie was forced under cross-examination Thursday to read aloud explicit messages with her former boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, some of which expre...
Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

By TODD RICHMOND
May 15, 2025 9:54 am - A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a man who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
A rare warning from Walmart during a US trade war: Higher prices are inevitable

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
May 15, 2025 8:58 am - Walmart, which became the nation's largest retailer by making low prices a priority, has found itself in a place it's rarely been: Warning customers that prices will rise for goods ranging from bananas to car seats. Executives at the $750 billion company told industry analysts Thursday that they are doing everything in their power to absorb the higher costs from tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump. Given the magnitude of the duties, however, the highest since the 1930s, higher prices are unavoidable, and they will hurt Walmart customers already buffeted by inflation over the past three years. Walmart reported strong sales for the first quarter on Thursday, though profits slipped.
Trump says the US and Iran have ‘sort of’ agreed on the terms for a nuclear deal

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI
May 15, 2025 8:56 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus.

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