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Finance

Top economist says it’s ‘panic season’ in markets and it’s your fault for taking summer vacation. Blame the ‘harvest time’ mentality

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August 10, 2025
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Leadership

Original Thomas Jefferson letter will hit the auction block on July 4

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June 25, 2025
Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a 5-foot-9 man, even though women are more likely to be injured
Tech

Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a 5-foot-9 man, even though women are more likely to be injured

By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
June 23, 2025
A man putting a bitcoin into another man's hand in exchange for a pizza pie
Finance

15 years ago, a software developer paid for two pizzas with 10,000 bitcoin. Those pies would be worth $1.1 billion today

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press
May 22, 2025
Trump’s plan to reopen the infamously inescapable Alcatraz prison contains fatal flaws
Politics

Trump’s plan to reopen the infamously inescapable Alcatraz prison contains fatal flaws

By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
May 5, 2025
What’s inside the 10,000 pages of records Trump released on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination
Politics

What’s inside the 10,000 pages of records Trump released on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
April 18, 2025
Can Trump legally run for a third term? The history behind George Washington’s precedent
Politics

Can Trump legally run for a third term? The history behind George Washington’s precedent

By The Associated Press and Bill Barrow
April 1, 2025
Newly released JFK assassination records show details of covert CIA operations in Cuba but ‘nothing points to a second gunman’
Politics

Newly released JFK assassination records show details of covert CIA operations in Cuba but ‘nothing points to a second gunman’

By John Hanna, Jamie Stengle and The Associated Press
March 20, 2025
Trump administration release of JFK assassination records did not include two-thirds of the promised files, event expert says
Politics

Trump administration release of JFK assassination records did not include two-thirds of the promised files, event expert says

By Jamie Stengle and The Associated Press
March 19, 2025
Illinois debated ditching its 110-year-old state flag—but voters overwhelmingly prefer a design that experts ‘hate’
Politics

Illinois debated ditching its 110-year-old state flag—but voters overwhelmingly prefer a design that experts ‘hate’

By The Associated Press and John O'Connor
March 14, 2025
Presidents Trump and Xi speak to each other
Politics

Trump says William McKinley ‘made our country very rich through tariffs.’ But the 25th president changed his mind on tariffs after realizing ‘friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals’

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
March 11, 2025
How the richest woman in the world—mocked as a ‘miser’ in the press—helped bail out New York City during the panic of 1907
Finance

How the richest woman in the world—mocked as a ‘miser’ in the press—helped bail out New York City during the panic of 1907

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February 11, 2025
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes raises the Vince Lombardi Trophy toward the crowd as he and teammates are interviewed on a platform.
Finance

Is the market rooting for Kansas City? History shows stocks gain 21% when Chiefs play in the Super Bowl

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February 7, 2025
NORAD volunteers track Santa, sitting around the table wearing headsets
Lifestyle

NORAD’s Santa tracker, now used by millions, started as a morale booster during the Cold War

By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
December 24, 2024
Merit Janow, chair of Mastercard Inc.
Conferences

Mastercard chair: ‘tremendous volatility’ in U.S. relations with China has some considering ‘purposeful decoupling’

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November 11, 2024

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