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Stocks close out best year since 2013

by ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

The S&P 500 soared 28.9% in 2019, and technology stocks push the Nasdaq up 35.3%.

by Staff report December 27, 2019December 28, 2019

The incident took place at the Dollar General store on Washington Street, authorities say.

by JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press December 23, 2019December 24, 2019

They worry that today’s youth in many countries don’t realize that 6 million Jews were killed in Hitler’s World War II extermination campaign.

by GREGORY KATZ Associated Press December 23, 2019

It was recorded before the queen’s husband, Prince Philip, was hospitalized in London as a precautionary measure.

by ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

A law taking effect Jan. 1 bans contracts for for-profit prisons, but ICE said the contracts are not subject to the new state law.

by ALEX VEIGA Associated Press December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run.

by ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Associated Press December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

They now offer new services as well as food and alcohol to lure back customers who were once exclusively theirs.

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

The hit Broadway play “To Kill a Mockingbird” is making the unusual step of switching venues for one night.

by MATTHEW PERRONE and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press December 17, 2019December 18, 2019

Congress is moving ahead with legislation that would raise the age to buy tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21.

by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press December 17, 2019December 18, 2019

The chief judge says the FBI provided ‘unsupported’ information when it applied to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign adviser.