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The U.S. stock market, Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks and bitcoin are storming higher as investors bet on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and world

U.S. stocks stormed to records as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world

A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp

Rafael has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in Cuba

Hurricane Rafael has pushed into the Gulf of Mexico after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid

The Associated Press has declared winners in some states where polls had just closed, and in some cases before any votes had been released

A judge has set an early 2025 trial date for a former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering with police investigating the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

After months of reporting on what polls described as a remarkably close race, news outlets finally have the chance to report on actual results

A jury has found an Alabama man not guilty of killing an 11-year New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago

Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, but the future of democracy was also a leading motivator for many Americans casting a ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election