The Associated Press

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Stock market today: Amazon's surge leads a rally on Wall Street

Amazon is leading a rally for U.S. stock indexes, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences is cementing bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week

1:03AM ( 5 months ago )

Stock market today: Amazon leads Wall Street higher

Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week

1:03AM ( 5 months ago )

Hours away from execution, South Carolina man appeals to the governor for mercy

South Carolina is scheduled to kill death row inmate Richard Moore by injection

1:02AM ( 5 months ago )

South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg

1:02AM ( 5 months ago )

Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region

More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip

12:57AM ( 5 months ago )

Tropical Storm Kong-rey threatens Shanghai and China's coast after hitting Taiwan as a typhoon

Kong-rey has weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm and is forecast to bring heavy rain and high winds to Shanghai and other parts of China’s east coast on Friday

12:57AM ( 5 months ago )

Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey

A ride-hailing driver has recounted how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as Typhoon Kong-rey swept over Taiwan, also sweeping away metal roofs and sending landslides onto roads and into houses

12:57AM ( 5 months ago )

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe have opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing the stubby alien E

12:53AM ( 5 months ago )

Pets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars

Pets are not forgotten during Mexico’s famed Day of the Dead celebrations, when even Fido and Tiger get a place at the altars Mexican families set up to honor their deceased loved ones, complete with flowers, candles and photographs

12:49AM ( 5 months ago )

Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not

Up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are deciding whether to stay or go following two recent hurricanes

12:20AM ( 5 months ago )