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Stock market today: Wall Street slides after Treasury yields climb back above 4% and oil rises

Stock market today: Wall Street slides after Treasury yields climb back above 4% and oil rises

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slid Monday after Treasury yields hit their highest levels since the summer and oil prices continued to climb. The S&P 500 dropped 1%,…

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Monday in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa…

Israelis, scarred and battling on multiple fronts, mark a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Israelis, scarred and battling on multiple fronts, mark a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country’s…

Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico and could intensify to hurricane threatening Florida

Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico and could intensify to hurricane threatening Florida

MIAMI (AP) — A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday and forecasters warned it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west…

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As a junior at George Washington University, Ty Lindia meets new students every day. But with the shadow of the Israel-Hamas war hanging over the Washington, D.C., campus,…

Trump rallies at same Pennsylvania grounds where gunman tried to assassinate him

Trump rallies at same Pennsylvania grounds where gunman tried to assassinate him

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump picked up where he left off back in July when a gunman tried to assassinate him but only struck his ear…