December 31, 2020

The Latest: California 3rd state to surpass 25,000 deaths

LOS ANGELES — California has surpassed 25,000 deaths from coronavirus, the third state to reach the number. New York has nearly 38,000 deaths and Texas […]
December 31, 2020

S&P 500, Dow reach for records as a tumultuous 2020 ends

U.S. stock indexes edged mostly higher in afternoon trading Thursday, inching within striking distance of record highs as investors close the book on a tumultuous […]
December 31, 2020

The Latest: NYC mayor aims for 1M vaccinated in January

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has set an ambitious goal of vaccinating 1 million residents with the coronavirus vaccine in […]
December 31, 2020

Auld lang syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit split

LONDON — Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends. On […]
December 31, 2020

The Latest: Colorado to ease some coronavirus restrictions

DENVER — Colorado plans to ease public health restrictions for restaurants and gyms in the much of the state starting next week. Gov. Jared Polis […]
December 31, 2020

Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521M

Hedge fund Alden, Tribune’s largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million. […]
December 31, 2020

Cellphones offer look back at most personal moments of 2020

A year like no other: Americans shambled through it, doing the best they could under circumstances that were uneven at best — and sometimes downright […]
December 31, 2020

Major US stock indexes waver on final day of tumultuous year

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks wavered between small gains and losses in late morning trading Thursday but hovered near record highs as investors close the […]
December 31, 2020

French traders, EU sound alarm over US tit-for-tat tariffs

PARIS — French wine exporters warned Thursday that they’ll take a billion-euro hit in 2021 from the latest ratcheting-up of punitive tariffs between the United […]
December 31, 2020

Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a […]