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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 9/2/2026

3:34 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Stocks rose on Wall Street as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped boost the market after a downbeat start to the week

Friends and family members of rapper Tupac Shakur, including his sister Sekyiwa Shakur, second left, line up to hug Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal, right, after a jury found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

The trial over Tupac Shakur's murder ended with a guilty verdict. But did it bring closure?

2:48 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A Las Vegas jury has convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building in New York, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots

2:12 PM on Wednesday, September 2

The Trump administration is backing OpenAI over the New York Times in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology using millions of news articles

A growing memorial sits outside the Venture-N bar in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, for Vincent Anthony Siquieros and Cameron Davis Capara, who were fatally shot in the parking lot of the gay bar shortly after midnight on Monday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble)

Arizona police confirm Tucson gay bar shooting was a hate crime

1:03 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Police in Arizona have confirmed that a shooting at a Tucson gay bar was a hate crime

This photo provided by NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega (Basque Country University) shows a pattern of clouds around the Saturn's south pole on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega, Basque Country University, EHU, via AP)

Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn's south pole

1:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn's south pole

FILE - Cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer are stacked in a liquor store, Nov. 8, 2018, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno, File)

Pabst Blue Ribbon offers $20,000 reward to help find its missing beer

12:17 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Pabst Blue Ribbon wants its beer back, and it’s offering a reward to help that happen

FILE - A primary voter wears a sticker after casting a ballot at a voting center in Dallas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

FACT FOCUS: Texans listed as 'suspense voters' can still cast a ballot if they confirm their address

11:49 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Social media users are crying foul over the inclusion of 1.2 million voters on Texas’ “suspense list,” claiming it shows efforts to tamper with the November midterms

FILE - Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and its working manuscript, the extraordinary 120-foot scroll he would unfurl before startled publishers, sits on display at the American Writers Museum in Chicago, May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

A 120-foot burst of genius: Jack Kerouac’s 'On the Road' scroll and its wild afterlife

11:31 AM on Wednesday, September 2

In the spring of 1951, Jack Kerouac's muse struck hard, leading him to create a full-length manuscript for “On the Road” in just three weeks

FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple changes Lake Ontario name to 'Lake America' for US users of its Maps, following Trump's order

9:12 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada

Debra Fox, who had $58,000 stolen from her in a romance scam, looks at her phone, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at her home in Arvada, Colo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

What to know about the AP/FRONTLINE investigation into scam victims

7:09 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Virtually every American has been targeted by scammers in some way, exclusive new polling data shows

A portrait of Simon, who was targeted by a scammer that stole $800,000 from his retirement savings and asked not to be identified by his full name because he's too ashamed to tell most of his family about the crime, and a screenshot of a text message exchange with his scammer, are seen in this single long exposure photograph, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at his home in southeastern New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even more

7:04 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Virtually every American has been targeted by scammers in some way, exclusive new polling data shows

FILE - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., looks on during a press conference with the American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Lawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare

7:00 AM on Wednesday, September 2

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the U.S. Army to explain why it told a unit based in Europe to stop specializing in drone warfare

FILE - The Rev. Raphael Warnock delivers a sermon during a church service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Sunday Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Raphael Warnock has done it. Adam Hamilton wants to follow as a pastor-US senator

6:05 AM on Wednesday, September 2

If Kansas megachurch pastor and Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton manages to pull off an upset in his race for a Senate seat, he’d join a very small group

FILE - Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Adam Hamilton of Kansas, listens to administrators at the Health Partnership Clinic as they discuss funding issues the low-income family medical facility is facing on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Olathe. Kan. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)

No Democrat has won a Kansas Senate seat in a century. Can a megachurch pastor change that?

6:02 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Adam Hamilton is the founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church, and he's attempting to pull off an unusual balancing act in running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate

Health workers bury the coffin of Neema Minaro, a 66 year old woman who died of the Ebola virus, in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000

3:11 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases

Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington watch as Judge William Sullivan tells the jury to keep discussing a possible verdict after jurors said for a second time they couldn't agree whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

What happens next if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial can't reach a verdict?

11:33 PM on Tuesday, September 1

If a Massachusetts jury can't reach a verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, a mistrial will be declared and then prosecutors will have to decide whether to retry Clancy on murder charges

American service members from the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group arrive at a hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Crew from USS Abraham Lincoln takes a break in Thailand after long months at sea

8:08 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in Thailand after nearly nine months at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran

FILE - Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends

5:21 AM on Tuesday, September 1

A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could lead to the rejection of huge numbers of mail ballots

Photos show aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

10:31 AM on Wednesday, August 26

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