Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November. The benchmark index gained 1.7% Friday, and other indexes also rose. Technology stocks drove much the rally. Energy companies lagged the market as crude oil prices fell. Inflation cooled more than expected last month, sending stocks higher. Investors see a higher chance inflation may have peaked, allowing the Federal Reserve to be less aggressive with its rate hikes than it has been this year.
Wisconsin's Republican Assembly leader on Friday ended a 14-month, taxpayer-funded inquiry into the 2020 election by firing his hand-picked investigator.
Following the MLS All-Star Game at Allianz Field, the Loons hit the road. Tap here for the play-by-play updates from Nashville.
The Twins five-game Los Angeles road trip wraps-up. Tap here for pitch-by-pitch updates, the in-game box score and scores from around MLB.
The Twins California road trip continues. Tap here for pitch-by-pitch updates, the in-game box score and scores from around MLB.
The Twins will try to snap a three-game losing streak. Tap here for pitch-by-pitch updates, the in-game box score and scores from around MLB.
Kellen Mond's first year in the NFL started with a nasty case of COVID-19 and ended with a dismissive comment from former coach Mike Zimmer. Things are looking up in Year 2.
Kirk Cousins will remain in Minnesota when the team plays at Las Vegas on Sunday. His back-ups — Kellen Mond and Sean Mannion — will handle quarterback duties in the preseason opener.
A federal judge was to decide as soon as Friday whether to grant the Department of Justice's request to unseal the warrant that authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. Attorney General Merrick Garland declared there was "substantial public interest in this matter," and Trump backed the warrant's "immediate" release.
Stocks rose broadly in midday trading on Wall Street Friday and added to weekly gains for the major indexes.
Democrats pushed their flagship climate change and health care bill toward House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his leading domestic goals that could energize his party going into November's elections.