Stock market today: Asian markets are mostly higher after another winning close on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have opened mostly higher after U.S. stocks rose to records to close out their latest winning week. U.S. futures and oil prices also climbed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was an outlier, falling
From the desert to the Strip: How the election’s fight over immigration may upend Nevada’s economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the remote Nevada desert, the Baker Ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico. About 300 miles to the south In Las Vegas — increasingly a vacation playground
How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters
Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over how to describe their impact on abortion — and that’s just in English. In 388 places across the U.S. where English isn’t the
Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make on a daily basis is a constant
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump. It’s in her Facebook feed. It’s in the discomfort she
Jury selection to begin for trial of man charged in NYC subway chokehold death
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection was set to begin Monday in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City