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4:24 PM on Tuesday, April 14

U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high, and crude oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war

4:18 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Walt Disney Co. has begun layoffs expected to lead to 1,000 job cuts across the company

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3:59 PM on Tuesday, April 14

As Ben & Jerry’s celebrated its annual Free Cone Day on Tuesday, one of the brand’s co-founders was focused on a different sort of freedom

3:39 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has avoided an imminent shutdown by selling to a nonprofit journalism operation

3:08 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Authorities say heavy rains in northwestern Haiti killed at least 12 people, flooded farmland and damaged hundreds of homes

3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 14

2:29 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A judge in Austin has ordered the temporary reinstatement of Texas's Historically Underutilized Business Program rules

2:24 PM on Tuesday, April 14

7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its convenience stores this year

2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 14

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12:49 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The nation’s biggest banks posted strong profits in the first quarter, driven by a resilient economy and increased dealmaking in investment banking

12:35 PM on Tuesday, April 14

12:03 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Carla Crowder's unexpected courtroom experience in 2019 — representing Alvin Kennard, who spent 36 years in prison for a minor theft due to Alabama’s “three strikes” law — reshaped the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice

11:43 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down

8:50 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The Irish government has survived a confidence vote over how it handled a week of disruptive fuel protests that cut off oil supplies and caused massive traffic jams

8:38 AM on Tuesday, April 14

U.S. wholesale prices surged last month as the Iran war drove up the cost of energy

7:28 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country

1:40 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The annual luxury watch fair “Watches and Wonders” opens this week in Switzerland, with the Iran war casting new doubt over an industry that had hoped to rebound from tariff turmoil and a contracting market over the last two years

12:05 AM on Tuesday, April 14

A growing number of working-age people in the U.S. have attended college without earning a degree — a group that often has student loans to pay but without the credential to boost their earnings