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5:15 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Illinois lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures

5:03 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Illinois lawmakers are frustrated with the state Department of Corrections after an audit revealed ongoing issues with spending and safety

Via Renewables, Inc. Announces Dividend on Preferred Stock

5:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15

David's Bridal Enables End-to-End Purchases Within AI Chats, Continuing to Redefine How Consumers Discover and Shop Online

5:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 4/15/2026

4:23 PM on Wednesday, April 15

U.S. stocks have hit a record following their big rally over the last two weeks

Revision of Ternium's 2025 Dividend Proposal in Response to Global Uncertainty

4:15 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

From dropping bombs to pressuring banks: US pivots to economic warfare on Iran

4:11 PM on Wednesday, April 15

The Trump administration is setting the stage to shift its war campaign toward a more economically focused effort aimed at choking Tehran into submission rather than relying on bombs alone

Maywood Acquisition Corp. 2 Announces Closing of $100,000,000 Initial Public Offering

4:05 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Dynamic Aerospace Systems, Ticker BRQL, Reports 2025 Annual Financial Results and Strategic Direction for 2026

3:50 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Commencement Bank President & COO, Nigel L. English, Appointed to the CBW Board of Directors

3:45 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Allbirds, a former Wall Street darling fallen on hard times, looks to AI for its future

3:44 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that was once a Wall Street darling and found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars, is pivoting to artificial intelligence

CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Oobli Sweet Proteins Announces Andean Regional Manufacturing Partnership with Magdalena's New Biochem Unit

3:30 PM on Wednesday, April 15

FILE - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Governor Kathy Hochul arrive at a press conference at Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, March 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York governor pitches a new tax on pricey pied-à-terres

3:10 PM on Wednesday, April 15

For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”

Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

3:10 PM on Wednesday, April 15

A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary engaged in an anticompetitive monopoly

Aaron Ford, attorney general of Nevada, speaks at a press conference in Las Vegas, on Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, announcing that the Roblox gaming platform reached a $12 million settlement with Nevada. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)

Roblox gaming platform reaches $12 million settlement with Nevada enhancing youth protections

3:09 PM on Wednesday, April 15

The interactive gaming platform Roblox, popular among children and teens, has reached an over $12 million agreement with the state of Nevada over its protections for young users

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a fireside chat with CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement

FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2018, photo, Susan Prendergast, reference supervisor at the Eudora Welty Library, in Jackson, Miss., adds additional federal tax filing information booklets on a shelf. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Tax procrastinators, this is how to seek an extension and some other tips at the IRS deadline

7:48 AM on Wednesday, April 15

It’s officially Tax Day in the U.S. And if you’ve waited till the last minute to file your taxes, don’t panic

Residents sit on a sofa in front of charred cars at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday in central Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Iran threatens to disrupt Gulf trade in response to US naval blockade

1:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The commander of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade on Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Pakistani delegation arrives in Tehran in move to ease tensions and arrange more US-Iran talks

12:45 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Pakistan’s army chief has arrived for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the region and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran

People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street hits a record as S&P 500 continues its 2-week rally on hopes for an end to the Iran war

11:26 PM on Tuesday, April 14