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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 9/17/2025

4:21 PM on Wednesday, September 17

U.S. stocks churned between gains and losses, but they ultimately remained near their record levels

Supervisor Joel Engardio, second left, hugs his husband, Lionel Hsu, as supporters applaud after Engardio lost recall election in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park

1:51 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A San Francisco supervisor has been recalled after he successfully pushed to turn part of a coastal highway into a car-free park

New Jersey governor signs human composting bill as alternative to burial and cremation

1:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation

A collapsed beach cottage sits in waves on the shore Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, Buxton, NC. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore via AP)

Another beachfront stilt house collapses into the surf on the Outer Banks

12:52 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Atlantic Ocean has claimed another beach house on the fragile Outer Banks

FILE - In this March 5, 2012, file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances

12:30 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine months

Jan Carey, a North Carolina veteran who burned a flag near the White House last month, listens while his attorneys speak following his arraignment at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Army veteran who burned American flag near White House pleads not guilty to federal charges

12:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

10:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

Scout Troop 228 participates in the U.S. flag retirement ceremony for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church during the annual Patriots Day observance at the church in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

How faith-based support is helping Scouting America stabilize

7:49 AM on Wednesday, September 17

For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been challenging

This 2022 image provided by the Hong campaign shows Democratic state Rep. Francesca Hong. (Hong campaign via AP)

Democrat Francesca Hong promises to be 'wild card' in Wisconsin governor's race

7:04 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” is joining Wisconsin’s open race for governor

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City by foot and vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Israeli military presses on with its new ground offensive on Gaza City

3:05 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli forces are pressing on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, including women and children

FILE - Children play outside Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

6:56 PM on Tuesday, September 16

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year

4:50 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should now be kicked out of the service

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