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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Friday at the end of a choppy week marked by little progress in peace talks to end the war in Ukraine and the first U.S.

The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 indexes inched higher in volatile trading on Friday as megacap stocks gained ground, while investors assessed talks between U.S.

U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday at the end of a choppy week marked by the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates and no signs of an end to the war in Ukraine.

"She's humiliated, she's traumatized. Every day I gotta hear, 'Daddy, I don't wanna go to school,'" the middle schooler's father described the ordeal.

China sailed its aircraft carrier Shandong through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, shadowed by a U.S.

A surveillance video reportedly shows a man walking from a nearby homeless camp, forcing his way into the driver's seat of Naomi Irion's car and driving away.

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday of 'consequences' if Beijing gave material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while both sides stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday there would be 'consequences' if Beijing gave material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while both sides stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden in a video call on Friday that the war in Ukraine must end as soon as possible and called on NATO nations to hold a dialogue with Moscow, but did not assign blame to Russia for the invasion.

Global equity markets gained on Friday after traders cheered a Russian bond payment that averted a historic sovereign default, while gold prices dropped as demand for the safe-haven metal eased following the start of the U.S.

Global stocks were just below water on Friday with most of their strong gains for the week still intact but the mix of rising interest rates, high oil prices and war in Ukraine kept risk-taking at bay.

Stockmarkets took a breather on Friday after several days of sizeable gains, as geo-political tensions arising from the Ukraine conflict kept investors on guard going into the weekend.

Global stocks clung to their gains for the week on Friday but a heady cocktail of rising interest rates, high oil prices and no end to war in Ukraine kept a lid on the rebound as yields sent a warning signal for the economy.

Moderna Inc on late Thursday sought emergency use authorization from U.S.

Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries who were killed in Ukraine are in fact alive and well, the Tennessee National Guard said on Thursday.

Mark Meadows, who served as former Republican President Donald Trump's chief of staff and has echoed his false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, is being investigated in North Carolina over his voter registration, state authorities said on Thursday.

U.S. Republican Senators on Thursday introduced a bill to ban U.S. imports of Russian uranium to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

An Iraq war veteran who allegedly formed a militia he dubbed the "Proud Boys of North Texas" pleaded guilty on Thursday to a single count of assaulting or resisting police, a charge related to the storming of the U.S.

Fox News on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to let voting systems company Smartmatic pursue a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit alleging that the network falsely accused it of rigging the 2020 U.S.

The United States economy added over 1 million more millionaires in 2021, owing to the profitability of the U.S. stock market that year.

The U.N. Security Council will no longer vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine as Russia's U.N.

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed legislation on Thursday to remove "most favored nation" trade status for Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine, paving the way for higher tariffs on imports from the countries.

The tradition behind the Chicago river being dyed green for St. Patricks day goes back 60 years and has to do with plumbers.

Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would enable the president to sanction foreign cryptocurrency firms doing business with sanctioned Russian entities and prevent them from transacting with U.S.

The victims of the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School reached a $127.5 million settlement with the federal government.

Willie Wilson announced the free gas giveaway in Chicago, which started Thursday morning, on Tuesday.

Teachers have grown more fearful of their students after a series of violent incidents directed at them in the classroom. Researchers suspect it's the result of the isolation and disconnection from the pandemic.

The Wednesday night jackpot was worth an estimated $134 million.

The WNBA said on Thursday it was working with the U.S.