White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down at month's end to spend time with her young family, with President Trump announcing the move Wednesday.
Colombia's death toll from Monday's earthquake has topped 250 with rescue crews still searching for survivors trapped under rubble.
The S&P 500 rose to a fresh all-time intraday high Thursday, adding 0.65% to surpass 7,800 for the first time, closing at a record 7,798.99.
World
A Syrian court sentenced Assad and his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict.
An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam killed at least one person and injured several others, with authorities setting up a crime scene to establish the cause.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned actions of Jewish settlers besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Business
Cisco reported record quarterly revenue and beat earnings estimates, though shares fell in after-hours trading despite the strong results.
Nelson Peltz and Trian Fund Management are exploring a potential bid to take Wendy's private, as the fast-food chain struggles with weaker U.S. sales and management changes.
Home Depot CEO Ted Decker is taking a temporary medical leave of absence just ahead of the company's quarterly earnings next week.
Technology
A data center company is weighing a $100 billion IPO, AI startups are racing toward $40 billion valuations, and India is landing one of its largest GPU deployments.
Panthalassa, an offshore computing startup, is pursuing floating data center systems that address power and land constraints for AI infrastructure.
Microsoft is recalibrating its presence in China while AI leaders debate new oversight structures and cyberattacks spread into supply chains.
Science
A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best views, with ESA livestreaming from the Javalambre Observatory.
Scientists have pinpointed a brain network with a distinctive electrical rhythm that appears to drive the benefits of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
Researchers used orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to map a part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe.
Economy
US nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July while unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent.
Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, with the annual inflation rate at 3.4 percent.
More than a quarter million people dropped out of the workforce last month.
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